Farms

Organic meat and milk differ markedly from their conventionally produced counterparts in measures of certain nutrients, a review of scientific studies reported.

Through the Farming Systems Trial®, the Rodale Institute has collected data on the long-term effects of organic and conventional farming and concluded that organic farming is superior to conventional farming according to several criteria.

Owner Jeff Schwartz is growing and processing millions of pounds of apples for his juice, cider and hard cider brand while supplying the region’s brewers and distillers with Colorado-grown fruit on the side.

America’s heartland is graying. But in some places around the country, like Maine, that trend is reversing. Small agriculture may be getting big again — and there’s new crop of farmers to thank for it.

Have you ever stopped to wonder: How did the chicken you eat become the chicken you eat?

Organic farmers just can’t get along with GMO-growing neighbors

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