Our popular chaga comes from birch trees on
organic land in Siberia.
Gene and Kathy Davis farm 3,500 acres of
organic land in southeast Saskatchewan by North Portal.
We shared blog posts on organic gardening and farming, and facts on organic growing in Australia — did you know Australia has the most certified
organic land in the world?
Keith and Monica Neu farm 1,200 acres of
organic land in Saskatchewan's northeast grain belt near the town of Hudson Bay.
There are 1 million ha of certified
organic land in Africa and 580,000 certified producers, and this represents only a fraction of the overall organic production taking place on the continent.
Other certified
organic lands in developing countries include: Brazil (270 000 ha), Mexico (86 000 ha), India (41 000 ha), China (40 000 ha), Peru (27 000 ha), Colombia (23 000 ha), Turkey (21 000 ha), Paraguay (19 000 ha), Tunisia (18 000 ha), Morocco (12 000 ha), Costa Rica (10 000 ha), Russia (10 000 ha) and Zambia (6 700 ha) 24.
Not exact matches
Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models
in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills
in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold
organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding
in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects
in the
lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back
in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living
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in organic search.
Walmart Canada's 12 waste programs — including cardboard,
organics, metal and others — has resulted
in the diversion of 72 % of Walmart Canada's waste from municipal
land - fill sites.
A year into the project, the weedy field has a compost heap full of
organic waste from the kitchen; a growing orchard with biblical fruit trees including a fig and an apple; a Havdalah circle where visitors and residents of the farm gather weekly for a religious ceremony marking the end of Shabbat; and a shmitta area — a part of the
land that is allowed to lie fallow for one year out of every seven, as commanded
in the Torah.
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The next farm bill should facilitate transitioning to
organic with improved access to
land and capital, investment
in distribution systems and infrastructure, and targeted technical assistance.
Several states specifically saw a jump
in land devoted to
organic cereal crops, including soybeans
in Iowa, corn
in Minnesota, and wheat
in Colorado and Texas, reports High Plains Public Radio.
With only 0.5 percent of crop and pasture
land in organic, according to USDA that leaves 99.5 percent of farm acres
in the U.S. at risk of -LSB-...]
He has conducted on - farm research
in cooperation with USDA and
Land Grant Universities, and work on a national
organic research agenda and national legislation to fund on - farm
organic systems research.
In fifteen countries 10 percent or more of all agricultural land is organic, another new record in the global organic statistic
In fifteen countries 10 percent or more of all agricultural
land is
organic, another new record
in the global organic statistic
in the global
organic statistics.
Story by Lachlan Leeming, The
Land Lachlan Leeming@LeemingLachie 2 Jul 2017 An ambitious plan is underway to transform a South Kempsey site into a distribution centre that will see
organic food packaged
in the Macleay before being sent around the country.
Almost haft of the global
organic agricultural
land is
in Oceania (27.3 million hectares), followed by Europe (23 percent; 13.5 million hectares), and Latin America (12 percent; 7.1 million hectares).
As a member of the Sustainable Food Trade Association (SFTA), we've signed a pledge committing to reporting annually the company's performance
in the 11 - action categories that include
organic &
land use, distribution & sourcing, energy, climate change & emissions, water use & quality, solid waste reduction, packaging & marketing materials, labor, animal care, sustainability education, and governance & community engagement.
Even if 60 % of agriculture would convert to
organic farming, concentrated feed were reduced by 50 % and food waste by 50 %, it would result
in a food system with significantly decreased environmental impacts, including lower overall greenhouse gas emissions, and only a marginal increase
in agricultural
land area.
In contrast, the conversion to
organic farming should consumption patterns remain unchanged would lead to increased
land use change to agriculture.
However, critics argue that
organic agriculture may have lower yields and would therefore need more
land to produce the same amount of food as conventional farms, resulting
in more widespread deforestation and biodiversity loss, and thus undermining the environmental benefits of
organic practices5.
Following this transaction,
Land O'Frost immediately becomes a significant player
in the fast growing natural /
organic category.
Australian
Organic members own the right to play a part
in our strategic agenda to protect the
organic marketplace, promote products that bear the Australian Certified
Organic logo and make a major difference to consumer health and wellbeing for generations, all of which
in turn helps farmers to care for
land and animals organically, sustainably and humanely.
