In a nationally representative Consumer Reports survey of 2,224 U.S. adults in April, 42 percent said they thought organic food was more nutritious, and 66 percent thought it was better at limiting their exposure to pesticides or fertilizers. Youth are learning to grow organic produce at a Brooklyn farm. For Ashley Stoner, nothing compares to picking that perfect grape tomato. “They’re really tiny and the most flavorful,” Stoner said. “They’re like little bites that you can just pop in your mouth.” Stoner’s love of gardening started very young. Her mother signed her up to join the nonprofit organization Campaign Against Hunger when she was just 4 years old. Now at 16, she’s learned a lot. Stoner is among dozens of 14 to 24-year-olds taking part in this paid internship at Saratoga Farm in Bedford-Stuyvesant where they learn to farm and maintain organically grown produce. The food then gets distributed to restaurants and a nearby food pantry. People have adopted organic farming to increase productivity and grow pest-free vegetables, which helps them to lead better lives. Switching to organic farming has come to them as a boon, as the whole community in places like Jammu and Kashmir, and Goa have benefitted from it. Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said that organic farming is the need of the hour and there is a requirement to switch back to it to produce pure and healthy food. According to new research, searches for ‘organic food near me’ have skyrocketed by 850 percent over the last year. Waste and recycling management firm BusinessWaste.co.uk collected the data for Organic September, looking into how attitudes to food are changing. The company analyzed Google trends over the past 12 months, looking at various searches for organic topics. Regenerative agriculture is one method to restore soil’s good health and help mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration. Healthy topsoil—rich in nutrients, organic matter, and microbial diversity—is pivotal for the health of people and the planet. It is essential for drawing down carbon, filtering toxins, regulating water, and sustaining life for millions of plants, animals, bacteria, and other organisms. Sadly, thanks to conventional farming practices and countless other human-driven environmental abuses, topsoil are vanishing 10 times faster than it’s being replenished.
Four common questions to ask about organic food
In a nationally representative Consumer Reports survey of 2,224 U.S. adults in April, 42 percent said they thought organic food was more nutritious, and 66 percent thought it was better at limiting their exposure to pesticides or fertilizers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/08/22/organic-food-questions/
Youth learn to grow organic produce at Brooklyn farm
For Ashley Stoner, nothing compares to picking that perfect grape tomato. “They’re really tiny and the most flavorful,” Stoner said. “They’re like little bites that you can just pop in your mouth.” Stoner’s love of gardening started very young. Her mother signed her up to join the nonprofit organization Campaign Against Hunger when she was just 4-years-old. Now at 16, she’s learned a lot. Stoner is among dozens of 14 to 24-year-olds taking part in this paid internship at Saratoga Farm in Bedford-Stuyvesant where they learn to farm and maintain organically grown produce. The food then gets distributed to restaurants and a nearby food pantry.
Demand of organic vegetables prompted farmers for organic farming
People have adopted organic farming to increase productivity and grow pest-free vegetables, which helps them to lead better life. Switching to organic farming has come to them as a boon, as the whole community in places like Jammu and Kashmir, and Goa has benefitted from it. Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said that organic farming is the need of the hour and there is a requirement to switch back to it to produce pure and healthy food.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/demand-of-organic-vegetables-pro
mpted-farmers-for-organic-farming-ambrosia-organic-farm/articleshow/93983166.cms
Study by BusinessWaste.co.uk finds surging interest in organic food in the last year
Searches for ‘organic food near me’ have skyrocketed by 850 percent over the last year, according to new research. Waste and recycling management firm BusinessWaste.co.uk collected the data for Organic September, looking into how attitudes to food are changing. The company analyzed Google trends over the past 12 months, looking at various searches for organic topics. It discovered that searches for ‘organic food near me’ surged by 850 percent in the past year. https://www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-journal/huge-rise-in-organic-food-searches/247101.article
15 brands on a mission to improve soil health
Regenerative agriculture is just one method these brands employ to restore soil’s good health and help mitigate climate change through carbon sequestration. Healthy topsoil—rich in nutrients, organic matter, and microbial diversity—is pivotal for the health of people and the planet. It is essential for drawing down carbon, filtering toxins, regulating water, and sustaining life for millions of plants, animals, bacteria, and other organisms. Sadly, thanks to conventional farming practices and countless other human-driven environmental abuses, topsoil is vanishing 10 times faster than it’s being replenished.
https://www.newhope.com/manufacturing-and-supply/15-brands-mission-improve-soil-health
