Thursday, February 09, 2012
While the number of meat chickens produced by smaller farms has been shrinking, the number of organic broilers sold each year has surged. Organic production of meat chickens more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2008, to more than 9 million broilers, according to the latest data from USDA's Econo ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:00 AM
OLYMPIA -- Two bills in the Washington Legislature would require labels on genetically modified food, but many proponents talk more about food than labels, a senator says. Reflecting on a hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Water and Rural Economic Development Committee, Sen. Mark Schoesler, R ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:00 PM
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Some Washington state wheat farmers have thrown their support behind legislation requiring labeling of genetically modified foods, giving food safety advocates fresh hope that lawmakers also will get behind the bill. They haven't been receptive to the idea in the pas ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:36 PM
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. -- One of the West's largest conferences on sustainable agriculture will be offered here next week. It will include numerous workshops on organics and other topics. Some 1,500 farmers, marketers, activists, educators and others are expected to attend the 32nd annual EcoFarm ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:00 AM
The shortage of large animal veterinarians has been well documented in recent years, but the number of veterinarians specializing in organic or holistic practices is quite lean. The small number of organic veterinarians is reflective of the relatively small amount of organic production and the di ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:00 AM
New state rules adopted by an Idaho legislative committee will simplify the certification process for Idaho's 250 organic farmers and collectively save them thousands of dollars. After discovering that a few of its requirements for certifying organic operations were more strict than USDA's Nation ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:00 PM
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) -- Horizon Organic plans to boost what it pays its roughly 600 farmers as demand for organic milk and feed costs rise. Customers' prices for Horizon products will vary by retailer. Broomfield, Colo.-based Horizon says starting Feb. 1, it will pay farms an extra $2 pe ...
Monday, January 23, 2012 5:33 PM
TWIN FALLS -- Idaho organic farmers will learn about and discuss the latest industry trends Feb. 3-4 during a symposium aimed at cultivating the state's organic industry. The third annual "Organic Farming Symposium and Networking Conference" will include a farmer-to-farmer exchange that co-organi ...
Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:00 AM
Clif Bar Family Foundation announced today it has awarded the first fellowships in organic plant breeding ever granted in the U.S. Funded through its organic seed initiative known as Seed Matters, the foundation issued $375,000 in grants to fund three Ph.D. fellowship students for five years in o ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:46 PM
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. -- More than 300 people are expected to attend the only organic seed conference of its kind in the U.S. The Organic Seed Alliance will host its sixth annual conference Jan. 19-21 in Port Townsend, Wash., with 50 organic seed experts discussing plant breeding, seed production, ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:00 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The lack of chemicals used in organic production has created a challenge for farmers in caring for their animals: Few veterinarians are trained to treat livestock without antibiotics or other modern drugs. The shortage of veterinarians trained in organic practices ...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:36 AM
An organic dairy south of Phoenix has appealed a notice of noncompliance filed by its certifying agent concerning livestock management practices. Soo Kim, spokeswoman for the National Organic Program, said the case against Shamrock Farms was instigated by the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin org ...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:00 AM
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- A California organic food maker says its plans to open a plant in South Carolina and hire 700 workers have been put on hold. Amy's Kitchen says it has encountered unexpected problems renovating a former bakery along Interstate 85 in Greenville. The company says demand f ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:40 PM
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) -- An organic farmer in Potomac who operates on school system-owned land says he'll be allowed to remain on the farm until August as part of a preliminary settlement. Nick Maravell had sought an injunction to remain on the land after his lease expired in March. School official ...
Saturday, December 17, 2011 11:57 AM
Organic farmers in California's San Diego County fear losing the organic status of their crops and possibly the organic certification of their farms if county officials proceed with plans to spray pesticides to control an infestation of tiny insects. Eye gnats, which thrive in rich soil, feed on ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011 2:00 PM
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A 54-year-old Springfield, Ore., man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for selling more than 4.2 million pounds of corn that was falsely labeled as organically grown. The U.S. attorney's office said Tuesday that Harold Chase used several aliases to buy conventionally grown c ...
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 7:48 AM
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. (AP) -- An organic food company that is closing its eastern Indiana preparation center was offered up to $3.5 million state tax credits to open but owes more than $31,000 in property taxes and sewer bills. The closing of Really Cool Foods near Cambridge City is costing ab ...
Thursday, December 01, 2011 8:37 AM
A simple system of traceability is just good business, Colleen Collier Bess says. As a retired GAP inspector with the Michigan Department of Agriculture, Collier Bess has worked with farms to devise a workable record-keeping system. Traceability is part of the GAP -- Good Agricultural Practices ...
Thursday, December 01, 2011 11:00 AM
TUMWATER, Wash. -- Winter brings growing operations to a halt at some farms, and the farmers take a vacation. But Left Foot Organics has a different motivation. "Our goal is to keep people employed," executive director Ann Vandeman said. "We're a vocational program, and we aim to keep generating ...
Thursday, December 01, 2011 11:00 AM
TENINO, Wash. -- A small creamery in southwestern Washington has recalled some of its raw milk after E. coli was found on the floor of its milking parlor. Cozy Vale Creamery and the Washington State Department of Agriculture continue their investigation into the source of the problem. In a news r ...
Thursday, December 01, 2011 11:00 AM
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A $740,000 federal grant will enable University of Missouri researchers to study the relationship between organic farm crops and greenhouse gas emissions. Missouri is one of 24 institutions to receive a total of nearly $19 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agri ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 7:15 AM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- At Talus Wind Ranch in Galisteo, the turkeys are a work of art. Their feathers give off a lustrous sheen that appears almost metallic -- a mix of white and chocolate with swaths of orange that, depending on the light, glint yellow and green. It's not so surp ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:20 AM
The National Organic Standards Board is seeking comments on the use of three substances -- one of them considered critical to organic apple and pear production -- through Jan. 9. The board, an independent body that advises the USDA secretary, has published a rule addressing tetracycline, formic a ...
Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:00 AM
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A rural Springfield man is accused of reaping a premium of about $200,000 by passing off conventionally grown livestock feed as organic. A federal indictment says Harold Allen Chase used aliases to buy more than 4 million pounds of corn and then resold it to a Eugene co ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:49 AM
Though the organic industry has seen its yearly growth decline, there's no sign of panic. "Do the math," said Barbara Haumann, spokeswoman for the Organic Trade Association. "When a small industry grows from $1 million to $2 million, you double. But when you grow 8 percent at this point, it's sti ...
Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:00 AM
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Whole Foods Market Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 31 percent, beating analysts' expectations as sales rose. But the company's outlook for next year's profit fell just short of what analysts forecast on average, and its shares fell after ho ...
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