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Byne Blueberry Farms is an organic blueberry farm in Waynesboro, Georgia.It is one of the earliest and most famous organic farms in the United States. [1] Byne Blueberry Farms was started in 1980, before there was a National Organic Program, when owner Dick Byne became the first commercial blueberry grower in the Central Savannah River Area. [1]
Arran Blackburn Stephens (born 1944) is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is co-founder of Nature's Path, a leading manufacturer of organic foods.He is regarded as a pioneer in the food industry [2] and has received numerous acknowledgments for his work promoting sustainable agriculture, organics, and opposition to genetic food modification.
Once establishing his farm, Kirschenmann returned to academia and worked for several different nonprofit organizations in order to advance the cause of sustainable agriculture. [ 11 ] In 1979, he helped found and served as the first president of the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society from 1983 to 1988.
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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.
In 2024, Reiff and colleagues stated that permaculture is a "sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture", and that it "strongly" enhances carbon stocks, soil quality, and biodiversity, making it "an effective tool to promote sustainable agriculture, ensure sustainable production patterns, combat climate change and halt and reverse land ...
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The farm at Larsen Lake is popular with residents and tourists, and includes U-pick blueberries. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1995, the blueberry farm suffered from a devastating fungal outbreak. The use of fungicide to stop the outbreak led to controversy since the farm lost its organic status.