Comparative Study: Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition

An 18 month study by Benbrook et al. 2013 (http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0082429) reports on the first large-scale, nationwide study of omega fatty acids (ω) in U.S. milk produced using organic or conventional methods.  The study asserts that ω-6/ω-3 intake ratios have risen to nutritionally undesirable levels of 10 to 15 during past decades and that the optimal […]

Agricultural Innovation Prize

  Check out this unique opportunity! The competition is open to U.S. undergraduate and graduate students across all academic disciplines and runs through spring 2014, when teams will compete for the chance to win $215,000 in prize money, with a grand prize of $100,000; making this the largest agriculture-focused student competition in the world. The […]

Organic Crop Improvement Association Scholarships 2014

OCIA Research and Education is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2014 Organic Agriculture Scholarship. Students who apply must be enrolled in a post-secondary institution and be taking post-secondary work. Research must be limited to areas clearly benefiting organics. Scholarship application, criteria and recommended letters of support must be sent or e-mailed to Angie Tunink […]

World Soil Day Dec 5

World Soil day celebrates the importance of soil as a critical component of the natural system and as a vital contributor to the human commonwealth through its contribution to food, water and energy security and as a mitigator of biodiversity loss and climate change. It is celebrated particularly by the global community of 60 000 […]

Lecture Series – Will Allen

FREE – Tuesday December 3rd – Illini Union Rooms ABC – 7pm – FREE Will Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods to under-served urban populations. As the son of a sharecropper, former professional basketball player, ex-corporate sales leader and longtime farmer, he is recognized as […]