organic farming

A Taste Of The Land: Nash’s Organic Produce Grows In Fertile Dungeness Soil

Bellamy Pailthorp

The Olympic Peninsula is often thought of as a destination for coastal hikes along rugged beaches or cozy restaurants with stunning mountain backdrops.…

Environment

Extending Local Wintertime Organic Crops For Pacific Northwest Growers And Chefs

Bellamy Pailthorp

As eating local and organic produce gains popularity, researchers are looking for more crops that can extend the growing season through the winter months…

Baby basil is planted in PVC piping through which nutrient-infused water flows at regular intervals at a hydroponics farm in Nevada. This week, the National Organic Standards Board is set to vote on whether foods grown hydroponically can be sold as "certified organic."

News

Some Growers Say Organic Label Will Be Watered Down If It Extends To Hydroponics

Rebecca Sananes

The National Organic Standards Board this week plans to decide whether hydroponically grown foods, a water-based model of cultivation, can be sold under the label "certified organic."

Environment

Seattle Council Mulls Supporting Ban On Routine Feeding Of Antibiotics To Livestock

Bellamy Pailthorp

Seattle may join several other cities in a campaign calling for a federal ban on the misuse of antibiotics on factory farms. A resolution on the issue has…

“This is not an argument that organic can or cannot feed the world,” said John Reganold, regents professor of Soil Science and Agroecology at Washington State University in Pullman. “No one system can feed the world.”

Public Health

Can organic farming feed Africa?

KNKX Public Radio

By Lisa Stiffler, special correspondentWhen you consider that one in seven people worldwide will go to bed tonight hungry, it does seem fair to ask: Can…