The session lineup is now posted for the All Things Organic Conference at Natural Products Expo East. Educational sessions, produced by the Organic Trade Association will take place Thursday, September 14, and Friday, September 15, at the Baltimore Convention Center. Speakers will address a range of topics from innovation at retail in organic to the […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the specialty sugar quota for Fiscal Year 2018 allowing 160,000 Metric Tons overall to enter the United States. This amount is then broken down into four tranches. The first tranche, totaling 1,825 STRV (1,656 MTRV), will open Oct. 2, 2017. The second, third, fourth, and fifth tranches […]
The Organic Center has been invited to give a presentation at the United Nation’s Forum on Sustainable Agricultural Development this afternoon. The Forum will focus on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, and calls on the international community to “End hunger, achieve food security and […]
According to a recent study highlighted by The Organic Center, conventionally produced cocoa beans may be contaminated with multiple organophosphorus and synthetic pyrethroid pesticides. Researchers examined concentrations of pesticide residues from 16 farms in Ghana, running tests on 13 organophosphorus and 9 synthetic pyrethroid pesticides. They found three organophosphorus pesticides and six synthetic pyrethroid pesticide […]
The Organic Trade Association has announced the three change-makers who have been selected to receive 2017 Organic Leadership Awards at an awards celebration dinner in September in conjunction with Natural Products Expo East. Robert (Bob) Anderson of Sustainable Strategies LLC—Advisors in Food and Agriculture has been selected to receive the 2017 Growing the Organic Industry […]
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