The Organic Trade Association is now beginning production of its summer 2017 Organic Report—OTA’s print and digital magazine—for release in July. Want your company’s new products or milestones included? Submit items to Barbara Haumann. Note: there is still space for additional new product descriptions. Interested in placing an ad? For advertising rates and details, contact […]
This year’s Organic Confluences Summit May 22-23 is just around the corner and seats are filling quickly! Come listen to speakers from a wide variety of organic stakeholders, including farmers, policymakers, industry members, researchers, certifiers and more as they explore case studies of current and past research and communication pathways. We will hold full participant conversations […]
Although organic poultry and egg producers are required to feed their animals organic feed, they often find it is difficult to obtain organic corn. Organic wheat also is often in short supply and can be very costly. To address this problem, researchers from Washington State University and Oregon State University evaluated the potential of hulless […]
On Saturday, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a 2018 farm bill field hearing in Frankenmuth, MI, focusing on “Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Michigan.” Among the 17 witnesses was Collin Thompson, a Community Food Systems Educator for Michigan State University Extension. Working for the MSU Upper Peninsula Research […]
In its latest annual report to the agriculture committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Risk Management Agency (RMA) said it has made significant progress in developing and improving federal crop insurance for organic crops. Since last year’s report, RMA has added 21 new organic […]
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