Grounded Grapegrowing

 

How Organic Growers Changed Viticulture

February 2012
 
by Glenn McGourty
 
The recent publication of the “Organic Winegrowing Manual” (see story here) reminds me how the path unfolded to develop this different farming system used by growers who have now certified more than 11,000 organic acres under the USDA’s National Organic Program. What was strikingly different from other emerging farming technologies was that information transfer was truly farmer to farmer.
 

 
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