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Using organic agriculture is one of the easiest ways to reduce our carbon

Soil health is the cornerstone of the organic agricultural system.

The idea of selling products to support a good cause is nothing new to Nicole Dawes, president and chief operating officer of Late July Organic Snacks. As a child, she watched as her father, the founder of the Cape Cod Chip Company, featured various charitable organizations on the back of chip bags. “It was very important to him to bring attention to other people’s good work, and he saw the packaging of his products as an excellent way to day that,” she notes.

Many companies strive to make the world a better place, but few are able to do so in as many ways as Brattleboro, VT, based supplement maker New Chapter. Since their earliest days, the company’s founders, Paul and Barbi Schulick, have made it a priority to give back to the land and people with whom they work.

Corporate social responsibility has emerged as a buzzword over the last several years. For organic industry veterans Bena Burda, founder and president of Maggie’s Clothes, and Scott Leonard, CEO of Indigenous Designs, this concept is nothing new.

There is nothing easy about being a female farmer in India. Most are uneducated and uninsured, and they are compensated, on average, 30-40 percent less than their male counterparts.

Walnuts: Packing an Energetic Punch

Organic farmers benefit communities in a whole host of ways. Through their use of organic agricultural methods and materials like composting, crop rotation, and cover cropping, they enrich the soil, help to keep water sources clean, and help to reduce the impacts of global warming.

Published three to four times per year by the Organic Trade Association, "What's News in Organic"  is a four-page informational flier that includes a feature focusing generally on a "hot topic" for the industry, a pertinent quotation, and "A World of News" section outlining brief news related to the industry.

Organic agriculture minimizes children’s exposure to toxic and persistent pe