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The magazine helps small producers in the United States and around the world turn their hobby into a viable business. Focused on the modern " back-to-the-land movement ", the magazine is designed to appeal to older Gen Xers , Baby Boomers and the growing population in between who are in tune with organic growing methods and lifestyle.
There are four key issues when comparing the impacts on biodiversity of organic and conventional farming: (1) It remains unclear whether a holistic whole-farm approach (i.e. organic) provides greater benefits to biodiversity than carefully targeted prescriptions applied to relatively small areas of cropped and/or non-cropped habitats within ...
Meat is obtained through a variety of methods, including organic farming, free-range farming, intensive livestock production, and subsistence agriculture. The livestock sector also includes wool, egg and dairy production, the livestock used for tillage, and fish farming. Animal agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
Resurgence & Ecologist — British bi-monthly green magazine; Sanctuary Asia — India's first and one of its leading environmental news magazines; Sierra Magazine — the national magazine of the Sierra Club; Sustain Europe (100% recycled print and online magazine) — Semiannual European title covering tourism, business, energy and ...
The first set of principles of organic agriculture to be published by any organic association was a set of ten principles published by the Australian Organic Farming and Gardening Society (1944–1955). [2] The organic sector has grown significantly in recent years. Along with that growth have come opportunities and challenges.
Federal, state, and local governments, and land-grant universities and other organizations nationally are pursuing sustainable and organic agriculture research and education programs. J.I. Rodale's great-granddaughter Maya Rodale serves as co-chairman of the Rodale Institute's board of directors along with Whole Foods general counsel Roberta Lang.
Rudolf Steiner, occultist philosopher and founder of "anthroposophic agriculture", later known as "biodynamic".. Biodynamics was the first modern organic agriculture. [2] [3] [12] Its development began in 1924 with a series of eight lectures on agriculture given by philosopher Rudolf Steiner at Schloss Koberwitz in Silesia, Germany (now Kobierzyce in Poland).
Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, [1] improving the water cycle, [2] enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, [3] increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil.