Large scale organic vegetable grower Grimmway has a new owner, and a source in the company has good things to say about the change.

Wenatchee, Washington-based CMI Orchards reports its organic apple production is more than a quarter higher than the previous season.

Beneficial Insectary Inc., a North America independent producer of beneficial insects and mites, and Biobest Group NV, a  biocontrol and pollination today jointly announced that Biobest Group NV – through its subsidiary Biobest USA Inc. – has acquired all shares in Beneficial Insectary from the company’s owner Sinthya Penn.

Crop rotations quickly become complicated – that’s what Charles Mohler found when he and Sue Ellen Johnson wrote the book on that difficult subject.

Weed management, soil health and the nutritional quality of foods grown organically continue to be high priority research topics for organic producers.

Kate Tully is an associate professor of agroecology in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland.