Time to double research funding for organic farming, say lawmakers

Funding would more than double, to $50 million a year, for research to boost organic agricultural production under a bill proposed by three members of the U.S. House of Representatives. One of the sponsors, Maine Democrat Chellie Pingree, said organic food sales have doubled in the past 10 years and “it’s just a question of… » Read More

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