Three point five per cent of agricultural
land in the UK is
organic.
Organics is big business and it's growing rapidly, 500,000 hectares of
land are converted to
organic every year
in the Union.
To gain the Certified Transitional logo for its new cereal, Kashi worked with Hesco / Dakota
Organic Products, a specialty grain company, to identify and work with two farmers interested
in transitioning new
land from conventional to
organic farming practices.
Organics is big business and it's growing rapidly — 500,000 hectares of
land is converted to
organic every year
in the EU.
In eleven countries more than 10 % of all agricultural
land is
organic.
The new
organic milk spray drying plant will be built at North Geelong
in Victoria on
land adjacent to an existing processing operation built
in 2016 by the
Organic Dairy Farmers of Australia, which operates at a site close to the former Ford engine plant.
More than 10 % of farmland
organic in 11 countries The countries with the largest share of
organic agricultural
land of their total farmland are the Falkland Islands (36.3 %), followed by Liechtenstein (31 %) and Austria (19.5 %).
The Cootamundra property, comprising 1240 hectares of farming country and 400 hectares of conserved bushland, was already
in conversion to
organic with Australian Certified
Organic when they acquired the
land.
We inspect and certify more than 250,000 hectares of
organic or
in - conversion
land, as well as hundreds of food processing and other
organic enterprises.
Land stewardship and sustainable farming are deeply rooted principles
in certified
organic farming practices.
Going
organic freed Straus to fully embrace his deeply held belief
in stewardship of the
land.
Worldwide there are 2.3 million
organic farmers, 43.7 million ha of certified
organic land and US$ 80 billion
in consumer purchases of
organic.
When Albert Straus converted his family's dairy to
organic production
in 1994, becoming the first certified
organic dairy west of the Mississippi River, he pioneered a model that reflects the true costs of milk production and promotes sustainable
land stewardship.
The Business: Featured on Sydney Weekender, and
in numerous publications such as: Garlic by Penny Woodward; Transition Farms by Bev Buckley; The
Land newspaper; Small Farms and Border Living magazines,» Carrigbyrne» has been a thriving
organic garlic business for the past 26 years, with a large customer base of both retail businesses and individuals from Melbourne to Darwin.
When Albert Straus converted his family's dairy to
organic production
in 1994, becoming the first certified
organic dairy west of the Mississippi, he spearheaded a model that reflects the true costs of milk production and promotes sustainable
land stewardship.
More farmers cultivate organically, more
land is certified
organic, and 170 countries report
organic farming activities (up from 164) as shown
in the 2015 edition of the FiBL - IFOAM study «The World of
Organic Agriculture».
Our belief
in organic farming is deeply rooted
in our commitment to
land stewardship that preserves the environment for future generations.
In most cases,
organic agriculture conserves better than conventional agriculture the site - typical plant community of floral species of arable
land.
A research project funded by the European Union found that the diversity of landscape and farming systems was greater
in organic farms, regarding
land use types, crops, livestock, plantings (hedges, solitary shrubs, trees) and flora.
The benefits of
organic farming include the guardianship of our natural
land resources, native plants, wildlife, insects, and birds, the development and conservation of natural ecosystems and a reduction
in the nitrate and agrochemical pollution of our countryside and water courses.
This aspect indicates that the improvement of landscape infrastructure
in combination with
organic agriculture may be an important factor for the conservation and enhancement of species - rich communities on agricultural
land.
A study by Rhône - Poulenc (1997) has shown a steady annual increase
in the number of bird territories on
land converted to
organic production and a higher overall number of territories on the organically managed
land.
However, we work closely with Marin Agricultural
Land Trust, which arranges farm events and hosts tours on several
organic farms
in northern Marin County.
Source:
Organic Centre Wales (estimates exclude uncertified
organic land use
in Germany and Sweden)
Land area under
organic management
in Africa, Asia and Latin America is currently small but increasing rapidly.
A West Australian farmer being sued for allowing his genetically modified canola to allegedly contaminate his neighbour's
organic land was «reckless»
in how he planted and harvested his crop, a court has been told.