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thought for the day:

organic = sustainable

what customers are saying:

I left Countryside for cheaper, "All-Natural" feed. When my customers started COMPLAINING about the taste of my eggs I came back to Countryside!

— Better Feed Makes Better Eggs, Better Eggs Make Happier Customers

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Hard Working New Tools at Way Cool Tools

Our friend John has some new, hard-working tools over at Way Cool Tools. Check out his press release:

Small farmers and gardeners will benefit from The Dynamic Trio: Over the past few years we’ve had requests from our customers for a better broad fork. Well, we’re happy to say…. It’s Here!

Our new broad [...]

Countryside Organics Herbel Ley Available Now

An Herbal Ley is a foraging mix comprised of multiple grasses, herbs and clovers. It should produce a well-balanced forage that reduces fertilizer inputs and provide increased levels of vitamins and minerals to livestock. Additionally, it should build and restore soil fertility. The higher initial cost of Herbal Leys are offset by improved animal [...]

How Safe is Your Food

News21 is a program of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to foster in-depth, interactive and innovative investigative journalism at journalism schools across the country. It is headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

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Natural Is Not In It

Here is a useful YouTube video on the growing practice of marketing “natural” products to organic buyers at organic prices. Natural, used as a marketing term, means only two very specific things. It means that it contains no artificial flavors and no artificial colors. That is it. It doesn’t mean that it is Non-GMO. [...]

It is Non-GMO Month *and* World Food Day Month

Right to Know March

Frankencornfish Car.

Obama Promised to Label GMOs

World Food Day is October 16th

Organics Can and Will Feed the World

It’s all here, courtesy of Rodale.

The Small Scale Poultry Flock

We have Harvey Ussery’s new book in the store and in stock. It’s a great book. Great photography. Very readable. Great all round chicken resource. Available on line or in our  Waynesboro, VA store for $29.95.

Roundup Showing up Everywhere Including Rain

Here is an excerpt from a rodale.com Roundup story, “Pesticide-exposure expert Warren Porter, PhD, professor of environmental toxicity and zoology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, did the math. He took the air exposure numbers from the USGS study and found some reason for concern. His calculations showed that the levels found in the [...]

Sustainability and Organics Going to School

Kids are heading back to school. What will they be learning next?

College organic, sustainability programs growing

Food for Thought

Leadership by Example – Bringing Local Foods to the Dining Halls

David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Organic Agriculture Progam – Oregon State University

Buy Fresh, Buy Local, [...]

New Stuff from St. Gabriel Organics

We have a bunch of new stuff from St. Gabriel Organics of Orange, Virginia. St. Gabriel Organics manufacture an extensive line of natural and organic lawn care, household, pest and insect products. St. Gabriel Organics is dedicated to bringing to market quality products that don’t harm people, children or pets.

Stink Bug Killer. Fly [...]