The Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA) this week released The State of Organics: Federal-Provincial-Territorial Performance Report, the first in what it plans to be an annual offering. This report analyzes and tracks the existing Canadian organic regulations, policies and programming within the federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) governments. As the first report of its kind, […]
EOSTA, an international distributor of organic fruit and vegetables based in the Netherlands, has released a groundbreaking report studying the “true cost’ of producing organic fruit compared with conventional products. One of the major findings of the report, which focuses on consequences of food production that never feature in balance sheets such as impacts on […]
The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing this Thursday, July 13, on “Opportunities in Global and Local Markets, Specialty Crops, and Organics: Perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill.” There will be two organic witnesses on the panel: Ken Dallmier, President and COO of Clarkson Grain Company; and Theojary Crisantes, CEO and President of Wholesum […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will accept stakeholder input concerning 30 questions on its website regarding the establishment of a GMO labeling standard through Monday, July 17. The Organic Trade Association’s draft comments are now available to members. Submit your feedback to the questions to GMOLabeling@ams.usda.gov. The GMO labeling bill passed last summer includes a congressional mandate to […]
The Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture (ICOA), which comprises the organic authorities of countries of the Americas, is holding its annual meeting July 15-21 in Portland, Oregon, planned and hosted by the Organic Trade Association. In June 2008, the Ministers of Agriculture of the Western Hemisphere created ICOA for the purpose of contributing to the further development […]
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