Posts Tagged ‘organic standards’

Industrial Agriculture and the Organic Alternative: Rachel Carson’s Contribution

Industrial Agriculture and the Organic Alternative: Rachel Carson’s Contribution

Part 2: My introductory post on organic farming (Organic Agriculture: Its Origins, and Evolution Over Time) highlighted Sir Albert Howard’s role in describing its fundamental practices and principles. Seeing Nature as the most efficient and enduring of all farmers, Howard portrayed organic agriculture as a holistic endeavor inseparable from a farm’s environmental conditions. In Howard’s [...]

Organic Agriculture: Its Origins, and Evolution Over Time

Organic Agriculture: Its Origins, and Evolution Over Time

Part 1: What comes to mind when you see food labeled “organic” at the grocery store or farmers market? I asked one audience that question years ago, and a gentleman replied emphatically, “Nuts!” Being in North Carolina at the time, I asked if he meant pecans and walnuts, but he assured me that it was [...]