Tag: Sustainable agriculture

  • Aquaponics Association 2013 Conference

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    Join us at our third annual, spectacular aquaponic celebration—three days of aquaponics education and inspiration!   Friday… We kick off the weekend with tours of local, featured farms, gardens and integrated urban agriculture sites. Sit back and enjoy the ride on chartered buses chauffeuring conference attendees from our venue to farms, systems and gardens on…

  • Organic cultivation: learning from the Enabavi example

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    By: M. J. Prabu Reposted from The Hindu: Is it possible to get a good yield without using chemical fertilizers? Will a shift to organic affect our food security? Can we manage insect pests without using pesticides? Will organic cultivation still be profitable for farmers? These are some of the often asked questions by farmers…

  • Agrochemical Companies and their stockholders the only ones who need genetically engineered crops

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    In the opinion section of Pambazuka News, Ali Masmadi Jehu Appiah, a Chairperson for Food Sovereignty Ghana, asserts, “The only people who need genetically engineered crops are the foreign seed and agrochemical companies and their stockholders.”  He provides a compelling argument for why Ghana should reject genetically engineered Bt cotton: After several years of apparent short-term success in…

  • EU Commission to Review Regulations on Organic Farming

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    Caroline Stocks reports, in the Farmers Weekly, on plans by the EU Commission to review regulations on organic farming, which were agreed upon in 2007: The commission is due to start work on an organic roadmap in September…The roadmap is expected to look at several policy areas, including enforcement and monitoring of organic foods certification and…

  • Organic Innovation Award Announced

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    UKLandandFarms announces new Innovation Award. Launched by organic sector watchdog the Soil Association, the award is for those who excel in low impact farming and growing. The winner will receive a cash prize of £3000, with two runner-up prizes of £1000 each. The Innovation Award, made in association with Nesta, the Innovation Foundation, recognises the…

  • Organic Farming Cont’d.

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    Here’s one more story and then I’ll let  it go for today.  This piece from PR Web relates a discussion held by impact investor and advocate of sustainable agriculture, Philippe van den Bossche, on the benefits of Mzee Benson Kinyua’s organic farming practices. According to a July 25, 2013 article published on People’s Daily Online, entitled, “Feeding Kenya…

  • Food Movements, Agroecology and the Future of Farming

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    Tony Weis, (Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Western Ontario and author of The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming), who addressed the economic and environmental problems of the dominant chemical-industrial food system; Miguel Altieri (Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Agroecology: The…

  • Critical organic apple and pear challenges addressed by TOC research

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    I thought this information was important to pass along for those who might be affected or are interested in learning more about the project: The Organic Center (TOC) is launching a project this Summer to prevent a potential catastrophe looming over organic apple and pear production in the US. They are working to provide the…

  • Rosalina Tan – An Inspiration to All

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    Oliver Samson presents the story of Rosalina S. Tan, a 70 year-old advocate for organic farming.  An inspiring person and an inspiring story: ROSALINA S. TAN, owner of Nature Wonders Enterprises, a company engaged in making organic cosmetic products, is still active at 70. She is an epitome of a healthy and active septuagenarian. Her…

  • New Model of Organic Farming Sprouting in Chinese Suburbs

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    By Wan Su: Caixin Online Farmers are contracting with customers to provide a year’s worth of produce, an approach one academic says could be viable. (Beijing) – A new model of locally organized organic farming has taken root in Beijing and Shanghai in recent years, and an academic says it could be a viable way…