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Organic Farming

Are Farm Bill Subsidies Holding Back U.S. Farmers?

Posted on October 17, 2018 in Hygeia's Blog, Organic | 410 Views | Leave a response
While the Farm Bill update hasn’t made it through Congress yet, it’s passage is an eventual certainty, if perhaps broken up into pieces. In an opinion piece in The Hill,  economic policy Research Fellow Michael Farren with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University proposes a different and radical option – a full repeal of […]

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Washington Organic Apple Boom Continues – WA State Now Produces Estimated 98% of Nationwide Crop

Posted on September 19, 2018 in In The News, Uncategorized | 602 Views | Leave a response
The apple harvest season is swinging into full gear, and in the NW corner of the country organic apples are growing on more trees than ever before. The Packer, the leading produce-industry newspaper, reports that the volume of Washington State’s organic apple crop will grow by another 30% this year.  Apple orchards now are found throughout […]

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Why Reducing Pesticide Use and Exposure Matters

Posted on May 11, 2018 in Hygeia's Blog, Organic, Pesticides | 622 Views | Leave a response
Ken Roseboro’s May 11, 2018 story in Civil Eats is a sober reminder that pesticides are toxic, some people have been exposed to levels that almost certainly trigger or contribute to disease, and that the most worrisome exposure episodes often occur as a result of unusual circumstances. “These Farmers Switched to Organic After Pesticides Made […]

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Will Organic Food and Farming in the U.S. Remain Relevant in the Debate Over the Future of Food?

Posted on March 28, 2018 in GMOs, Hygeia's Blog, Organic | 296 Views | Leave a response
Thanks to Peter Melchett for his provocative blog on why, across the EU, the government, farmers, food industry, and consumers are all pulling in the mostly same direction to grow the volume and quality of home-grown organic food. Lessons learned from the efforts of many individuals, companies, and organizations in the EU are worth heeding […]

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Look to Europe for Ways to Tackle Divisions Holding Back Growth in U.S. Organic Ag, Inc.

Posted on March 28, 2018 in Hygeia's Blog, Organic | 2,068 Views | Leave a response
[Guest blog by Peter Melchett, the Policy Director of the Soil Association in the U.K.] In the UK, we have just had good news about the growth in organic sales in 2017. The Soil Association’s 2018 Organic Market Report reveals that our organic market is now worth £2.2 billion ($3.1 billion U.S. $), growing by 6% in 2017. […]

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“Scientific American” Chimes in on Nutrient Decline

Posted on March 19, 2018 in In The News, Organic | 718 Views | Leave a response
The oldest running monthly magazine in the US and one of the staples of popular science highlighted the declining nutritional value of American produce in a 2011 blog post called “Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?” Here at Hygeia we are a part of this discussion, having  recently created a new Nutrient […]

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The Organic Livestock and Poultry Practice Rule Becomes Trump Admin Roadkill

Posted on March 13, 2018 in Animals, In The News, Organic | 1,556 Views | 1 Response
It is now official, the USDA has withdrawn the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) rule, as of May 13, 2018. This action will close one chapter and begin the next in a long-running conflict withing the organic community, and between it and the USDA. The USDA is justifying its actions primarily by pointing to […]

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Part III: How and Why U.S. Government Policies are Slowing Growth in Organic Demand

Posted on March 10, 2018 in Hygeia's Blog | 783 Views | 1 Response
It is a badly kept secret in Washington, D.C. that the USDA , and the U.S. government as a whole, does more to slow the growth in organic farming than support it. There are several ways that the USDA, other government agencies, and the Congress bring about this unfortunate outcome. #1 Denial of Consumer Health […]

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General Mills to Convert 34,000 Acres to Organic Wheat Production in a Smokin’ Hot Deal

Posted on March 7, 2018 in In The News, Organic | 452 Views | Leave a response
When General Mills bought the beloved organic food company Annie’s Homegrown  in 2014 for $820 million cash, many wondered what this would mean for the future of one of the organic food industry’s iconic brands. When the deal went down, Jeff Harmening, the Chief Operating Officer for General Mills, told the New York Times that […]

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Part II: What is Driving the Growth in Organic Apple Production in WA State?

Posted on March 7, 2018 in Hygeia's Blog, Organic | 1,528 Views | Leave a response
What is driving the growth in organic apple production in WA state? First and foremost, consumer demand. Over the last five years or so, most of the fruit buyers for major supermarkets, food companies, restaurants, and exporters have been pushed by their customers to expand the diversity and quality of organic apple offerings. Since Washington […]

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