The principles of health, ecology and fairness are brought together into the fourth and final principle of organic agriculture: the...

Unfairness is unsustainable, and organic agriculture aims for sustainability: it must, consequently, be fair. Even if it is not a part of...

Organic agriculture is a fairly simple thing on its basis — only use organic fertilizers, and do not use synthetic pesticides. That is...

Seen from the outside, agriculture may seem to be a magical process: things are planted in the soil, cared for during a season, and food...

Organic agriculture is a different sort of business. It is, of course, still a business, where profitability and productivity matter (how...

Any gardener, no matter the scale of their work, have noticed at some point the infestation of little white insects, flying frenetically...

It would seem counterintuitive that emphasizing nature would foster deeply human values – at least, from the perspective of human beings...

When promoting policies that support and stimulate organic agriculture, one common criticism is heard: that organic agriculture lacks the...

Around the world and throughout history, slugs are one of the most enduring and pervasive pests that plague plant cultivation. Slugs...

Last March, the European Commission (the organism in charge of designing the implementation of the EU’s policies) presented a 22-page...

Everywhere around the world, but more so in the developing countries, vast deserts spring up from the ground and begin to cover formerly...

According to the most recent data on the subject, no less than a quarter of all the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from...

As a part of the collective efforts of the agricultural industry for finding ways of dealing with microscopic agents of disease, there...

It was the fall in Versailles when a group of international participants (five, in total) arrived at the first meeting of a “big national...

In the struggle to transition to a greener, healthier world, every single victory is a victory for the planet as a whole. Efforts of...

The crown jewel of biological pest control, Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that has become one of the most frequently...

Even though it sounds like everything but a problem for many farmers and gardeners who have to face the increasing nutrient depletion of...

Trichoderma fungi are an efficient, cost-effective, and selective means for the biological control of fungal diseases, bacterial...

According to a recent study published by a team of researchers from the universities of Westlake and Copenhagen, it turns out that...

One of the beautiful aspects of organic agriculture (and regenerative agriculture in particular) is that it’s not magic: it’s a...