Walk into any garden center, and you will see bags of fertilizers labeled "organic," "natural," or "eco-friendly." The packaging often features lush vegetables, bright flowers, and earthy tones ...

The environmental and aesthetic virtues of organic agriculture have been overblown. Organic agriculture has been growing rapidly in recent years—by a factor of 10 from 1992 to 2005—but still accounts ...

If I’m reading the banana peels correctly, the prospects for organic agriculture have never been better. Indeed, the most recent batch of bananas I bought came adorned with a “certified organic” ...

Another growing season is fast approaching, and before you can seed you must feed. Now is the time to decide whether to use organic or synthetic fertilizers to enrich the soil. They produce similar ...

You've no doubt read about the advantages and near-miraculous properties of organic matter in the soil. Organic soil matter is anything that used to be alive or is currently alive. Organic matter is a ...

A new project in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge intends to turn today’s invasive fish into tomorrow’s organic fertilizer. The Refuge has entered into an agreement with Silver Sage Fisheries and ...

Organic agriculture has been growing rapidly in recent years—by a factor of 10 from 1992 to 2005—but still accounts for a tiny 0.5 percent of total farmland in the United States, according to the U.S.