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Organic farming

How can a future world ensure food sources that are not only healthy but secure and sustainable? Could organic farming and vegetarianism be the solution?

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Leandro Curia, a farm worker, distributes soybeans on a truck at a farm in Salto, some 190 kilometers, (120 miles) northeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Organic debate

Can organic farming feed the world? A new book says far from a luxury, it will be indispensable.
September 16, 2011

Disabled Inclusion project Conca D'oro organic farm promotes tolerance and cooperation

In the north east of Italy, a social inclusion project for mentally disabled people and autistic teenagers is proving so successful on a local level that it's sparked interest in other European countries. A social farm in Bassano del Grappa in the Veneto region produces organic fruit, vegetables and herbs. It is run by agricultural workers, mental health workers and the disabled all together.
BusinessAugust 3, 201105:46 min
Srey Kuot grows cilantro, spinach and cabbage just outside of Phnom Penh

Nine out of ten Cambodian farmers poisoned by pesticides

A new survey has found nine out of ten farmers show symptoms of extreme pesticide poisoning.
January 26, 2011
organic farm products on a table in front of a farmhouse

Organic adventure

A network of organic farms connects urban folk with farmers looking for volunteers.
January 25, 2010

Discontent Simmers Over Change in German Farm Policy

A row over new Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer's plans to cut backing for ecological farming and pave the way for genetically modified crops continues in the Christmas season.
December 24, 2005

Brussels Spares Germany's Organic Farms

The EU decided against banning Germany's organic food exports following last week's revelation that contamined feed had been delivered to the country's organic farms.
June 12, 2002

Nitrofen Scandal Reveals Historical Traces

After days of pointing fingers, a government task force has identified a former East German warehouse as the source of the banned herbicide nitrofen, which mysteriously popped up in organic food during the last month.
June 3, 2002

A Blow To Organic Farming

Following the scares around BSE and foot-and-mouth disease, Germany's food sector has been hit by yet another scandal. Chicken feed containing a dangerous pesticide has found its way into over 100 organic farms.
May 28, 2002

Recognition for the Polish Farmer

Poland’s Jadwiga Lopata won the environmental community’s most prominent prize this week. But her country’s imminent EU membership could mean the end of the conservation battle she's been waging since the mid-1980s.
April 22, 2002

Europe Cultivates Organic Farming

The German minister for Agriculture and Consumer Protection has radical ideas about farming and is a strong advocator of organic farming.
October 22, 2001