Good overview of the latest international report on the need for organic farming.

Even as the United States government continues to push for the use of more chemically-intensive and corporate-dominated farming methods such as GMOs and monoculture-based crops, the United Nations is once against sounding the alarm about the urgent need to return to (and develop) a more sustainable, natural and organic system.

Small scale farmers are exactly the folks we spend time with on our study abroad programs. Aside from the cultural immersion, you get an insiders view of organic agriculture and hands-on experience actually farming!

Jump to the article Small Scale Organic Farming for more.