“Water used by the agricultural sector accounts for nearly 92% of annual global freshwater consumption, according to a study that quantifies and maps humanity’s water footprint – a measure of the total volume of freshwater used to produce goods and services”

This article about our seed company was written by Lisa McKinnon of the Ventura County Star. Check out our seed company web site at http://www.agtoseeds.com

Consumer resistance to transgenic food is high, part of a debate that is coming to life in courtrooms and online.

Reasons to root for the underdogs of vegetables.

Government officials said the drought is the worst since record-keeping began and has left two million people without access to water and devastated cropland in nearly half of the country.

This is article shows how the globalization of the food marketplace has benefitted some of the larger scale farmers in California. A quote from farmer Stuart Woolf: “Bakersfield to Sacramento is like a giant greenhouse with really good soil,” he said. “The big picture is that we are going to be perpetually stretching our resources as California feeds more people around the globe.”

Breathing much easier now that rain is dropping in the Ojai Valley. If anyone is interested in precise precipitation measurements, check out this feature of the National Weather Service.

The discovery of tainted rice 35 miles from a damaged nuclear plant has Japan scrambling to plug gaps in its food-screening measures.

“As we face uncertain and extreme weather patterns, growing scarcity and expense of oil, lack of water, and a growing population, we will require farming systems that can adapt, withstand or even mitigate these problems while producing healthy, nourishing food. After 30 years of side-by-side research in our Farming Systems Trial (FST)®, Rodale Institute has demonstrated that organic farming is better equipped to feed us now and well into the ever changing future.”

Now’s the time to start to think about planting seeds. Check out our seed company, All Good Things Organic Seeds, and find our certified organic seed varieties. New varieties are being added all the time! (Pictured: Fizz Kale).

Use of Synthetic Preservatives, Genetically Mutated Ingredients and Weak Animal Welfare Standards Headed for Vote by USDA Panel