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Posted on Wednesday April 26, 2017

Trade-related topics will be among the issues discussed during the Organic Trade Association’s 2017 Organic Week in D.C. Member Day activities on Tuesday, May 23, will include four international trade-related discussions: Taiwan Port of Entry Challenges & Solutions; 10 – 11 a.m. Mexico Task Force; 11 a.m. to noon Organic Matchmaking: 1 – 2 p.m. […]

Posted on Wednesday April 26, 2017

OTA’s Annual Fund campaign has reached $799,821 toward its $1 million goal. OTA extends a special thank you to Frontier Co-op, Global Organics, KeHE, and Whole Foods Market, who have gone above and beyond to provide Leadership Circle support in 2017. In addition, we thank the following for pledging their support to this year’s Annual […]

Posted on Wednesday April 26, 2017

The Organic Trade Association’s Fiber Council is hosting and participating in an organic fiber and textiles “Pop-Up Shop” event in New York City May 4-6 at Treehaus at 470 West 42nd Street. At this first-of-its-kind event, top organic lifestyle brands will showcase that what you put ON your body matters as much as what you put IN […]

Posted on Wednesday April 26, 2017

A Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) regional meeting will take place on Thursday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Yotel Hotel, 570 10th Ave. (corner of 41st St), Club Cabin #4 (4th floor) in New York City. The meeting will cover changes to the standard with the release of version 5.0 and allow time to […]

Posted on Wednesday April 19, 2017

We are hours away from the midnight deadline to submit comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the proposed organic research and promotion program. If you haven’t yet commented, please do so now. There is a fast and easy way to submit a comment to USDA supporting the Organic Check-off on GROorganic.net. You can also […]