Organic Food Supply

8 Reasons Why There's Not More Organic Food In Your Store and who is trying to fix it

Beginning on March 20, 2017, the USDA will accept applications for financial assistance from farmers transitioning to or maintaining organic certification, the agency announced this week

Youth, idealism nurture farming industry

Vilicus Farms Apprentice opportunities are training and mentoring programs that immerses highly motivated young professionals in organic farm operation and management – a journey that culminates in a career as a highly skilled and valued farm team member or farm/enterprise manager at Vilicus Farms or on another operation.

The Farming Systems Trial (FST)® at Rodale Institute is America’s longest running, side-by-side comparison of organic and chemical agriculture.

Article Citation: Melea Press, Eric J. Arnould, Jeff B. Murray, and Katherine Strand (2014) Ideological Challenges to Changing Strategic Orientation in Commodity Agriculture. Journal of Marketing: November 2014, Vol. 78, No. 6, pp. 103-119. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jm.13.0280

America may export more grain to feed cattle, pigs and poultry than any other country, but it’s losing share in its own backyard.

Consumer demand for organic foods is expected to continue growing rapidly in the United States and other major markets, and the competition for these markets is likely to increase considerably.

Did you know less than 1% of farmland in the U.S. is certified organic? Learn about how Kashi is supporting farmers in transition to organic farmland.

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PULLMAN, Wash. - A comprehensive study finds organic agriculture more profitable for farmers than conventional agriculture.

The standard warning in the London "Tube" could also apply to organic farming The productivity of organic farming is typically lower than that of comparable "conventional" farms. This difference is sometimes debated, but a recent USDA survey of organic agriculture demonstrates that commercial organic in the U.S. has a significant yield gap. I [...]

We may romanticize that strawberries are grown down the road, but most of them come from California. And a complex web of plant cloning practices, relocation and fumigation has cropped up to keep it that way. Although scientists are exploring new options, like soil-free growing.

Buying seeds used to be a fairly simple matter. Farmers picked four or five varieties offered by a regional dealer, and that was that. But in the mid-1990s, biotech companies started producing seeds genetically modified with traits from other organisms.

Monsanto dominates America’s food chain with ruthless tactics, waging a debilitating war against small farmers. Even worse, the company has a decades-long history of toxic contamination.

The major U.S. oilseed crops are soybeans, cottonseed, sunflowerseed, canola, rapeseed, and peanuts.

For farmers who grow some of the biggest U.S. crops, choosing what to plant this year has become a bet on which one will lose less money.

Organic-food purveyors are taking steps to tackle supply constraints that are hampering growth. These companies are financing farmers, offering technical training and hiring full-time headhunters to recruit organic growers.

To boost its supply of organic foods, Costco is trying something new: It’s working with farmers to help them buy land and equipment as it struggles to keep pace with customer demand.

Today’s farms are fewer and bigger.

The survey of 1,800 households across the nation found that more than half of parents who are buying organic food regularly are between the ages of 18 and 34

If you’re looking for the latest data on the organic industry, you’ve come to the right place! OTA is the premier source of information about organic. Whether you're looking for the size of the organic market, organic industry trends or insights into the organic consumer, OTA is here to help.    Each year, OTA publishes two flagship research products—the Organic Industry Survey and the U.S. Families’ Organic Attitudes and Beliefs Study, to inform the business, media, government and other communities about the organic trade.