OFRF News Clips

OFRF regularly serves as a media resource on topics related to organic farming research, farm policy, and the organic industry. Below are selected press clippings that include OFRF news, information and analysis. Files are in Adobe pdf format.

San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2008
Farm bill upends normal political order

AlterNet, February 15, 2008
Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public Schools

The Modesto Bee, Cardoza Understands Organic Farming, letter to the editor by OFRF board member John Teixeira, January 14, 2008

Sustainable Food News, December 27, 2007
Albert's Organics turns 25, donates profits to OFRF

San Francisco Chronicle, December 15, 2007
Senate passes $286 farm bill with bumper crop of subsidies

The Packer, December 11, 2007
Farm Bill Crunch

The Green Guide, December 1, 2007
Choose Healthy Holiday Beef

Sustainable Food News, November 21, 2007
Partnership yields nearly half a mil' for organic fruit research, education OFRF and Stretch Island put $450,000 into organic fruit sector development

San Francisco Chronicle, November 6, 2007
Senate leader praises farm bill that draws foes of all stripes

The New Farm, October 18, 2007
The skinny on a big problem...weeds

USA Today, October 16, 2007
High crop prices may delay move to organic

San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2007
Federal bill helps huge farmers, not California's innovative ones

San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 2007
Congress hears from organic growers over farm bill

Sustainable Food News (McClatchey Newspapers) April 19, 2007
Organic food industry leaders tell Congress to boost funding: Lack of research, education in organic agriculture inhibits growth, says expert

Farm Aid Blog: Around the Kitchen Table, April 19, 2007
First U.S. House hearing on organic agriculture

AlterNet, January 29, 2007
Government Food Safety System a Sham

Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 26, 2007
EcoFarm Conference Draws Hundreds, Addresses Key Issues

Green Money Journal, Winter 2006/2007
The Organic Conversation Begins Anew (Again)

SARE Common Ground, Autumn 2006
Researchers Also Transition

The New York Times (AP), October 13, 2006
More Consumers Turning to Local Growers

The Boston Globe (AP), October 8, 2006
UNH leading research into organic farming

Boulder Daily Camera, July 26, 2006
'Organic' spurring healthy debate: Dairies come under fire for large-scale farms

Solanco Area Online News (PA), July 25, 2006
Farm Bill '07: Farms are not created equal

Anchorage Daily News, July 2, 2006
Natural preference: Locally and nationwide, organic eaters find more options at better prices

Energy Bulletin, June 25, 2006
Being the change

The Daily Evergreen (WSU-Pullman, WA), June 22, 2006
Organic trend thrives locally

Sacramento Bee, June 10, 2006
UCD plows ahead, but lags on organic ag major

Food Navigator - USA, June 5, 2006
USDA could pour funds into organic research

Chicago Tribune, May 31, 2006
Premium market: Organic produce market grows, but debate continues

The Oregonian, May 30, 2006
Do you have to be rich to eat organic?

BusinessWeek, May 30, 2006
Organic farms scale up to meet demand

San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2006
Green Giants: Mega producers tip scales as organic goes mainstream

Brownsville Herald (TX), April 12, 2006
Organic food not easy to come by in Valley for those craving it

Brownsville Herald (TX), April 10, 2006
Researchers say more study of organic foods needed

San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 2006,
Brewing behemoth sneaks into organics

OnEarth (NRDC), March 2006
Better living without chemistry

The Forum (Fargo, North Dakota) Op-Ed, March 5, 2006
Organic is not 'utopian'

Newsday.com (AP), February 12, 2006
Bill would require labels on genetically engineered seeds

Monterey Herald, February 11, 2006
Farm group hands out four awards

Associated Press, January 31, 2006
Bagged salad inventors changed the way Americans get their greens

Durango Herald, January 24, 2006,
Organic sells: New Mexico organic farmer says organic produce continues to boom

Monterey Herald, January 21, 2006
Organic evolution

Capital Press, January 20, 2006
Ecological Farming Conference nears