Vol 16#4 July/Aug 2008
Weed the Soil, Not the Crop: A whole farm approach to weed management
By Dan Guenthner, Organic Farmer
General Information on Cover Crops
By Dale R. Mutch Kellogg, Biological Station, Land and Water Program
and MSU IPM Program
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Also in this Issue: Nematodes for Insect Pest Control; Surviving Floods; Info on Cover Crops; The Latest from the NOSB; Inside Organics: Farm Bill Synopsis
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Vol 16#3 May/June 2008
Protecting the Integrity of Your Organic Crop
By Harriet Behar, MOSES staff
Growing Profitable Small Grains
By Jody Padgham, MOSES staff
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Also in this Issue: New Research from Organic Research Symposium; Policy Update: Farm Bill Agony; Book Review; Gaining Ground; Inside Organics: Earmarks |
Vol 16#2 March/April 2008
Zimmer Family MOSES Organic Farmer of the Year
By Joyce Ford, MOSES board, Organic Farmer
Thinking of Spring- thoughts on planning and starting your commercial or home vegetable garden
by Harriet Behar, MOSES staff |
Also in this Issue: Watershed Project; Inside Organics: IFOAM; Grain Prices |
Vol 16#1 January/February 2008
The Price of a Good Nights Sleep: Why AGR-Lite insurance is in the Gardens of Eagan farm budget
by Atina Diffley, MOSES board, Organic Farmer |
Also in this Issue: NOSB and NOP; Inside Organics: New Michigan Global Study; Seaweed, Fact or Fancy; Book Review: Your Right to Know |
Vol 15#6 November/December 2007
60 Years at Rodale Institute
by Jody Padgham, MOSES staff
Protecting the Bounty
by Harriet Behar, MOSES staff
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Also in this Issue: Farm Bill Update; Economic Returns per acre From Experimental Organic Farm; Renewing the Countryside: Wisconsin, book review; Disaster Readiness and Recovery, Legal Considerations for Organic Farmers |
Vol 15#5 September/October 2007
What Impact Will Biofuels have on Organic Markets?
by Corinne Alexander
Field Days Highlight Organic Farming Research in Three States.
by Harriet Behar
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Also in this issue: News from MOSES, Inside Organics: Surprise NOP Auditor Visits to Organic Farms and Processors in China is Overdue Response to Concerns about Integrity of Organic Food Imports, Tips for Pasture-Fed Hogs, Farm Bill Debate, Field Days, MOSES Book Review, On Fly Control, Meet MOSES Staff, Organic University (Topics and Presenters), News Briefs, Calendar of Events, Organic Research Symposium and Classifieds. |
Vol 15#4 July/August 2007
Learning from a Pro - Weed Control on an Organic Vegetable Farm
by Harriet Behar
Growing Markets for Local and Organic Produce Raises Questions about Supply, Distribution and USDA Food Safety Guidelines
By John Hendrickson
Organic Needs To Do What People Think We're Doing
by Jim Munsch |
Also in this issue: News from MOSES, Inside Organics: Organics and Climate, The Calf Path: Provocative poetry, Organic Diary Processors and Farmers Meet to Protect Organic Integrity, MOSES Seeking Nominations for Organic Farmer of the Year, Yields Increase, Soil Resilience Soars; Long-Term Research Proves Organic Promise, News Briefs, Calendar of Events, and Classifieds. |
Vol 15#3 May/June 2007
Cloning, Aquaculture and National List Additions Discussed at March NOSB Meeting
by Harriet Behar
Small-Scale Compost Production
By Rekha Banerjee
Inside Organics: Organic Farmers Make Gains in Political Access and Support For Organic Appropriations and Farm Bill Organic Initiatives
by Roger Blobaum |
Also in this issue: News From MOSES, Mastitis and Organic Dairy Tips and strategies, Book Review Farming for Bees, Organic Milk Surge Good for consumers! |
Vol 15#2 March/April 2007
Soil Health and Biodiversity in Practice by Atina Diffley
Collecting and Reporting Organic Data
by Roger Blobaum |
Also in this issue: Local Food Partnerships Buyers and Sellers Learn, My Experiment with Horns Learn, Living Downstream, Biodiversity Natural Protection, Trip to Feed/Seed, Processor the Many Faces of Soybeans. |
Vol 15#1 Jan/Feb 2007
The Potential of Suckling Systems in Calf Rearing- Dutch Research
by Jody Padgham
Energy Bills Gotcha- What to do? (Part Two)
by
Scott Sanford, Sr. Outreach Specialist |
Also in this issue: Farm Bill We need your voice!, Inside Organics No cost-share in 2007, MOSES Book Review, Animals in Translation, FSA Farm Loans For Organic Producers, Searching for Organic Seeds? New data bases help, Organic University Course listing for your planning |
Vol 14#6 Nov/Dec 2006
Farm Energy Bills Gotcha?
