A federal judge in California last March found in favor of the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s ruling that hydroponics can be labeled as USDA Organic foods. The Center for Food Safety and several traditional organic growers were on the losing side of that decision and they’ve continued the case with
Continue Reading Amicus brief supports USDA on hydroponics as organics
The Annandale, VA-based Aquaponics Association is out with an article touting its growing methods as “solutions to foodborne illness outbreaks.”
The Aquaponics Association is a nonprofit organization that cultivates aquaponics through “education, advocacy, and connection.”
Written by the Aquaponics Association’s Victoria Mirowsky, the article notes that there are more than
Continue Reading Association contends aquaponics offer a solution to some food safety issues
The journal Horticulturae reports in a current issue on Purdue University research findings about E. coli in aquaponic and hydroponic systems. Three years of other research about deadly E. coli O157:H7 have left many wondering if there might be safer ways to grow romaine lettuce other than open fields in
Continue Reading Aquaponic and Hydroponic systems are no escape from E. coli contamination
A federal civil action brought by soil-using organic growers does not name any of the hydroponic growers they want to prevent from using USDA’s organic label.
But that does not mean hydroponic growers are going to remain silent as the litigation proceeds against Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and other
Continue Reading Hydroponic growers defend their use of Organic label from outside the courtroom
Federal Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler is a former assistant U.S. attorney who spent much of her career as a top prosecutor for major federal crimes. Her latest assignment as Magistrate for the U.S. District Court for Northern California is to decide if the soil must be used to grow organic
Continue Reading Organic growers say it is in their economic interest to stay grounded in soil
