Organic stakeholders gathering in Denver this week for the National Organic Standards Board meeting will take another stab at defining the role of hydroponic production in organic, which documents ...

Dave Chapman, an organic tomato farmer in East Thetford, Vt, stands with his team of oxen in the early 1980s. Since 1984, Dave Chapman has been growing organic tomatoes at his Vermont-based Long Wind ...

What does “organic” mean to you? Likely the main component most consumers consider is that no pesticides are used to grow organic produce. But USDA requirements for organic certification go well ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2015 - Pressure by organic farmers and a host of other organic advocates is building for USDA to disallow certification of hydroponic produce as organic. Hydroponic systems are ...

Head Start Hydroponics & Organic Gardening Emporium34500 U.S. Highway 6 Unit B-9 NorthEdwards, Colorado 81632phone: 569-3139Fax: 569-3139 (call prior to sending)Date opened: April 1, 2004. Owner: Pat ...

Can food be organic even if it’s not grown in soil? Many hydroponic growers in the U.S. want access to the $40 billion organic market, but a board that advises the U.S. Agriculture Department on ...

Hydroponic and aquaponic farms can keep their organic status – at least for now – following the National Organic Standards Board’s decision April 21 to defer a vote on whether the systems are eligible ...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2017 - Can hydroponics – fruit and vegetable growing systems that don’t use soil – be certified as organic farming? The Agriculture Department’s answer is likely coming soon.

A federal judge in California last March found in favor of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s ruling that hydroponics can be labeled as USDA Organic foods. The Center for Food Safety and several ...

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The National Organic Standards Board plans to decide this week whether hydroponically grown foods, a water-based model of cultivation, can be sold under the label "certified organic." But some organic ...