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04/01/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

82% of households are now purchasing organic items

If you were buying organic food ten years ago, more than one acquaintance probably rolled their eyes at you and said you were being taken advantage of by a savvy marketing ploy. Over time, however, attitudes have started to shift as more people become aware of the impact that fruit and vegetables grown with pesticides […]

01/19/2017 / By Daniel Barker

Doctor sells practice in New York; buys New Jersey farm to offer plant-based medicine

After 25 years of treating patients in the conventional manner, Dr. Ronald Weiss has sold his West New York practice to establish New Jersey’s first farm-based medical facility on a 348-acre plot of land in Long Valley. The community-supported Ethos Health agricultural program Weiss has founded is based on the principle that food is medicine, […]

01/18/2017 / By Daniel Barker

More American farmers are ‘Certified Organic’ now than ever before

The organic revolution is in full swing in the United States, where more acreage than ever before is being devoted to the cultivation of crops free of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Organic crops now cover more than 4 million acres of U.S. farmland – an 11 percent increase over the past two years – and […]

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