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September 24, 2015

For the first time, Canada's organic sector will have representation at an influential advisory committee, ensuring organic's needs and concerns are reflected in policies on plant breeding, intellectual property rights and seed.

September 23, 2015

Canadians are increasingly seeking out healthy food choices, but the array of food labels and claims crowding the marketplace can leave well-intentioned consumers confused and overwhelmed. A new, 90-second video aims to inform consumers about the rigor behind organic certification and the numerous benefits of choosing organic foods.

All Things Organic session says organic industry at critical crossroads
September 18, 2015
The organic opportunity has never been greater. But realizing that opportunity will not be easy. A group of organic thought leaders looked into the future on Thursday and agreed that major challenges need to be overcome for organic to fulfill its potential and move significantly beyond its position of nearly five percent of the U.S. food supply.
Celebration honoring organic leaders at Expo East draws hundreds
September 17, 2015
Organic Farmer of the Year Benny McLean says with four generations on the farm, it makes him feel good to see his 12 grandkids work in the soil and learn how healthy food is grown. Growing the Organic Industry recipient Tom Harding says after 30 years advocating for organic, he still feels like he’s just beginning the trek for organic.
September 16, 2015

September 19-27 is Canada's National Organic Week, the country's biggest celebration of organic food, farming and products.

New Directors and OTA Member of the Year announced at Annual Meeting in Baltimore
September 16, 2015

Melissa Hughes of Organic Valley was chosen Wednesday for the second year in a row to lead as president of the Organic Trade Association’s Board of Directors by fellow Board members. Elected by the OTA membership as an OTA Director in 2013, she is General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs for Organic Valley, the nation’s oldest and largest organic dairy cooperative.

OTA says states play key role in creating diversity—and organic options—in agriculture
September 15, 2015

Organic Trade Association Executive Director and CEO Laura Batcha told the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Monday that state agriculture directors are critical in the creation of much-needed policies that provide more choice and opportunity—including the organic option—in today’s U.S. agricultural system.

Organic Trade Association members join forces in social media blitz to get the facts straight
August 24, 2015

In a major drive to educate and inform consumers of the benefits and the facts about organic, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and dozens of organic brands and industry thought leaders are uniting online Sept.

Organic Trade Association sees pact providing new opportunities for organic sector
July 9, 2015

A new organic equivalency arrangement between the United States and Switzerland – whose residents consume more organic food than any other country — marks the final step in opening the valuable European market to the U.S. organic sector and streamlining the trans-Atlantic flow of organic trade, said the Organic Trade Association (OTA) in welcoming the new pact.

September celebration slated for Baltimore’s Port Discovery Children’s Museum
July 8, 2015

A long-time organic champion who played a key role in creating today’s organic sector, an organic entrepreneur who’s brought organic to America’s fast-food lovers, and an organic citrus grower who revolutionized our favorite breakfast juice are the winners of the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) 2015 Organic Leadership Awards.

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