What is Organic Farming?... These days, we may have become concerned with the quality and safety of the food we eat. The production methods of the food reflect to our awareness with the outcomes of our consumption of food, especially when we think of pesticide and herbicide residues left in our food that are slowly poisoning us. Over the recent years, organic farming has become more and more popular in which organic food may resolve the problems...

Environmental Concerns Versus Monsanto’s Genetic... The US Supreme Court, for the first time, is considering a ban on genetically modified food while hearing a case against the use of Roundup Ready – a herbicidal resistant Alfalfa (a type of legume) – produced by the biotech giant Monsanto. The leading producer of the genetically modified seeds for species of food plants, Monsanto is now fighting its case to overturn a three-year-old ban on its genetically altered...

Organic Farming – The Sustainable Way to Far... By Janice Hunter Organic farming is a form of agricultural method wherein farm communities relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost fertilizer, biological methods of pest control and cultivation of fertile soil to make it more productive thus yielding better produce. It also strictly limits the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, chemical-based plant grower, feed additives and GMO. Organic farming is closely...

Organic Fertilizers for Your Garden... Just by the sound of it, organic fertilizers must be good for our gardens especially now that we have become fully aware of the harmful effects of chemical pesticides to humans and what abnormal things it can induce to our plants and produce. Little by little, more farmers are beginning to apply alternative methods to a safer and better produce but naturally, organic fertilizers are expected to be met with a little resistance...

Weed lawn pesticides causing Hermaphrodite Frog ab... The alarming number or hermaphrodite frogs found in states like Connecticut and California has scientists searching for an explanation.  Frogs which lived in suburban areas were also found to become more susceptible to reproductive abnormalities than those that live in rural areas. Scientists at UC Berkley have discovered a link between sex changed frogs and the herbicide Atrazine.  Atrazine is one of the most commonly...