Version 5.0 of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is now available. GOTS is the international standard for post-harvest processing of apparel and textiles made with 95 percent (“organic”) or at least 70 percent (“made with organic”) certified organic fibers. The standard includes both environmental and social criteria. GOTS core provisions, such as the minimum content […]
Seeds of Change® has launched its 2017 grant program which funds public school and community-based gardening as well as farming programs across the United States that emphasize food, farming, sustainability or nutrition education. Through March 28, U.S. schools and community-based gardening and farming programs can apply for 24 grants totaling $310,000 to support new or […]
Organic Trade Association (OTA) member Clif Bar & Co. has received a Climate Leadership Award for Supply Chain Leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The award “recognizes organizations that not only have their own comprehensive greenhouse gas inventories and aggressive emissions reduction goals, but also exemplify extraordinary leadership in their internal response to climate […]
The Organic Trade Association has joined with several hundred organizations representing a myriad of American industry including agriculture, nutrition, conservation, rural development, and agricultural sciences calling for safeguarding funding sources for agriculture programs. In a letter addressed to House and Senate appropriations and budget leadership, the coalition strongly urged leaders to reject any calls for […]
More than 500 organic stakeholders across 45 states weighed in on issues they see as critical to the organic sector as part of a comprehensive farm bill survey conducted by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) in the lead up to Congress beginning debate on the 2018 Farm Bill. Organic fruit and vegetable growers, grains and […]
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