A long-awaited update on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) now "desperately" needs to include backing for organic as green groups sign an open letter calling for 10% of farmland to go organic, ...

A new international study into the impact of agricultural land use on climate change has found organic food production is worse for the climate than conventional farming, due to the fact that it needs ...

Starting an organic farm requires space, seeds, livestock and money. Fortunately, some financial help is available for people hoping to establish an organic farming operation. Organic farms grow ...

The world's appetite for sustainable agriculture has reached a remarkable tipping point. Recent data from the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and IFOAM reveals that organic farming ...

For decades, the conventional wisdom surrounding organic farming has been that it produces crops that are healthier and better for the environment as a whole. But a new study out this week challenges ...

Organic farming is farming which follows practices designed to minimise the human impact on the environment, while ensuring the agricultural system operates as naturally as possible. It is a way of ...

Organic practices can reduce climate pollution produced directly from farming – which would be fantastic if they didn’t also require more land to produce the same amount of food. Clearing additional ...

Defra have amended and extended a derogation for organic poultry and pigs, which currently allows up to 5% non-organic ...

The most infamous fact about organic food is that it’s expensive—about 47% more expensive, according to a recent analysis from Consumer Reports. But a new review study published in Nature Plants ...

Raymond Auerbach receives funding from South African National Research Foundation. He is affiliated with IFOAM - Organics International. Carbon in the atmosphere is dangerous but in the soil it is ...

Navin Ramankutty receives funding from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Research Chairs program, U.S.