If you let your grass clippings on the soil, eventually the grass will trun to thatch. This article, at the end, and most who advocate that practice, ignore that problem. Instead, bag it, and compost it and everyone will be happier.
Remove grass and sod cover from the area where you construct your compost pile to allow direct contact of the materials with the soil's microorganisms. This recipe works well.
The USDA released a report July 21 submitted to the Agricultural Marketing Service National Organics Standard Board regarding whether or not products cultivated via hydroponic or aquaponic farming qualify as organic.
According to the National Organics Standards Board Hydroponic and Aquaponic Task Force, both hydroponic and aquaponic farming should not qualify as organic because they do not improve soil quality, which is a mainstay of organic farming.. Read more here.
President Obama signed into law, a bill requiring a Federal labeling standard for foods containing genetically modified ingredients (commonly called GMOs)
Two weeks ago, Congress passed the legislation which would require food packages to display an electronic code, text label, or some sort of symbol signifying whether or not they contain GMOs, according to The Associated Press.
The exact details will need to be worked out by the Department of Agriculture, which will have two years to write the rules. Read more here.