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Organic Training for Agricultural Professionals Prize

Program Description

The Organic Center and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is announcing the Organic Training for Agricultural Professionals Prize and is inviting applications from organizations that have proven extraordinary contributions to training farming community groups, farmer-leaders, and agricultural professionals in organic agronomic, certification and record-keeping, and profitability guidance.

Protecting Organic Farmers from Pesticides

Over the past 20 years the use of pesticides in conventional agriculture has skyrocketed, leading to widespread contamination of non-target areas.  Research has shown that wildlife living in pristine habitats are often exposed to synthetic pesticides, despite living many miles from farmland. Even extremely remote areas, such as the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau have shown pesticide accumulation from areal transportation.

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