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By | July 22nd, 2022 | Organic News |

Organic farming offers real solutions to the climate crisis. There are huge challenges ahead in terms of the climate crisis; we need to look at food production in the wider context of the environment and work together to see how we can ensure food production well into the future. Glyphosate poses new worries as off-label usage causes food contamination. Usage on farms and detected levels in food are causing concern, but not with some farming lobby groups. Organic farming is often viewed as a more environmentally friendly system of food production. But do lower yields offset any biodiversity gains? The answer is yes for certain crops and certain locations. Kroger’s exclusive Simple Truth brand is the largest natural and organic brand in the world. Shoppers searching for a wide selection of natural and organic products can find what they’re looking for at their neighborhood Kroger. Nature is too often sacrificed to a global and outsized focus on short-term profits and economic growth, according to a new report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.  

Glyphosate poses new worries as off-label usage causes food contamination

Glyphosate poses new worries as off-label usage causes food contamination. Usage on farms and detected levels in food are causing concern, but not with some farming lobby groups.

https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/100406-glyphosate-poses-new-worries-as-off-label-usage-causes-food-contamination 

 

UN: Short-Term Economic Gains Harming Well-Being and Integrity of Nature

Nature is too often sacrificed to a global and outsized focus on short-term profits and economic growth, according to a new report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. 

https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2022/07/un-short-term-economic-gains-harming-well-being-and-integrity-of-nature/

 

Natural and Organic Brands: Finding (and Keeping) Their Place in Shoppers’ Baskets

Kroger’s exclusive Simple Truth brand is the largest natural and organics brand in the world. Shoppers searching for a wide selection of natural and organic products can find what they’re looking for at their neighborhood Kroger. As the nation’s largest grocer, Kroger is also the leading natural and organic food and beverage retailer, with its exclusive Simple Truth brand securing the position as the largest natural and organics brand in the world. 

https://www.progressivegrocer.com/natural-and-organic-brands-finding-and-keeping-their-place-shoppers-baskets 

 

Is organic food really better for the environment?

Organic farming is often viewed as a more environmentally friendly system of food production. But do lower yields under offset any biodiversity gains? 

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/07/13/Is-organic-food-really-better-for-the-environment 

 

‘Organic farming offers real solutions to the climate crisis’

There are huge challenges ahead in terms of the climate crisis; we need to look at food production in the wider context of the environment and work together to see how we can ensure food production well into the future.

https://thatsfarming.com/editors-picks/organic-association-career/

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