Organic Farming

Wash. State offers organic farming degree

According to the Organic Trade Association, sales of organic food and beverages rose from less than $4 billion a year in 1997 to $13.8 billion in 2005. Organics were 2.5 percent of all food and drink sales nationwide, but have been growing 20 percent per year since 1990, the association said.

Dairy Farming

Vermont ag industry can learn from Canada fishery debacle

So what’s to be distilled from this? The economy of those Newfoundland communities depended on the cod fishery industry – much like the tourist economy in Vermont depends on the dairy farming industry.

Poultry Farming

AVA evaluating M'sian disease control measures before lifting ...

The report also said that Malaysia's Minister for Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Muhyiddin Yassin had informed the Singapore authorities of this, saying they can start importing Malaysian poultry again.