FEET FIRST: Jeff Poppen, the "Barefoot Farmer," returns to Asheville July 9-10 to lead an intensive workshop on biodynamic principles at Living Web Farms in Mills River. Photo courtesy of Living Web ...

Does planting a cow horn full of fresh manure in a vineyard make a better wine than a winery using more conventional farming techniques? Kevin Morrisey won’t quite make that claim, but he does think ...

HOG HEAVEN: At her Wild Mountain Farm in Barnardsville, Megan Naylor labors to create a closed system that nurtures livestock, plants, the soil and humans. Photo by Megan Naylor “I spent most of my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A raised bed with lettuce growing in soil Organic gardening is on everyone's agenda, but have you ever heard of biodynamic ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — The journey to biodynamic farming at Montinore Estate began with a tiny soil-dwelling insect. Rudy Marchesi, former president of the 200-acre vineyard and winery west of Portland, ...

A draft law on organic farming approved by the Senate is causing disquiet among several Italian scientists, who claim it would support and promote agricultural practices with no scientific basis. The ...

This article by Sanjib Chaudhary was originally published in Nepali Times and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Across Nepal, the soil has ...

Biodynamic compost made from cattle dung but adds the horns of dead livestock to enrich nutrients in the fertiliser. Photos: SUDARSHAN CHAUDHARY Across Nepal, the organic matter content of the soil is ...

Producers in every wine region around the world will tell you that they work with grapes that are farmed in environmentally safe ways. There are many wines today that are produced from organically ...