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Eliot Coleman (born 1938) is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and proponent of organic farming.He wrote The New Organic Grower. [1] [2] [3] He served for two years as Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), and was an advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture during its 1979–80 study, Report and ...
Organic farming methods combine scientific knowledge of ecology and some modern technology with traditional farming practices based on naturally occurring biological processes. Organic farming methods are studied in the field of agroecology. While conventional agriculture uses synthetic pesticides and water-soluble synthetically purified ...
Linda Bullard, former President of IFOAM - Organics International), Dr. Vandana Shiva, winner of the Right Livelihood Award, and Magda Aelvoet, Belgian Minister of State and former Health and Environment Minister, celebrate the landmark decision of the European Patent Office to uphold a decision to revoke in its entirety a patent on a fungicidal product derived from seeds of the Neem, a tree ...
Dark green cucumbers seen in a carton. Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc. is recalling these cucumbers that were shipped to 14 states from May 17 through May 21 over salmonella concerns.
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) is a Providence, Rhode Island–based natural and organic food company. The largest publicly traded wholesale distributor of health and specialty food in the United States and Canada, [3] [4] it is Whole Foods Market's main supplier, with their traffic making up over a third of its revenue in 2018.
Harvest Power, Inc. was a privately held organics management company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States that specializes in converting food waste and yard waste into biofuel, compost, mulch and fertilizer. [1] [2] In 2014 Fast Company named it one of the most innovative companies in the world. [3]
Follow the latest news in Trumpworld as former president’s legal battles heat up amid 2024 primary race Trump shares threatening video as midnight deadline to appear before Jan 6 grand jury ...
Stonyfield Farm was founded by Samuel Kaymen in 1983, on a 19th-century farmstead in Wilton, New Hampshire, as an organic farming school. The company makes the second leading brand of organic yogurt in North America, with 13.3% of the market. [1] The company is owned by the largest dairy company in the world, the French group Lactalis.