Common Reasons Why Organic Farming is Essential

Farmer viewpoint: Organic sector offers unique sustainability model for all agriculture

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Rather than dismissing organic standards as arbitrary restrictions, we should recognize the role that they play in guiding sustainable behaviors ...
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Organic farmer: Agriculture must drop ‘us vs them’ mentality towards consumers

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A new documentary, License to Farm, appears to perpetuate the farmer vs. consumer mentality in the issues of farming and ...
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Organic farmer says “no” to organic-led ‘New MacDonald’ GMO demonization campaign

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Polarizing "New McDonald" video sparks outrage among organic farmers more interested in sustainable farming than winning debate points. Will this ...
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Anti anti-GMO organic farmer’s 2015 plea: ‘Let’s end the war over food’

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I can't really tell if it was the "packed with pesticides" or the "bashing mom bashes good" phrase that finally ...
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Organic farmer viewpoint: Has the “Food Movement” become a religious cult?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Anti-GMO? Think organic foods are overhyped? Food politics is on the verge of becoming religion. If we haven't already, we're ...
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Organic farmer: Don’t ban neonics but put aside simplistic view of harmless of pesticides

Genetic Literacy Project | 
While neonicotinoid insecticides (neonics) may have some dire potential for health problems, there's little evidence to suggest that a neonic ...
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View from Quebec organic farm: Don’t knock our science-based technologically advanced methods

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Julie Borlaug, the daughter of the father of the Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, recently criticized organic farming as scientifically anachronistic ...
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Fear sells and Academics Review uses it too in misleading attack on organic marketing

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Academics Review recently released a searing attack on the organic industry, claiming it has gained market share by promoting fear ...
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Organic farmer call to action: We can work with GMO farmers to feed the world

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The debate should not be whether organics or GMOs are best suited to meet global food challenges. That's a false ...
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Organic farmer speaks out for GMO co-existence: Labeling might break impasse for the reasonable

Genetic Literacy Project | 
A new "GLP Voice" from our growing stable of guest contributors: Quebec organic farmer Rob Wallbridge says organics and GMOs ...
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Organic farmer deconstructs ‘the scientist’ vs. ‘the activist’ in Don Huber’s talks

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Who is Don Huber and why is he making claims about 'dangerous pathogens' linked to GMOs and glyphosate--without any hard ...
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What happened when an organic farmer visited the ‘evil empire’ Monsanto?

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After organic farmer Rob Wallbridge wrote a blog post earlier this year about the acrimonious tenor of the national debate ...
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