Why the spread of organic farms may prompt growers to use more pesticide, not less Robert Dedlow, owner of Kentor Canyon Farms in Fillmore, cuts organic thyme during a tour of his farm in 2021.

Insects tend to be more abundant on organic farms than conventional ones, which may cause the pests to spill over into neighbouring fields, prompting these farmers to increase their pesticide use ...

When it comes to sustainable practices on organic farms, bigger is not always better. In fact, large-scale organic farming practices often more closely resemble those of conventional farming, while ...

Location of the sampled conventional (white circles), young organic (1–11 years since transition, gray circles) and old organic farms (20–35 years since transition, black circles) in southern ...

There’s been a push to increase organic production in the U.S., which begs the question of how this will affect pests and pest control for other farms. Most pesticide studies have focused on the field ...

The researchers analyzed 14,000 fields in California's Kern County over a seven-year period. Organic farm acreage has been trending upward since 2000, though it still accounts for less than 1% of ...

Pretty reliable, says Powers. For one thing, Kern is a high-crop-producing county with many farms, which gave her and her co-authors a lot of room to check for pesticide spillover across a decent ...

By 9 a.m. on a drizzly September Saturday, roughly 40 people snaked in line at Alma Backyard Farms sipping on fresh-squeezed orange juice as they perused organic produce, including bell peppers ...

Organic agriculture may be as old as dirt, but that doesn’t mean its impacts are fully understood. A team of scientists in the United States and Canada are doing their part to change that.