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Protecting the Organic Marketplace

Mar 31, 2021 09:30AM

While demand and activity around organic products is rising, the challenge is to safeguard standards from large corporations that buy up organic brands and try to weaken USDA requirements.

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Down to Earth: The Promise of Regenerative Organic Farming

Feb 26, 2021 09:30AM ● By Sandra Yeyati

Regenerative organic farming holds great promise to rebuild soil, draw carbon from the atmosphere and ultimately grow healthier food.

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Roundup Redux: Organic Standards Clarified for Hydroponics

Mar 31, 2020 09:30AM

The USDA has closed a loophole that allowed farmers to spray soil with Monsanto’s glysophate to clear weeds prior to building a “certified organics” hydroponics greenhouse.

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Eat Organic to Shed Insecticides

Oct 31, 2019 09:30AM

Switching to organics has quick payoffs, reducing agrochemicals in the body by 94 percent within a month.

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Avoid Pesticides to Lower Kids’ Risk of Depression

Sep 30, 2019 09:30AM

Another reason to consider organics: A study of teens and preteens linked high exposure to pesticides to a higher risk of depression.

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Organic Farmers: Growing America’s Health: Restoring the Nutritional Value of Crops

Jun 29, 2018 12:28PM ● By Melinda Hemmelgarn

Across the country, farmers are experimenting with new ways to grow food having higher nutritional content and a positive environmental impact.

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Greenhouse Magic: Eat Homegrown Organic Veggies Year-Round

Sep 30, 2015 10:24AM ● By Avery Mack

DIY greenhouses are sprouting across the country, spreading the fun and yummy rewards of gardening into unlikely seasons.

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Jeffrey Smith Warns Against GMOs

Jun 30, 2015 11:14AM ● By Linda Sechrist

The leader of the anti-GMO movement explains how health-conscious consumers are causing Big Food to reconsider its GMO push.

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Six Ways to Eat Safe: The Latest Facts about Organics, Pesticides, Seeds and More

Jun 28, 2013 12:00PM ● By Melinda Hemmelgarn

From organic standards to genetic modifications to animal antibiotics, food safety issues are hotly debated between consumer health advocates and those with commercial agendas.

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