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Trending: Even as desperately needed rain continues to drench California, Central Valley farmers are still reeling from having their water supplies drastically reduced when the drought intensified last spring. Many farmers have been forced to rip out crops that can no longer be irrigated. Some have doubled or tripled their groundwater pumping as wells dry…

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A veteran executive chef with a passion for healthful eating. A 12-acre farm on site that grows kale, eggplants, winter squash, and 100 other crops. A menu that changes by the season.You may be familiar with farm-to-table restaurants. But have you heard of organic farm-to-hospital dining?Since 2014, patients, visitors, and staff at St. Luke’s University…

This article was published in collaboration with UpNorthNews and In These Times’ The Wisconsin Idea, an investigative reporting initiative focused on rural Wisconsin. Under the Trump administration, small organic farms were hurt when the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut off a proposed rule to protect their farming practices. Now, those farmers are getting a new opportunity to guard…

Kean University sustainability science researchers are investigating ways to send more of the University’s food and organic waste to the campus composter and reduce the amount of trash the University sends to landfills.Assistant Professor Dongyan Mu, Ph.D., and Lecturer Will Heyniger in the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences received a New Jersey Department of…

UK organics exporters to see reduced EU market access from next year  The Grocersource

We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Terms and Cookie PolicyWhat is the best investment you can make to reduce soil erosion, improve soil quality, enhance water quality and address weed pressures? Many…

Mongabay Series: AgroecologyKARUNGARU, Kenya — Karungaru village in eastern Kenya’s Tharaka Nithi county is dry — so dry that even the resilient acacia trees have shed their leaves to cope. But amid these arid conditions, Peninah Muthoni is growing amaranth, spinach and other vegetables.Thanks to agroecological techniques, Muthoni and hundreds of other farmers across the…

Organic kids wear collectionTurtledove London is a clothing company for children aged 0 to 8 years old that reflects a passion for nature, art, and people. It offers a sustainable, ethical solution for dressing children with exclusive fabrics, colours, shapes, and prints with many reversible options, styles with adjustable straps, turn back cuffs and hems…

Securing the future of food, a constant weight on the food and agriculture industry, has always been core to the mission of Puris. Puris isn’t a fresh-faced start-up in the industry — it launched in 1985 with innovative non-GMO seed breeding by Jerry Lorenzen — but its transformation into the company it is today began…