If you spend any time on the internet in spaces where people talk about food, nutrition and the environment, you’ve probably seen some hot takes about organic food — that it’s not worth the price tag, that it’s all a scam or that it’s somehow worse than nonorganic. Under the USDA’s organic rules, synthetic substances are banned, while natural products …
Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. Krupke said the research shows how conventional farmers treat nearby organic operations “as this focal point of potential outbreaks.” David Haviland, an entomologist with the University of California also not involved with the study, agreed. Haviland said that regional maps clearly showcase organic farms as …
To help California fight climate change, air quality regulators would like to see 20% of the state’s farmland go organic by 2045. Since conventional fields outnumbered organic ones by a wide margin, the net effect in Kern County was a 0.2% increase in pesticide use. But if all the organic fields were clustered together, they’d be “drastically increasing their own …
Up until earlier this year, Luen Free's "office" was typically behind the decks in a dimly lit nightclub, sending techno beats across a sweaty crowd. Key points: Musician, DJ and former triple j presenter, Luen Free, joined the WWOOF movement after her touring income dried up due to the pandemic WWOOF stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms, connecting volunteers …
