Organic Farming Numbers Grow
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By Craig Crosby, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine  Sep. 21--UNITY -- Tom Roberts still recalls the early years. The lean  years.
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By Page, Brian  Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California. By Julie Guthman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.
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The Federation Of Organic Dairy Farmers (FOOD Farmers) hosted the first  of its kind Organic Dairy summit in Boulder, CO, on Wednesday June 20th.
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By Kathy Gilbert, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Mar. 12--Four new community-supported agriculture programs have opened in  the Chattanooga area, a development some suggest signals more interest in  locally grown, organic produce.
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The inaugural Organic Summit (www.theorganicsummit.com),  held here June 20 to 22, attracted more than 200 organic activists,  representing the full spectrum of the booming organic industry.
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People are spending more on ethical products - such as organic food -  than on beer and cigarettes, a report shows.
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Science & environment: Some organic foods may be more nutritious than non-organic produce, according to British scientists.
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Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming in developing countries, and holds its own against standard methods in rich countries, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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By Pandey, C; Shukla, S  A two-year study was conducted in 2002-2003 (season one) and 2003- 2004 (season two) at a seepage irrigated vegetable farm in south Florida to investigate the effects of soil organic amendment (composted yard waste) on movement of water in a sandy soil.
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By Darin Fenger, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Mar. 5--There's profit in poo.   Just ask a local organic fertilizer dealer like Dugan LaRose, a fellow who can testify that it all sure does stink, but it sure is the smell of success.
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By ANDREW FORGRAVE Rural Affairs Editor  EACH day UK farmers supply 31m pints of fresh milk, 19.5m eggs and 11.6m loaves of bread to British homes. They manage 85% of the countryside and tend 10m cattle, 35m sheep and nearly ;m pigs.
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Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since World War II. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.
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There is sweet renewal on the old cacao plantations that just five years ago lay fallow on these lush mountain slopes along the Caribbean coast. Its mother is a lucrative niche market: organic chocolate.
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Many people have so little knowledge of farming they don't realise which foods are domestically grown.   A survey commissioned by the charity Leaf (Linking Environment and Farming) claims that more than one in four (29%) of the 1,700 adults questioned had never set foot on a working farm.
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By Durham, Sharon  Using compost to make a foliar spray or soil drench to promote plant growth and suppress plant diseases has gained popularity in the United States during the past 10 years, especially among organic farmers.
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Farmers across Wales will be able to learn more about the practical side of organic farming at an Iger open day next week. Organic food sales are growing at a phenomenal rate.
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Farmers around the globe planting genetically engineered crops enjoyed another bumper harvest last year even as political and financial pressure mounted from skeptical consumers in Europe and pockets of the United States, an industry-supported group said Wednesday.