Legislation seeks to crack down on ‘fake organics,’ address shortfalls in National Organic Program

03-Oct-2017 Last updated on 25-Jan-2018 at 11:55 GMT

Proposed legislation seeks to beef-up oversight and enforcement of organic standards after government investigators discovered some US ports fumigated imported product but did not ensure it was not then sold or labeled as organic.

Organic industry asks legislators for funds to expand domestic production & increase oversight

30-May-2017

By Elizabeth Crawford

More than a hundred representatives for the organic industry descended on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, last Thursday to extol to legislators the benefits of their industry to the US economy and ask for additional funding and help expand organic...

OTA sets high bar for revised organic seed-purity standards

19-Apr-2017

By Elizabeth Crawford

The Organic Trade Association wants to put the breaks on a proposal from the National Organic Standards Board to strengthen the requirements for use of organic seeds because “a few substantive changes are critical.”

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Certified Transitional helps conventional farms make the switch to organic

10-Mar-2017

By Elizabeth Crawford

Despite organic’s strong appeal with double-digit year-over-year growth since the early 1990s, and the promise of a significant premium price over that of its conventional counterparts, many American farmers are hesitant to jump on board – creating a...