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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Organic farming avoids the use of chemical pesticides and manmade fertilizers. Supporters say organic farming is better for the environment than conventional methods. But studies have shown that organic farming generally produces less food...

WASHINGTON—The U.S.organic industry grew 9.5 percent in 2011, with sales reaching $31.5 billion, according to a survey from the Organic Trade Association (OTA). Organic food accounted for $29.22 billion, while organic non-food sector reached $2.2 billion, according to findings from the OTA's...

(CNN) -- Organic farming is widely perceived to be a healthy, more environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional agricultural techniques. But its role in providing for an increasingly crowded planet remains unclear with its merits hotly contested. New research looks set to refuel...

Organic Farming Institute hires new program administrator Share this story The Organic Farming Institute of British Columbia has named Denise Blashko as its’ new Program Administrator. Ms. Blashko will be in charge of marketing the Institute’s first rate training program to local BC...

'Oota from your Thota' next in Malleswaram The event on March 25th will have lectures, along with exhibition and sale of gardening materials. By News Desk 21 Mar 2012, Citizen Mattersbookmark email print Oota from your Thota (OfyT), a programme for organic farming enthusiasts, will be held...

M&M looks at organic food biz foray Swaraj Baggonkar & Shubhashish / Mumbai Mar 21, 2012, 00:23 IST In an effort to expand its presence in the agriculture sector, tractor and utility vehicle market leader Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is exploring ways to get into the Rs 1,500-crore organic...

Karnataka budget: Organic farming to cover more villages Published: Thursday, Mar 22, 2012, 13:01 IST | Updated: Thursday, Mar 22, 2012, 13:01 IST By Team DNA | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA The government has earmarked Rs200 crore to promote organic farming in the state for 2012-13...

Horticulture mission to spend Rs 85 crore Byju Aryad 0 inShare.Share on Tumblr THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Horticultural Mission would spend Rs 85 crore in this financial year for increasing the quantity of agriculture produce, producing quality seeds and encouraging organic farming in...

What are you getting when you buy 'organic'? 10:38 PM, Apr. 4, 2012 | Comments Are you an organic farming fan? Do you buy organic food? Although organic products still are less than 5 percent of total food sales, organic sales have increased 10 to 20 percent per year for the past 20...

'People don't know what organic means' Pronoti Datta, TNN Apr 8, 2012, 01.17AM IST In the last two years, a number of initiatives centering around organic products, that new buzzword of health-conscious urbanites, have emerged in the city. However, the question often asked is: How organic...

Farmers go for organic farming gets encouraging results Monday, April 9, 2012 - 17:00 By Anshu Chhabra FARIDKOT: Every year farmers have to go through the trial of weather conditions, market-competition to sell their crops. Farmers who have been growing organic wheat have secured their...

India: Bihar produces organic lychees Farmers in north Bihar have come up with an innovation to help grow sales - an organic lychee. "About 2,100 farmers in Muzaffarpur district have grown organic lychees in as much as 1,200 hectare of land covering 76 villages of Motipur, Meenapur and...

Verka sets up organic farming demo units Maybe one day we will not only buy our milk from Verka but our vegetables too — and they’ll be organically grown vegetables at that. To convince farmers of the advantages of organic farming, Verka Milk plant authorities in Mohali have set up large net...

Bihar farmer sets organic wheat production record Thursday, April 12th 2012, 06:26 PM Nalanda (Bihar), April 12 — A farmer from Bihar's Nalanda district has set a national record in organic wheat production, say officials. A wheat farmer, Surendra Prasad of Sarilchak village in...

Assam’s new farm mantra: go organic Organic Farming www.acresusa.comLearn how to farm organically Books, magazine on crops, livestock Ads by Google More Sharing ServicesShare | Share on twitterShare on facebookShare on stumbleuponShare on email Samudra Gupta Kashyap : Guwahati, Fri...