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Commercial Organic Farms Have Better Fruit and Soil, Lower Environmental Impact, Study Finds

comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found organic farms produced more flavorful and nutritious berries and soil healthier…

Edible Nanostructures: Compounds Made from Renewable Materials Could Be Used for Gas Storage, Food Technologies

Sugar, salt, alcohol research team to discover new nanostructures that could be used for gas storage and food and medical technologies. compounds are edible…

In Drought-Prone Sahel, Scientists Roll out Innovative System for Producing Vegetables

With a major famine unfolding in Niger and other countries of West Africa’s dry Sahelian region, an agricultural scientist speaking at the African Green Revolution Forum announced new progress in disseminating an innovative system for irrigated vegetable production — a valuable option in a region that is highly dependent on subsistence rainfed cropping.
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Learn More About Living an Organic Lifestyle

Are We Eating Our Way Into a Crisis: today’s industrialized agricultural system is taking a large toll on the environment. From the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, to the genetic engineering of seeds, to the way food is transported, our agricultural system is using vast amounts of fuel, depleting our soil, and damaging our waterways. As our food system has become more industrialized, it has increasingly come under attack from critics, who believe the current system is unsustainable.

Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Lifestyle: when we talk about sustainable agriculture, we mean the process of staying in sustained balance with nature: replacing and refreshing the natural resources -air, water and soil-consumed in the process of producing food. Unlike conventional industrial agriculture, sustainable agriculture does not dump pollution into the environment or treat animals inhumanely…

Organic Certfication and Market Trends: before the advent of chemical pesticides and fertilizers and modern mechanized farming methods, all agricultural products could have been considered organic. But with increased concerns about environmental and health effects, organic products are steadily gaining wider acceptance among mainstream consumers and producers.

Facts on Organic Living: recent facts and figures on health and environmental reasons to practice an organic lifestyle…

Research Files

Utility Solar Assessment Study (pdf)

American utilities can reach 10% solar by 2025 (June 2008)

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