The Organic Trade Association Board of Directors has unanimously recommended the following slate of candidates for the upcoming 2017 elections to be held this summer. Three U.S. seats are up for election. The Board will also appoint two U.S. members. Kim Dietz, Senior Manager, Environmental, Natural and Organic Policy, The J.M. Smucker Company Tom Dziki, […]
The IFT 2017 Annual Meeting and Food Expo will take place in Las Vegas, NV, June 25-28. The Organic Trade Association will be attending and speaking in a session entitled “Developing Organic and Natural Ingredients for Use in Organic Products.” Attendees will learn about several approaching regulatory changes to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) organic regulations on the […]
This year’s Organic Confluences Summit held in May focused on connecting organic stakeholders to improve the dissemination and adoption of scientific research to overcome challenges to organic production. This topic is particularly relevant because despite record growth in the organic industry, funding for organic agriculture research remains low. As a result, it is more important […]
The Organic Center has released a White Paper entitled “Increasing Agricultural Sustainability Through Organic Farming” based on presentations and discussions that took place at the 2016 Organic Confluences: A Summit to Turn Environmental Evidence into Policy Practice. It covers the current research on the environmental impacts of agricultural practices commonly used in organic farming in […]
A new study summarized by The Organic Center shows multiple environmental benefits of organic production, even when that production takes place in a greenhouse. The researchers, who published their findings in the Journal of Cleaner Production, conducted a lifecycle assessment of greenhouse vegetable production in Northern China, looking at the environmental impacts of organic versus conventional […]
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