Without proper education to ensure that customers know or care about the difference between conventional, organic, hydroponic, sustainable hydroponic, and who knows what else, as well as stricter ...

Many organic tomatoes or peppers are grown in greenhouses, where they get nutrients from water. Critics say that violates the spirit of "organic." A bid to strip them of the label failed this week.

They are digging in their heels against what they call the invasive growth of organic hydroponics.

It cites the hydroponic-free organic standards of Mexico, Canada and most of Europe — standards that apply to home markets but evaporate when products arrive in the U.S. and qualify for a ...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2017 - Can hydroponics – fruit and vegetable growing systems that don’t use soil – be certified as organic farming?

Hydroponic growing removes the crucial soil factor and replaces it with soluble nutrient solutions that can in no way duplicate the complex benefits of soil. The traditional motto of organic growing ...

Organic stakeholders gathering in Denver this week for the National Organic Standards Board meeting will take another stab at defining the role of hydroponic production in organic, which documents ...

These glaring numbers reveal that organic farming really isn't about sustainability, it's about ideology and branding. Organic food producers, particularly the large corporate entities, are just ...

A federal appeals court has affirmed the USDA’s policy of certifying hydroponic crop growers as “organic” even though the practice doesn’t improve soil fertility. TrendingAgriculture ...