Many consumers assume organic food is pesticide-free. In reality, both organic and conventional farms use pesticides, but the types of products, regulatory standards, and pest-management strategies ...

When the package of organic vegetables you eat every day says 'zero pesticides,' is that 'zero' really zero? In reality, it ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 5, 2025) A biomonitoring study in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, focused on small-scale farms in Pahang, Malaysia, analyzes levels of essential and toxic elements in ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 23, 2025) A study published in European Journal of Agronomy, based on a 16-year, long-term experiment (LTE), finds that organic crops (cotton production with wheat and ...

The benefits of organic farming are considerable. One of its greatest advantages is the improvement of soil health. Regular ...

With the Organically Grown Wine Conference debut set to take place in Oregon at the end of March, industry leaders aim to stress the synergy between wine quality and organic practices. In a ...

A new report is raising concerns about the rapid spread of the word "regenerative" on food and farm product labels. In a report reviewing 10 prominent food labeling programs, advocates at Friends of ...

The cloud of insecticide that drifted from a neighbour's corn field onto the asparagus on Andrew and Melissa Dunham's central Iowa farm cast a shadow over their organic vegetable business. They say ...

Food production is one of the industries that supports human survival while also placing the greatest burden on the global ...

Organic farming and flower strips promote the health of honey bees. In their vicinity, colonies grow stronger and are generally healthier. This is most likely because the insects have a diverse and ...

ZANZIBAR: THE Regional organic farming initiative has reached out to more than 1,500 smallholder farmers across the country ...