Increasingly popular with consumers, Washington-grown organic apples and pears thrive in the region’s dry, disease-discouraging climate.

Farmland LP, a farmland manager focused on converting conventional farmland to organic in the U.S., recently announced that its second fund, Vital Farmland REIT LLC, has surpassed $100 million in equity commitments and is on target to reach its $150 million goal by the final closing date in December.

The Organic Grower Summit, Presented by Western Growers and the Organic Produce Network will honor long-time organic grower Vic Smith as the recipient of the fourth annual Organic Grower Summit’s Grower of the Year.

On October 19, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) kicked off its three-day biannual public meeting via live webinar.

What if a farmer could grow an entire crop rotation together at one time, getting all of the benefits and all of the yield? That is the theory underpinning poly-cropping. 

Money is on the table for U.S. organic growers – $20 million, exactly.