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Organic foundation backs congressional ask for ag research funding

Organic Farming Research Foundation supports a recent letter delivered to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that sup... more »

Turkish fruit exporter Mapeks Organics invests in 15-minutes-per-ton optical sorter

Mapeks Organics, a Turkish, large-scale exporter of frozen organic fruit, recently disclosed it purchased a speedy TOMRA optical sorter to expand its ... more »

AgriCapture’s 51K-acre carbon capture project listed with Climate Action Reserve

AgriCapture recently listed a greenhouse gas reduction project comprising more than 50,000 acres with Climate Action Reserve's Soil Enrichment Protoc... more »

$30M rolled out for organic farm research, transitions, Extension

USDA officials Sept. 15 rolled out more than $30 million in projects for organic farmers and ranchers. The investment by the USDA’s National Inst... more »

Lipman Family Farms launches expanded compostable packaging line

Lipman Family Farms will show off its expanded line of compostable packaging products at the upcoming Southern Innovations conference and the Organic ... more »

Driving packaging sustainability in the time of COVID-19

The coronavirus may still be consumers’ top concern, but the pandemic hasn’t erased concern over environmental issues and demand for sustainabilit... more »

Study finds ‘optimism bias’ of moms on new organic farms

When it comes to agricultural safety and health, we humans can be too optimistic. Take, for example, women who are new to organic farming. A recently ... more »

Organic ag tech conference planned by the Organic Center, USDA, Cal State

The Organic Center will team up with the USDA’s Economic Research Service, California State University-Fresno and Purdue University on a free virtu... more »

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