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08/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Will organic farming ever become mainstream? Maybe not in the way we expect

The agricultural world appears to be switching around. Even as increasingly profitable organic farming is beginning to take on certain unpleasant economic aspects of conventional agriculture, the latter is likewise starting to adopt healthier and more natural farming practices, an article in Eco Watch reported. The switch-over is startling. For example, organic farms are starting […]

04/07/2018 / By David Williams

Cover crop and compost effects on organic vegetable crops

Researchers from the University of Califonia Cooperative Extension (UCOP) have just performed the first long-term detailed study that covered the response of legume-cereal cover crops (CC) to various soil management techniques in so-called high-value vegetable production systems. Their study, which spanned a total of eight years, revealed some interesting results. In terms of long-term impact […]

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