Organic Farming News

Posted August 9, 2008:

• Organic Food Has No More Nutritional Value Than Food Grown With Pesticides, Study Shows

Posted August 5, 2008:

• Microbe Diet Key To Carbon Dioxide Release

Posted July 29, 2008:

• No-tillage Plus: Cover Crops Offer A Model For Sustainability In Tropical Soils

Posted July 25, 2008:

• Switchgrass May Mean Better Soil

Posted July 19, 2008:

• Crop Residue May Be Too Valuable To Harvest For Biofuels

Posted July 2, 2008:

• Glomalin Is Key To Locking Up Soil Carbon

Posted June 1, 2008:

• Organic Corn: Increasing Rotation Complexity Increases Yields Substantially

Posted May 21, 2008:

• Rice Grown In United States Contains Less-dangerous Form Of Arsenic

Posted May 7, 2008:

• Finding The Real Potential Of No-till Farming For Sequestering Carbon

Posted May 4, 2008:

• Limitations Of Charcoal As An Effective Carbon Sink

Posted May 1, 2008:

• First Nanoscale Image Of Soil Reveals An 'Incredible' Variety, Rich With Patterns

Posted April 24, 2008:

• Costs, Considerations Of Switching To Natural Or Organic Agricultural Methods

Posted April 15, 2008:

• Ancient Method, 'Black Gold Agriculture' May Revolutionize Farming, Curb Global Warming

Posted April 4, 2008:

• Kalahari Desert Sands An Important, Forgotten Storehouse of Carbon Dioxide

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Organic Crops Impressively Productive When Compared With Conventionally Grown Crops

Posted March 14, 2008:

• Increased Carbon Dioxide In Atmosphere Linked To Decreased Soil Organic Matter

Posted February 27, 2008:

• Earthworms Found To Contain Chemicals From Households And Animal Manure
• Compost Can Turn Agricultural Soils Into A Carbon Sink, Thus Protecting Against Climate Change

Posted February 5, 2008:

• New Method Detects Fraud in Organically Grown Produce

Posted January 2, 2008:

• New Insights Into The Fate Of Antiparasitics In Manure And Manured Soils

Posted December 20, 2007:

• Elevated Carbon Dioxide Changes Soil Microbe Mix Below Plants, May Help Plants Grow

Posted December 12, 2007:

• More Plant Litter From Higher Carbon Dioxide Could Boost Carbon Released Into Atmosphere

Posted December 3, 2007:

• One Bad Apple: Consumers Prefer Perfect Produce

Posted November 29, 2007:

• Limited Biofuel Feedstock Supply?

Posted October 30, 2007:

• Nitrogen Fertilizers Deplete Soil Organic Carbon

Posted October 16, 2007:

• Worm Power: The Future Of Composting

Posted October 14, 2007:

• Pasturing Cows Convert Soil To Source Of Methane, Potent Greenhouse Gas

Posted August 15, 2007:

• Explosive Discovery On Genetically Engineered Tobacco Plant

Posted August 9, 2007:

• Conventional Plowing Is 'Skinning Our Agricultural Fields'

Posted August 7, 2007:

• Penguin Guano Shows Problem Of Pollution

Posted July 27, 2007:

• High-Quality Corn For Low-Input Farming Systems

Posted July 24, 2007:

• Organic Farming Beats No-Till?

Posted July 20, 2007:

• Alternative Farming Cleans Up Water

Posted July 16, 2007:

• Healthful Compounds In Tomatoes Increase Over Time In Organic Fields

Posted July 13, 2007:

• Routine Feeding Of Antibiotics To Livestock May Be Contaminating The Environment
• Organic Farming Can Feed The World, Study Suggests

Posted July 11, 2007:

• New Findings On Sour Taste

Posted June 11, 2007:

• Oxygen Trick Could See Organic Costs Tumble

Posted June 4, 2007:

• Recycled Garden Compost Reduces Build-up Of Phosphorus In Soils

Posted May 21, 2007:

• Before Selling Carbon Credits, Read This

Posted May 9, 2007:

• Tropical Plants Go With The Flow ... Of Nitrogen

Posted May 3, 2007:

• More Recycling On The Farm Could Reduce Environmental Problems

Posted April 26, 2007:

• How Much Nitrogen Is Too Much For Corn?

Posted April 11, 2007:

• Verifying The Authenticity Of Organic Foods

Posted March 27, 2007:

• Test Finds Manufactured Nanoparticles Don't Harm Soil Ecology

Posted January 8, 2007:

• Testing Poultry Litter For No-Till Farming

Posted December 27, 2006:

• Not Your Father's Potato: Scientists Develop New Spuds For Organic Markets

Posted December 20, 2006:

• Researchers Study Role Of Natural Organic Matter In Environment

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