Producers warn of stalled federal payments and market consolidation, but say demand for local food remains strong.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WEAU) - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Susan Collins, and Representatives Derrick Van Orden and Andrea Salinas are introducing legislation to give organic producers tools to ...

Organic sales and the largest cooperative of organic farmers in the nation grew last year. According to an annual survey done by the Organic Trade Association, U.S. sales of certified organic products ...

Prairie du Rocher, Ill. – On a cold winter day in Illinois, three little pigs are resting in a three-sided shed. They have plenty of space to trot around, as they do when Jennifer Duensing approaches.

Twelve years ago, rice breeders with Lundberg Family Farms crossed two rice plant “parents” in hopes of cultivating a better black pearl rice plant. After growing generations and generations of ...

Long before entering politics, Rep. Chellie Pingree was a self-described hippie, a back-to-the-lander and an organic farmer. In the 1970s, after attending college in Maine, she saw an opportunity to ...

Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional ...

The potential for chemical residues to remain on our produce is one reason washing fruits and vegetables is so important. However, it may not completely eliminate them, so choosin ...

You shop local and buy organic when you can, but how can you tell if your farmers market produce is really organic? There have been a few scandals in recent years where farmers market vendors were ...

Region combines diversified production along the coast with large-scale acreage in the interior, defining a frontier of growth opportunities for producers.