by Scott Sanford
Organic Meat Processing: A Growing Opportunity
by Jody Padgham |
Also in this issue: Inside Organics Organic Research • MOSES Book Review Agrarian Dreams • Make Your Own Tinctures For herd and family health |
Vol 14 #5 Sept/Oct 2006
Top 10 Mistakes of New Graziers
by Paul Daigle
Improving Your Soil Under the Snow
By Harriet Behar
Wal-Mart's Move Creates Concern
By Roger Blobaum |
Also in this issue: News From MOSES • Inside Organics • Organic Dairy Financials • Book Review Organic, Inc. • Late Season Diseases Plan for next year 7 • $$ Effects of Transition Better than conventional! • News Briefs |
Vol 14 #4 July/Aug 2006
Adding Profit the Easy Way: Grazing Cattle and Sheep
by Jody Padgham
Soybean Aphids Arrive Early
by Reggie Destree
Speak up to Protect Organic Farms from Pipelines
by Paula Maccabe |
Also in this issue: News From MOSES, Inside Organics, Speak Up!, MODPA Dairy farmers work together, Farmer of the Year Nominate your neighbor!, OTA Rebuking erroneous report, News Briefs |
Vol 14 #3 - May/June 2006
Honoring the Orchard Ecosystem
By Michael Phillips
Friend and Foe and Life on a Farm
by Tom Frantzen
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Also in this issue: News From MOSES, Inside Organics, Pasture for Organic Dairy?, USDA, WI DATCP, News Briefs. |
Vol 14 #2 - March/April 2006
Great Stuff I Have Seen on Organic Farms
by Harriet Behar
Farm Beta Kappa: A Newbie Learns from the Experts at the Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers
by Pat Yourell |
Also in this issue: Organic Farmer of the Year, Good Growing, Inside Organics, New Tools for No-Till, National Animal ID |
Vol 14 #1 - Jan/Feb 2006
Organic Beef Sales: Frustration Finally Gives Way to Forward Progress
by Ann Hansen
Studies Show, Organic’s Got It!
by Bridget O’Meara |
Also in this issue: Inside Organics, Product Labels, Processors Perspective, Feeding Your Values, and Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference |
Vol 13 #6 - Nov/Dec 2005
The Unfrozen Tundra: Extending the
Growing Season in Green Bay
by Bill Wright
Internal Parasites and Ruminants:
Organic Answers
by Jody Padgham |
Also in this issue:
Inside Organics, "Organic Overload: A Weekend At Maine's
Common Ground Fair, Seeds and Breeds Conference, USDA Watch |
Vol. 13 #5 Sept/Oct 2005
An
Ounce of Prevention:Mitigating Stress in Organic Dairy Cows
by Bridget O'Meara
Soil Biology and Humus Farming
by Jody Padgham |
Also
in this issue: Inside Organics, Organic University Tradition, RMA Conference,
Managing Soil Biology, Registered Livestock, Actions from the
USDA |
Vol. 13 #2 March/April 2005
Grain
Place Foods: niche grains not just for the birds
by Erica
Jensen
"We
have the seeds": Monsanto now the largest vegetable seed
producer
By Matthew Dillion |
Also
in this issue: Carmen and Sally Fernholz named as MOSES 2005 Farmers of the
Year, Wisconsin Organic Seed Trials, Postcard from Tierra Madre,
Understanding the NOP, USDA Meat Labels |
Vol. 13 #1 Jan/Feb 2005
Renewal Gardens keeps on growing: reintegrating
culture and agriculture in Baraboo
by Erica Jensen |
Also
in this issue: Organic no-till, Green Manure in N. Minnesota, Coyotes and Lawyers,
Understanding the NOP, Agriculture in Schools, Happy Chickens |
Vol. 12 #6 Nov/Dec 2004
"500
Cow Organic Grass Dairy"
by Jody Padgham
"Need
a loan? Help your banker say 'yes' to organics"
by
Caroline van Schaik |
Also
in this issue: Root Cellar Innovations, Record keeping an organic harvest, New
directions for farm policy?, Attracting and keeping customers,
USDA Organic research grants, Organic task force, Reflections
on a short summer |
Vol. 12 #5 Sept/Oct 2004
"Organic
Cows: Healthy Approaches and Treatments--Jerry Brunetti at
the Minnesota Grazing and Organic Conference"
by Paul Bransky
"New
farmer's market is 'values added': Floyd Boulevard Local Foods
Market in Sioux City, Iowa"
by Amy Freiburger |
Also
in this issue: Almost Organic, Remember your Buffers, Sharing Love of Rural
Life, International Organic Seed Conference |
Vol. 12 #4 July/Aug 2004
"Buy
Fresh, Buy Local"
by Carole Shelley Yates
"Snug
Haven's Winter Home for Spinach"
by Douglas J. Buege |
Also
in this issue: Ground beetles in organic production systems, Organic fungicides,
Tillage timing and weeds, Hoch's Orchard Field Day, Marketing
Meat, Evaluating Management Changes |
Vol. 12 #3 May/June 2004
"Seaweed:
Fact or Fancy?"
