PULLMAN, Wash. – Certified organic farmgate sales increased 16 percent to $244.6 million for 2010, the last year for which statistics were available, according to data gathered by the Washington State University Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. Certified organic crop acreage and the number of certified organic farms in Washington state, however, decreased […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The number of certified organic producers, organic acreage and farmgate sales in Washington state all declined in 2010 according to data gathered by the Washington State University Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Climate Friendly Farming New agricultural practices, technology and strategies could dramatically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate change, increase the amount of carbon held in the soil and replace products made with fossil fuels with those made with biomass, according to a report by Washington State University. WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. – Washington State University’s Small Farms Program has been awarded two U.S. Department of Agriculture grants to support and assist beginning and disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Together, the grants will support and strengthen the Small Farms Program’s innovative immigrant farmer program. According to WSU Extension Small Farms educator Doug Collins, the two grants […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — For decades, the conifer seedling nursery industry has fumigated soils with the chemical methyl bromide between plantings in order to control a devastating pathogen, Fusarium root rot. Because of safety and environmental concerns, methyl bromide use is increasingly restricted and expensive, and ultimately its use will be phased out. Thanks to a […]
QUINCY, Wash. – Field-scale trials of four different perennial legumes seeded in orchard alleys to fix nitrogen will be on display during a field tour being organized by Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. The field tour will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at Warren […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. – The number of certified organic farms in Washington state increased by 10 percent and certified acreage increased by an estimated 18 percent between 2007 and 2008. That compares with 15 percent growth in the number of organic farms and a 27 percent increase in organic acreage in 2007. Gross farmgate sales from […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – The State of Organic Agriculture in Washington will be the topic of the keynote presentation at the Washington State University symposium on its biologically intensive and organic agriculture program, or BIOAg. A program of WSU’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, BIOAg is a comprehensive research and educational program focused on […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. – Certified organic acreage farmed in Washington state continues to expand, increasing by an estimated 27 percent between 2006 and 2007. Since 2004 the amount of certified acreage being farmed in the state has increased by 86 percent. Those growth estimates are documented in the annual profile of the state’s organic acreage and […]
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – An economist with extensive national and international experience has been named to the new position of BIOAg Value-Added Specialist with Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. He will be located at the WSU Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center at Mount Vernon. Hector Saez will join the […]