organic food

Certified Naturally Grown has similar standards to the National Organic Program, but is less costly and requires less paperwork from farmers. But it has an uphill battle if it wants trust and recognition at the grocery store.

When shoppers browse meat at the grocery store they are confronted with all kinds of brands and labels, making it hard to tell whether the meat they buy…

Nora Pouillon writes about her lifelong devotion to food in a new memoir, My Organic Life. Her restaurant has been a fixture in the Washington, D.C., food scene since 1979.

Walk into a grocery store these days and you’re likely to find whole sections devoted to organic foods. The organic label gives insight into how the food…

A group of Columbia activists are promoting organic agricultural practices as a way to improve community health and the environment. The Columbia Climate…

Shoppers looking for organic food may have to look a bit harder this year.When Congress enacted new farm bill legislation on Jan. 1, it cut virtually all…

Tammy Sellmeyer bends to pick up a strawberry in the middle of a hoop house on the 25-acre farm she owns and operates with her husband, Greg, just south…

In Tebbetts, Mo., JJR Family Farm raised USDA-certified organic livestock without antibiotics or genetically-modified feed. After six years of raising and…

The organic farming industry is booming. Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched its federal organic certification program in 2002, the number…

In recent months, a fairly severe drought and a slowly recovering economy have thrown food businesses for a loop.Coming up we’ll listen in on a…