Posts Tagged ‘ IFOAM ’
Bridging the organic divide
Katherine DiMatteo is on a mission. A mission to persuade more people around the world of the benefits of organic. But if not exactly mission impossible, it’s not an easy one. The recently elected president of the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) More →
Small world
Working the land is hard graft. Ask any farmer. Organic farming is even tougher. By its very nature, with the emphasis on the word nature, it is more labour intensive. With the use of pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilisers out of the equation, farmers have to resort to traditional, sometimes backbreaking, methods to keep their soil fertile and their crops viable. More →