by Erika Jensen
"Avoid
Avid Aphids"
by Reg Destree |
Also
in this issue: UMOFC Recap, mother's Day, Organic Inputs: Myth or Reality?,
Protecting Organic Integrity, Preventing GMO Contamination,
Organic Tree Fruit Growers Assn, Meat Marketing Labels |
Vol. 12 #2 March/April 2004
"Linking
the Land and the Lunchroom"
by Heather Stouder and
Sara Tedeschi |
Also
in this issue: Field Peas for Forage, Radiance Dairy, Outdoor Access and Pasture,
Simple Holistic Management, CSP Action Alert, Cost Share $$ |
Vol. 12 #1 Jan/Feb 2004
"Public
Seed Initiative"
by Erica Jensen |
Also
in this issue: Organic Strawberries, Organic Dairy Conversion, Sustainable
Agriculture Coalition, Year one of NOP, Traditional Livestock
Genetics, Organic Seed Sources |
Vol. 11 #6 Nov/Dec 2003
"Apple
Happy"
by Paul Bransky |
Also
in this issue: Basics of Green Manuring, Holistic Animal Husbandry, marketing
Organic Grains, A Good Tomato Crop, Sustainable Business Planning |
Vol. 11 #5 Sept/Oct 2003
"Hoop
Shelter Hogs and Organic Certification"
by Lance Gegner |
Also
in this issue: On-Farm Food Processing, How to Read a Cow, The NOP: Fix it
or Scrap it?, Clear Water from Wet Soil, Community Wind |
Vol. 11 #4 July/Aug 2003
"On-Farm
Compost Production: Learn to Develop a Healthy Herd of Microbes"
by
John A. Biernbaum and Andy Fogiel |
Also
in this issue: Eggs
on Pasture, Garlic for Livestock, "A Way With Animals",
Fall-Planted Potatoes |
Vol. 11 #3 May/June 2003
"Stretching
the Summer: Profitable Zone 4 Season Extension at Pleasant
Valley Farm"
by Jody Padgham
"Introduction
to Crop Insurance"
by
Jody Padgham |
Also
in this issue: Organic
Brassicas, Diversified Livestock, Bean Leaf Beetles, Crop Rotation,
MN Organic Partnership |
Vol. 11 #2 March/April 2003
The
Seed We Need: breeding plant varieties for organic agriculture
by Paul Bransky |
Also
in this issue: Organic Mushrooms, Organic Choice Milk, Get the Most from Your
Soil Tests, Organics at the Crossroads, Plan now for your Seeds,
Seedlings and Inputs. |
Vol. 11 #1 Jan/Feb 2003
"From
Grass to Goats to Cheese:"
Farm Based Cheese-Making at Capri Cheese
by Liz Rose |
Also
in this issue:Amending
Soil Fertility, Compost Tea, UMOFC Preview, Organic University,
Improve Your Record keeping!, Food Security, Midwestern Winter
Recipes |
Vol. 10 #6 Nov/Dec 2002
"Vegetables
on a Hundred Acres"
by Paul Bransky
"Diversified
Small Farm Serves Local Market"
by Jody Padgham |
Also
in this issue: Response to Treatment, Your "Organic System
Plan", Pasture Renovation, Ten GMO Strategies, Value-added
Grants, Certification Notes, Muzzled Research, Biopharm Disaster |
Vol. 10 #5: Sept/Oct 2002
"Igl
Farms: Organic Potatoes"
by Jody Padgham |
Also
in this issue:Soil Fertility and Potatoes, Holistic Veterinary
Medicine, The NOP is NOW, Inspection Reflections, The New "Green
Payment", Organic Agriculture and Bio diversity, The Good
Life |
Vol. 10 #4: July/Aug 2002
"New
Ideas for Thistle Control"
by Paul Bransky
"Organic
Pastured Poultry"
by Jody Padgham
"Holistic
Management of Udder Health"
by
Richard J. Holliday, DVM |
Also
in this issue:Weed Management for Organic Farmers, Why Do They
Hate Us?, Summer Visitors |
Vol. 10 #3: May/June 2002
"Let
Your Animals Teach You Nutrition"
by Richard J. Holliday, DVM |
Also
in this issue: Guarding the Garden: Habitat Manipulation to
Favor Beneficial Insects,Forestry for Organic Farms, Let your
Animals Teach You, Rhythms of Nature, MOSES Field Days, My Onion
Moon |
Vol. 10 #2: March/April 2002
"Cattle
in the Corn, Pigs in the Pasture"
by Paul Bransky |
Also
in this issue: Organic Parasite Control, "The Salad Bowl
of the Universe", Good-bye to Synthetic Methionine, Nutrition
and Animal Health, Inspiration at the UMOFC, Reflections on
Organic Records, Organic Raspberry Production, One Eye on the
Rooster |
