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May 2012
Featured Articles

Organic Certification 101
Want to label your products organic? Longtime organic certifier Cissy Bowman provides an overview of the organic certification process.

Compost
A team of experts share advice on composting techniques, troubleshooting, choosing composting materials and more.

Fighting Weeds with Fire
Flame weeding, a non-chemical alternative, is one of the best weapons in the war on garden and farm weeds.

Small Wonder
Certified organic for 25 years, Wayne and Marilyn Hansen farm intensively, selling their harvest year-round, from a tiny property.

Amaltheia Organic Dairy
Montana sustainable dairy owners produce certified organic goat cheese and use waste by-products for whey-fed organic pork and premium compost.

Know Your Farmer,
Know Your Food

Food advocate Melinda Hemmelgarn believes that to really know your food you have to know your local farmers.

Gleaning
Collecting the left behinds, volunteer harvesters revive an age-old tradition rescuing perfectly good food from the field and sharing it.

Healthy Soils,
Healthy People

A visionary and committed humanitarian, William Albrecht's legacy is his message, that soil health is linked to animal and human health.

Cars Don't Have Carburetors
Jerry Brunetti discusses sophisticated ruminant ecosystems integrally connected to farm soil geology, soil biology and pasture biodiversity.

Understanding Nitrogen Management
Managing nitrogen appropriately and actively building up levels of soil organic matter are keys to getting high yields and quality crops.


May 2012
Columns

Interview — IFOAM & Organic Farming Around
the World
Queensland fruit farmer Andre Leu talks about the immense challenges facing organic agriculture around the world and his priorities as the new president of IFOAM.

Eco-Update
Eco-ag news from around the world.

Opinion
Commentary on issues affecting organic and sustainable farmers.

Transitions
Certified organic industry news.

Eco-Gardener
Topics that are smaller scale than the farm, but fascinating and vital.

The Harvest Table
The goal of agriculture is not just bins and bushels, but quality food which nourishes people and animals.

Health & Healing
Healthy soil is the foundation for human health. This column connects the dots.

The Natural Vet
Insight from complementary and alternative animal care professionals.

Books & Information
Reviews of new eco-farming literature, videos & web resources.

Acres U.S.A. Zips
Letters to the editor.

Eco-Resources
A roundup of eco-suppliers.

Eco-Meetings
Eco-farming meetings and events across North America.

The Last Word
Essays worth reading.

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