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• 2007 Organic Field Day Series Review

  Here's a report of the organic field days held last year, with links to photo albums containing a good collection of pics taken at each of the four events.

• Children that Switch from Conventionally Grown to Organically Grown Fruits and Vegetables found to have reduced levels of Organophosphorus Pesticides in their Urine

  Seattle Post Intellingencer Story; January 30, 2008

• Organic News Archive

  News items posted on the organic site.

• 2007 Organic Field Day Series Review

  Here's a report of the organic field days held last year, with links to photo albums containing a good collection of pics taken at each of the four events.

• Annual Midwest Organic Production and Marketing Conference
• Challenges and Information Needs of Organic Growers and Retailers

  By Gerad Middendorf, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. ...

• Canada Thistle Management Resources

  This resource list was compiled to provide background information on Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) and its management in sustainable and organic ag ...

• 2007 Organic Field Day Series Review

  Here's a report of the organic field days held last year, with links to photo albums containing a good collection of pics taken at each of the four events.

• Farmer Transition Hotline

• Organic Farmer's Agency for Relationship Marketing
• Market Maker

  An interactive mapping system that locates businesses and markets of agricultural products in Illinois, providing an important link between producers and ...

• What impact will biofuels have on organic markets?

  By Corinne Alexander, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

• Longevity of Weed Seeds in the Soil

  How long can weed seed live in the soil? Seed longevity is the length of time a seed can persist in the soil. Most weed seed die within a couple of years. Some ...

• An Awkward Adolescence in the Organics Industry

  This article, originally published by Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (2007), profiles the adolescence stage of the organic industry and identifies legal ...

• Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and host plants

  [Source: PNAS] Presents evidence that a subset of organochlorine pesticides, agrichemicals, and environmental contaminants induces a symbiotic phenotype of ...

• The Rodale Insitute

  The Rodale Institute works with people worldwide to achieve a regenerative food system that renews environmental and human health working with the philosophy ...

• The Organic Center

  Promote a new found understanding of the health and other benefits of organic foods and production through a comprehensive set of credible, peer-reviewed ...

• The Cornucopia Institute

  The Cornucopia Institute is dedicated to the fight for economic justice for the family-scale farming community. Through research, advocacy, and economic ...