OTA’s Annual Fund campaign has reached $744,274 toward the $1 million goal. OTA extends a special thank you to Honest Tea, which has gone above and beyond to provide Leadership Circle support in 2017. In addition, we thank the following for pledging their early support to this year’s Annual Fund: Cascade Specialties, Chino Valley Ranchers, […]
USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) has issued a list of corrective actions it is implementing in response to the 2016 ANSI Peer Review Audit. The Peer Review Panel evaluated NOP’s compliance with ISO/IEC 17011 and reviewed NOP’s accreditation procedures and decisions. It found that NOP and its staff are in general compliance with both, but […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service has more than $60 million in grants available through its Specialty Crop Block Program to support farmers growing specialty crops. The grants are allocated to U.S. states and territories for projects that support research, agricultural extension activities and programs to address the needs of the specialty […]
U.S. farmers seeking to transition to organic certification have identified weed management and the cost of organic certification as major obstacles, according to a report by Oregon Tilth and Oregon State University’s Center for Small Farms and Community Systems. The report, entitled “Breaking New Ground: farmer perspectives on organic transition,” highlights responses from over 600 […]
Annual organic production data released by the Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA) show there are over 5,000 certified organic operations across Canada, operating on 2.43 million acres of agricultural land. Domestic production and processing of organic goods are expanding, yet demand continues to outstrip supply. As a result, Canada still depends largely on organic imports […]
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