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Soil Remediation: Restore Your Soil With Woodchip

One of woodchip’s secret superpowers is its ability to restore the soil. If your soil is suffering, give woodchip a try! From bioremediation to erosion to soil compaction and more, woodchip is here to save the day. (And your soil!)

Soil Remediation: Restore Your Soil With WoodchipOCA2021-12-07T19:01:20+00:00

The Complete Guide To Restoring Your Soil: Q&A With Soil Expert Dale Strickler

Soil expert Dale Strickler’s new book, “The Complete Guide to Restoring your Soil,” covers why we should restore soil, what ideal soil looks like, practices that build better soil, and how to build better agricultural systems.

The Complete Guide To Restoring Your Soil: Q&A With Soil Expert Dale StricklerOCA2021-12-02T20:41:26+00:00

System of Rice Intensification

Helping farmers adopt the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) enables them to grow far more food more cost-effectively and sustainably, producing higher yields with less water, fertilizer, seeds, and labor.

System of Rice IntensificationOCA2021-11-29T19:26:27+00:00

The Deep Dish

Of all the issues we cover, one in particular has all of us at Civil Eats deeply concerned: the widespread overuse of plastic in food and agriculture. From the myth of recycling and the millions of tons of plastic in the oceans, to the abundance of “forever chemicals” and microplastics making their way into our food and our soil, plastics are contaminating the food chain, polluting the environment, and making us sick.

The Deep DishOCA2021-11-29T18:17:00+00:00

Hydroponic Report and Buyer’s Guide

The Cornucopia Institute’s report, Troubling Waters: How the USDA and Hydroponic Agribusiness Diluted Organics by Sanctioning Soil-less Growing provides consumers and wholesale buyers with the information they need to identify hydroponic brands in the marketplace and instead purchase truly organic produce from farmers who grow crops in fertile soil in the ground.

Hydroponic Report and Buyer’s GuideOCA2021-11-24T17:56:53+00:00

Go Organic this Thanksgiving and Keep the Toxic Turkey and Fixings Off Your Plate

Thanksgiving offers an opportunity for people to come together and give thanks for the bounty of an organic harvest. Unfortunately, many Thanksgiving meals are produced by chemical farming practices that utilize hazardous pesticides, genetically engineered (GE) crops, and petroleum-based synthetic fertilizers.

Go Organic this Thanksgiving and Keep the Toxic Turkey and Fixings Off Your PlateOCA2021-11-22T19:09:00+00:00

Mexico: Front Line of the Global Food War

Mexico is battling to revitalize indigenous corn, while the US seeks to stop the spread of a movement against GM food and agrichemicals.

Mexico: Front Line of the Global Food WarOCA2021-11-17T22:51:55+00:00

Organic Groups Pressure Danone N.A. to Stand by Northeast Organic Dairy Farm Families

Eleven organic organizations representing organic farmers and consumers have submitted a complaint to B Lab against Danone North America. The organizations maintain that Danone North America, owner of Horizon Organic, is in violation of the B Corp Declaration of Interdependence.

Organic Groups Pressure Danone N.A. to Stand by Northeast Organic Dairy Farm FamiliesOCA2022-10-20T16:32:05+00:00

‘Food Can Be the Linchpin for Change’ Across Global Issues

It’s no secret that the way we produce food contributes to many global problems, but it can also serve as a powerful solution. On November 7, food systems experts at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) Nourish Scotland Pavilion discussed how healthy and sustainable diets can drive positive outcomes for public health, local food systems, food workers, and biodiversity.

‘Food Can Be the Linchpin for Change’ Across Global IssuesOCA2021-11-10T19:45:46+00:00

Maine Just Voted To Become the Nation’s First ‘Right to Food’ State. What Does That Mean?

Maine voters approved an amendment Tuesday that enshrines the “right to food” — the first of its kind in the United States. The amendment to the state’s constitution declares that all people have a “natural, inherent and unalienable right” to grow, raise, produce and consume food of their own choosing as long as they do so within legal parameters.

Maine Just Voted To Become the Nation’s First ‘Right to Food’ State. What Does That Mean?OCA2022-10-20T20:59:58+00:00