What makes more sense when farming wheat—strips of wildflowers along fields or organic farming? Both options provide ...

There are plenty of agriculture buzzwords floating around the news these days (Agroforestry! Vertical farming! Sustainable intensification!), and it can be challenging to keep all these different ...

Plants adapt genetically over time to the special conditions of organic farming. This has been demonstrated in a long-term study conducted at the University of Bonn. The researchers planted barley ...

Organising Secretary Mahesh Melvin said the training was being conducted at his farm, Jezreel Biodynamic Farms, in Ooty, which has been operational for around 25 years.

The premium price of organic meat reflects its superior taste, which comes from natural, slow-growth farming practices. Eliminating the residue of antibiotics and hormones means cleaner, healthier ...

At dawn in a village field, a farmer bends to the soil and runs it through his fingers. It is dark, soft, alive. There is no smell of chemicals, no white residue on the leaves. What grows here is not ...

What makes more sense when farming wheat – strips of wildflowers along fields or organic farming? Both options provide financial support via the ...

The Rockefeller Foundation is among the investors to back a new fund, which aims to help U.S. farmers transition to regenerative organic agriculture methods. Perennial Fund II has been launched by the ...

Alexandre Ferrari-Roy, founder and CEO of the urban agriculture firm MicroHabitat, isn’t looking to squat on vacant lots or commandeer forgotten patches of land to make more room for urban farming—not ...

Organic farming has gathered pace in the last few years, with 98.9 million hectares being managed organically across the world by the end of 2023, according to The Organic Research Centre. This was a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. After their town was devastated by floods in 2004, residents of Kiday in the Philippines shifted to organic methods when rebuilding their farms.