ALBERT LEA, Minn. — Driven by family, customer service and helping conventional and organic farmers alike, Albert Lea Seed is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Albert Lea Seed provides ...

NAPLES, New York (AP) — An organic seed company with national reach has surprised its supporters by announcing it will end sales and give hundreds of varieties away, declaring “we can no longer ...

Q. As I order seeds for next year’s garden I am concerned about genetically engineered (GE) or genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds. How can I be sure I’m not buying GE seed? Can you recommend ...

NAPLES, New York — A multimillion-dollar organic seed company has surprised its supporters by announcing it will end sales and give hundreds of varieties away, declaring “we can no longer commodify ...

Twenty-two years ago, when the US Department of Agriculture finalized the standards for its National Organic Program, produce breeders went back to the drawing board. There was little organically ...

Cathleen McCluskey is the new executive director of the nonprofit Organic Seed Alliance. She’s been with the organization for 15 years, holding various positions, most recently policy and advocacy ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — How much do you really know about the seeds you grow? Would you know what to do if the seeds for your best-selling crop suddenly are no longer available? At a presentation on Feb. 9, ...

A Canadian regenerative agriculture organisation is moving to establish an organic seed bank in Jamaica, positioning the initiative as a catalyst to transition local farmers away from chemical ...

In traditional plant breeding, the pollen of one plant is added to the pollen of another to create a new and better progeny. It mimics the natural process of bees, insects and other pollinators ...

Jonathan and Carolyn Olson’s family farm has been going for more than a century. But within the past 30 years, they’ve made ...