Another good post from Howstuffworks, this time on agritourism. This is really growing in Illinois. There seems to be a growing number of city folk looking for a farm-type experience. The options are many. Here’s a website of Illinois agritourism operations.
I ran into a corn researcher in the hall. We started talking about organic. He’s all for it if that’s what people want to buy. But honestly, he says to me, we both know that we can’t feed everyone with organic. It just doesn’t yield enough. That’s an assumption still held by many — organic [...]
The evidence continues to mount — organically raised plant-based foods are more nutritionally dense than conventionally grown food. A newly released, major review of research conducted over the last six years, concludes…
“Yes, organic plant-based foods are, on average, more nutritious in terms of their nutrient density for compounds validated by this study’s rigorous methodology.
“The significant [...]
URBANA – The first in a series of interactive video conferences being offered is entitled, Introduction to Hoophouse/High Tunnel Production Systems. It will be presented on March 20 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 pm. The program is available via live streaming video (must have a broadband, high-speed connection) on March 20 [...]
Environmental News Network’s post — Greed in the Name of Green — is tongue-in-cheek, but there are some on the outside looking in (non-believers) who will see something between the lines that goes beyond environmental/health concern in its perception of organic. Call it “holistic world view”, or Gaia, or tree-hugging, but for some, organic is [...]
