Local Grains
I have been visiting A2R Farms outside of Corvallis Oregon all year. They are a former conventional grass seed farm transitioning to organic seed crops, primarily for local distribution. I watched as they planted the fields …
I have been visiting A2R Farms outside of Corvallis Oregon all year. They are a former conventional grass seed farm transitioning to organic seed crops, primarily for local distribution. I watched as they planted the fields …
The past few rainy days I’ve had the opportunity to respond to an interview request by Kalpa, the blogger at Big Picture Agriculture. She asked a lot of questions and really let me go in …
Our investors have often asked whether organic farming methods result in a yield differential vs. crops produced by conventional farming methods. Would a large scale return to organic farming methods result in decreased yields and, …
I wanted to highlight a recent post from Michael Bomford of Kentucky State University on his blog Energy Farms. Michael notes that USDA data show that the U.S. Food System is INCREASING its use of …
Conventional agriculture production systems in developed countries rely heavily on fossil energy, but emerging uncertainties in energy supply indicate a need to better understand energy efficiency in conventional and alternative systems. So begins a press …