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Posted on Wednesday January 25, 2017

OTA’s Annual Fund campaign has reached $485,680 toward the $1 million goal. OTA extends a special thank you to the following companies that donated this past week: Clif Bar & Company, Organic Valley, and Smucker Natural Foods. In addition, we thank the following for pledging their early support to this year’s Annual Fund: Healthy Beverage, […]

Posted on Wednesday January 25, 2017

The Organic Trade Association will sponsor 17 companies to participate in BioFach in Nuremberg in February. BioFach is the largest organic-only trade show in the world. In addition to trade activities, OTA will speak at five education sessions during the BioFach Congress program.  OTA and COTA will co-host a happy hour reception the night before the show […]

Posted on Wednesday January 25, 2017

The Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA), sister organization to the Organic Trade Association (OTA), invites any OTA members interested in receiving COTA newsletters to subscribe by e-mailing kcole@ota.com. The Canada Organic Trade Association, officially formed in 2007, represents organic farmers, handlers, processors, distributors and retailers across the Canadian organic supply chain. COTA sends out weekly […]

Posted on Tuesday January 17, 2017

After many years of organization-wide and industry-wide work, today brought an important milestone for the organic sector—this morning, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register for a nationwide research and promotion check-off program for the organic industry! Tomorrow, the 60-day public comment process will begin. The Organic Trade […]

Posted on Tuesday January 17, 2017

USDA’s announcement of the proposed organic check-off has grabbed the attention of many media outlets today. 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, […]