Some €12bn of EU money channeled to support organic farming since 2014 hasn't helped increase production, a European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) audit revealed today (September 23). Lack of ...

It’s the year 2050, and the world's population has just passed 9 billion people. Economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of starvation-level poverty. But the encouraging trend ...

ABERDEEN, S.D. — The Northern Plains Sustainable Ag Society held their 2024 conference at the Ramkota Inn in Aberdeen Jan. 25-27. The conference had around 250 people registered to attend with upwards ...

SKANEATELES, N.Y. — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. “I love the ones with the pink noses,” he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of about 3,200 cattle at Twin Birch Dairy in ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 23, 2025) A study published in European Journal of Agronomy, based on a 16-year, long-term experiment (LTE), finds that organic crops (cotton production with wheat and ...

Scientists say a 15-year-long research project on the comparison between conventional and organic agriculture has led to positive results. The scientists working under the SysCom Kenya Research ...

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 ...

Organic farming practices focus on using natural methods to cultivate crops, avoiding synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. This approach not only enhances the quality of food but also contributes to ...