Last week on June 25, 2019, 65+ people gathered at Janie’s Farm Organics in Danforth, IL, for a field day co-sponsored by TLC and Ograin. Farmer Harold Wilken and his farm crew raise certified organic crops including corn, soybeans, and small grains. Harold is keenly aware of the impact crop production can have on the […]
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Pissing in the Cistern
Submitted by Terra Brockman on Sun, 07/20/2014 – 11:02pm We need food in order to live. And we need what food needs in order for it to live: soil, water, sunshine, air, and an entire interconnected web of life. Maybe it’s because of what my parents named me, or maybe it’s because I talk with […]
Regenerative Organic: What Would Rudolf Steiner Do?
Submitted by Irene Kaufman on Mon, 02/05/2018 – 10:58am Regenerative Organic: What would Rudolf Steiner Do? When it comes to Regenerative Agriculture, I find myself wondering, “What would Rudolf Steiner do?” Back in 1924, Rudolf Steiner was one of the first to come up with an idea for alternative agriculture. His idea for biodynamic agriculture […]
Steingraber and Science on Organic Ag Feeding the World
Tue, 10/12/2010 – 3:44pm One of the oft-repeated criticisms of family organic farming is that family organic farmers “cannot feed the world.” The first response to this should be that chemical farming is not feeding the world, so it’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. The next should be to look at […]
Winter Conferences – We Become Family
Submitted by Mallory Krieger on Mon, 01/28/2019 – 5:15pm What a wonderful weekend I just spent in Madison, Wisconsin, at the Ograin Conference. Ograin is the sister conference to our own Organic Grain Conference. It is organized by Dr. Erin Silva, Harriet Behar, and Jody Padgham. This year, the conference theme was organic no-till. Dr. […]
Production Risk Management
Managing risk in organic grain farming happens at every level. While it may seem to begin with the production systems that the farmer puts in place, experienced growers will tell you that successful organic systems begin with understanding the farmer, the farmer’s resource base, and how the farmer will develop their organic system plan. This […]
