OTA Hosted Event

Organic Trade Association, Organic Valley, and German American Chamber of Commerce MidWest will lead a study of the German organic market followed by seminars in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna. To learn more contact OTA's Associate Director of International Trade, Monique Marez. 

The Organic Trade Association will lead two seminars on organic trade data and host an organic market update at Expo Organic in collaboration with USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Sensica, and Economia. To learn more contact OTA's Associate Director of International Trade, Monique Marez. 

Please join us for a free webinar on April 28 from 3-4:00 p.m. ET. OTA would like to share organic sales information on key products should through e-commerce in China.  We have 15 product categories to share.  This webinar will walk through one or two of the reports so you can review data for your specific category at your convenience. Contact Monique Marez to learn more.

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The Organic Center and Furman University are excited to present a webinar about measuring on-farm biodiversity using a simple, free public tool called the Healthy Farm Index.  Nature provides the foundation on which sustainable farming is built. However nature is complex, challenging to predict, and change on a farm is difficult to track over time. In this webinar we will first frame sustainable agriculture practices in light of their connection to nature and more specifically biodiversity. Second we will provide a demonstration of new online interactive version of the Healthy Farm Index. The Index is a biodiversity and ecosystem service planning and monitoring tool for (organic) farmers to better understand the direction connection to actions taken and responses at the farm scale. Use of the Index will help farmers and other landowners better understand how nature on their farm changes and more importantly how this change benefits the farm the surrounding environment. We will end the webinar with a brief discussion on how the Health Farm Index could align with the new USDA biodiversity and natural resource guidelines and a question and answer session. For more information please contact The Organic Center's Director of Science Programs, Jessica Shade.

Webinar details:

Feb 22^nd 2016 at 5:30pm ET

Log-in Link: http://furman.adobeconnect.com/hfi2016/

Call-in Information: Conference dial in: 1-719-234-7800.  Participant Code: 756016 #

OTA will lead educational sessions and showcase American producers at the first ever Organic Lifestyle Forum in Japan. An evolution from the recent successful Organic Day, the Organic Lifestyle Forum will include dozens of educational sessions geared at amplifying the benefits of organic and showcasing market opportunities in the industry. For more information please contact Monique Marez, OTA's Director of International Trade. 

OTA will lead a media and industry tour for key trading partners showcasing the quality, diversity, and integrity of U.S. organic products through a hands-on learning experience of the organic industry along the East Coast. The tour will start in New York and end at Natural Products Expo East. For more information please contact Monique Marez, OTA's Associate Director of International Trade.

OTA will lead a trade mission to Switzerland showcasing American companies to the Swiss market. For more information please contact Monique Marez, OTA's Associate Director of International Trade.

OTA will lead a trade mission to Taipei showcasing American companies to the Taiwanese market. For more information please contact Monique Marez, OTA's Associate Director of International Trade.