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Younger, health-conscious consumers are embracing organic, OTA survey shows
Millennials, Gen Z putting high value on organic’s health benefits
February 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A $70-billion market now, organic may be maturing, but younger consumers --including new parents and their babies -- are eating it up.
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Organic panel at Expo East zeroes in on opportunities for tomorrow’s organic
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.
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Organic award winners: Inspired and inspiring
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.
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Canada Celebrates Sixth Annual Organic Week Sept. 19-27, 2015
September 16, 2015
September 19-27 is Canada's National Organic Week, the country's biggest celebration of organic food, farming and products.
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Melissa Hughes of Organic Valley leads OTA’s Board of Directors for second year
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.
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Organic Trade Association targets organic opportunities with state agricultural directors
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.
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Organic industry unites to “bust myths” throughout September
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.
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New U.S, Swiss organic arrangement marks a critical step forward with Europe
Organic Trade Association sees pact providing new opportunities for organic sector
July 09, 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.
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Three change-makers selected to receive 2015 Organic Leadership Awards
September celebration slated for Baltimore’s Port Discovery Children’s Museum
July 08, 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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OTA Launches 2015 Organic Industry Survey
Definitive guide to organic products in the U.S. offers long view, strategic insights for industry insiders
June 30, 2015
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) announced today the full results of its 2015 Organic Industry Survey are now available for purchase. The study, which tracks dozens of categories and subcategories ranging from fruit to fiber, provides both raw data and strategic analysis for those with an interest in the $39.1 billion U.S. organic sector.
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Re: Allegations of organic fraud by a Canadian poultry operation
Statement by the Canada Organic Trade Association
June 12, 2015
The Canadian organic sector takes allegations of fraud very seriously. In fact, this is the reason we approached the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2005 and asked for laws to regulate organic: so that consumers could trust the claim, and so that the possibility of fraud could be met with the full power of Canada’s public enforcement authorities.
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