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New organic fungicide, Cinnerate, to reduce fruit shipping and storage rots
Visalia, California-based Sym-Agro recently announced it is offering a new preharvest fungicide, Cinnerate, to protect fruit postharvest. The broad... more »
Starr Ranch tries product for postharvest organic apple freshness
Wenatchee, Washington-based Starr Ranch Growers is trying an OMRI-listed product from Apeel Sciences to maintain freshness after harvesting its organi... more »
Farm-to-table biz GrubMarket acquires Boston Organics
[caption id="attachment_1293" align="alignright" width="400"] Grubmarket logo[/caption] Farm-to-table company GrubMarket recently announced the... more »
Organic grower/retailer opens new Toronto store during pandemic
[caption id="attachment_1286" align="alignright" width="300"] Fresh City Farms Inc. (CNW Group/Fresh City Farms Inc.)[/caption] Fresh City, an urba... more »
USDA taking nominations for five seats on NOSB
The USDA is seeking nominations of qualified individuals for five open seats on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The 15-member advisory b... more »
Grower Column: Farming on the Wild Side
We’ve been organic farmers since we started farming back in the early 1990s. We bought an old dairy farm in northern Vermont that had gone out of... more »
Comparisons of conventional and organic ag fall short, study says
The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of analysis often tends to overlook vital factors... more »
US added a net 763 organic farms in 2019
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service on March 26 reported numbers of its enforcement activity through the end of the 2019 calendar year. Enf... more »
