Agri-Pulse, the nation’s leading source of farm and food policy information, will hold a Farm Bill Educational Summit at the National Press Club on March 20. The Organic Trade Association (OTA) will be one of the sponsors of the event, and OTA’s CEO Laura Batcha will be on a panel to talk about organic and the […]
Join your peers for the Organic Trade Association’s signature policy event- Organic Week in Washington, D.C., May 22-25. The agenda will include The Organic Center’s Confluences SummitMay 22-23, OTA Member Working Sessions May 23, OTA’s Policy Conference at the Newseum May 24, and OTA Advocacy Day May 25. During this week, OTA and its members will advocate for agriculture appropriations […]
The March 20 comment deadline is quickly approaching for the proposed GRO Organic Check-off proposal published by USDA in the Federal Register earlier this year. USDA needs to hear from stakeholders about the merits of the proposal and the desire of the sector to move expediently towards a final rule and industry-wide vote. OTA staff is ready to work with you […]
Perry Clutts, owner of Pleasantview Farm who fills the Farmer seat on the Organic Trade Association’s Board of Trustees, is submitting a comment to USDA and encouraging others to do so on the proposed check-off. Noting that it is unlike any existing check-off, he points out that the proposed Organic Check-off specifically addresses what has […]
In an Op-Ed in FoodTank, Ken Cook of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) urged others to support the GRO Organic campaign to make the check-off a reality. “EWG not only believes that organic farming can help feed the world, we believe that organic systems and practices may be the only way to do so sustainably. However, […]
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