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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...

JK to adopt cluster-based organic farming Agri deptt holds awareness camp Kupwara, Apr 13: Eyeing to spread organic farming at large scale in this district, Agriculture Department as a first step has brought 50 hectares in Handwara under organic farming for Paddy, Maize and Vegetable crops...

Organic farming laws to be evaluated 16 April 2012 | By David Boderke ORGANIC farming laws will be scrutinised to ensure the sector remains competitive against its EU counterparts. The European Commission has launched a call for tenders for an evaluation of the EU organic farming...

Organic Food Guide Now Available Online Wisconsin Ag Connection - 04/19/2012 Ever wonder about organic food and how it is produced and labeled? If so, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture is now offering a 'Consumer's Guide to Organic Foods,' which is a 20-page booklet that describes...

MORARKA ORGANIC LAUNCHES FIRST 'DOWN TO EARTH' FOOD STORE IN JAIPUR CITY Morarka organic products are amounting to almost 90 percent of the Indian kitchen grocery - Mukesh Gupta jaipur, rajasthan, April 21, 2012 /India PRwire/ -- Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Executive Director of Jaipur based...

New tech launched to treat organic food waste ArticleReader Comments Email To Friend By Charlie Lyon Feb 13, 2012 The new Dulsco Converta, a two-chamber waste composting system, being displayed to customers Dulsco, a waste-management solutions company, has introducted a new...