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Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad

Sun, 29/04/2012 - 19:01
As the trend toward organic food consumption slows after years of explosive growth, no sector is in direr shape than the $1.3 billion organic milk industry.

Eating Food That’s Better for You, Organic or Not

Sun, 29/04/2012 - 19:01
The American diet needs an overhaul. But “organic” food offers no guarantee of eating well, healthfully, sanely, even ethically.

Budgets Squeezed, Some Families Bypass Organics

Sun, 29/04/2012 - 19:01
The organic industry is starting to show signs that a decade-long sales boom may be coming to an end.

Study Points to Roles for Industry and Organics in Agriculture

Wed, 25/04/2012 - 05:00
A new analysis finds higher yields from industrial-style agriculture, but a role for organic farming in certain circumstances.

Push to Give Midsize New York Farms a Hub at the Hunts Point Market

Wed, 25/04/2012 - 05:00
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/nyregion/push-to-give-midsize-new-york-farms-a-hub-at-the-hunts-point-market.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/04/25/nyregion/PRODUCE1/PRODUCE1-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aAdvocates of local food say now is the time for the Hunts Point produce market to make room for a wholesale farmers’ market fueled by smaller growers.

Living Off the Land in Maine, Even in Winter

Thu, 23/02/2012 - 06:00
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/garden/living-off-the-land-in-maine-even-in-winter.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/02/23/garden/23GARDEN_SPAN/23GARDEN_SPAN-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aAt Four Season Farm, Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch continue to innovate and thrive.

Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest

Wed, 08/02/2012 - 06:00
Consumer resistance to transgenic or genetically modified foods remains high as farmers from across country claim they cannot keep genetically modified crops from their fields; it is a debate that is coming to life in courtrooms, boardrooms and online, with new petitions, ballot initiatives and lawsuits; for the most part, the spread of transgenic seeds into the American food supply has been purposeful, carried out by farmers and scientists who see enormous advantages in hardier plants. Photo

A Suit Airs Debate on Organic vs. Modified Crops

Wed, 08/02/2012 - 06:00
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/dining/a-suit-airs-debate-on-organic-vs-modified-crops.html?partner=rssnytemc=rss"img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/02/08/dining/08GMO_SPAN/08GMO_SPAN-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/aConsumer resistance to transgenic food is high, part of a debate that is coming to life in courtrooms and online.