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Web database spotlights organic, biodynamic and sustainable vineyards, wine

A new website helps consumers, wine trade and other visitors find sustainable wines, wineries and vineyards in California that are certified with a ri... more »

Whiskey Hill Farms earns SARE Grant to study urban farm yields

Blume Industries, Whiskey Hill Farms and the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation in Santa Cruz received a USDA Western Division of Sustainable Agr... more »

Organic potato farmers Harry and Amber Strohauer guests on podcast

Don’t move that dial, listeners, because we’ve got a great story coming up. Strohauer Farms in Colorado, which grows both organic and conventio... more »

Organic Produce Summit rescheduled for Sept. 15-16

Working with California state and county officials in monitoring the current COVID situation, the Organic Produce Summit 2021 has moved the dates of t... more »

OSU Extension steps up to address needs of Oregon’s organic farms

Organic agriculture continues to grow rapidly in Oregon and is becoming an important economic engine while also supporting environmentally-friendly fa... more »

Growing new farmers at WSU’s new Eggert Family Organic Farm

The Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington, has had two organic farms since 2003. The first farm was established in the fall of ... more »

Blue Forest Farms creates a community around the surging industry of organic hemp production

What began as a small start-up has turned into a 150-acre hemp producer on a mission to spread the word about the benefits of hemp. Blue Forest Farms ... more »

General Mills’ Cascadian Farm commits $750K to farmland project

General Mills’ organic brand Cascadian Farm recently committed $750,000 to The Nature Conservancy to help rebuild farmland in California’s Sacrame... more »

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