Organic farming in America started with Rodale. Unsatisfied with conventional advice, Rodale embarked on a journey to discover how to farm without chemicals that began and ended with the ground beneath him. “In 1942, he wrote some words on a blackboard: ‘Healthy soil equals healthy food equals healthy people.’ Those words have powerful meaning in them, and they’re still on the back of our business cards, they’re on our website, they’re on a lot of our literature because we still believe today that it’s impossible to have healthy people or a healthy planet unless we first focus on the health of the soil. Consumers are making conscious decisions to avoid processed foods containing emulsifiers, stabilizers, and chemicals, realizing that lower-cost food alternatives lead to a path with significant health consequences. Farmer-owned: the story of Organic Valley’s sustainable mission. Organic Valley is a farmer-owned cooperative representing nearly 1,700 organic farmers in 34 US states. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farm culture through organic farming, the co-op produces a wide range of organic dairy, egg, and produce products. Check out this futuristic, organic vertical farm being built in Compton, California. “To have a vertical farm that has the ability to produce organic fresh fruits and vegetables with little space and a little bit of water is just incredible, and I believe their mission to combat food insecurities is right in line with our vision that we have for Compton,” Compton mayor Aja Brown said.
Farmer-owned: the story of Organic Valley’s sustainable mission
Organic Valley is a farmer-owned cooperative representing nearly 1,700 organic farmers in 34 US states. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farm culture through organic farming, the co-op produces a wide range of organic dairy, egg, and produce products.
Organic Farming in America Starts With Rodale
Unsatisfied with conventional advice, Rodale embarked on a journey to discover how to farm without chemicals that began and ended with the ground beneath him. “In 1942, he wrote some words on a blackboard: ‘Healthy soil equals healthy food equals healthy people.’ Those words have powerful meaning in them, and they’re still on the back of our business cards, they’re on our website, they’re on a lot of our literature because we still believe today that it’s impossible to have healthy people or a healthy planet unless we first focus on the health of the soil.
Growing Organic Food and Ag is Imperative
Agriculture and our current confluence of crises: climate, disease, social inequality, and political unrest can all be traced back to agriculture. Growing organic food and agriculture is imperative to surviving the next few decades.
https://organicmattersblog.com/2022/07/27/growing-organic-food-and-ag-now-an-imperative/
Why consumers are shifting toward organic and clean eating
Consumers are making conscious decisions to avoid processed foods containing emulsifiers, stabilizers, and chemicals, realizing that lower-cost food alternatives lead to a path with significant health consequences.
Check out this futuristic, organic vertical farm being built in Compton, California
“To have a vertical farm that has the ability to produce organic fresh fruits and vegetables with little space and a little bit of water is just incredible, and I believe their mission to combat food insecurities is right in line with our vision that we have for Compton,” Compton mayor Aja Brown said.
