Getting tangled up in two different sets of regulations can be a headache — or even worse, a reason to choose one part of your business over another.
That can be the case if you’re
Continue Reading Food safety know-how can help save organic acreageGetting tangled up in two different sets of regulations can be a headache — or even worse, a reason to choose one part of your business over another.
That can be the case if you’re…
Continue Reading Food safety know-how can help save organic acreageThe USDA is today publishing a notice in the Federal Register to further delay and reconsider new mandates for handling and transporting livestock and providing avian “living conditions” for poultry raised as organic food.
Without…
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Editor’s note: This opinion piece was originally posted July 18, 2016, by the Alliance for Food and Farming. At the inaugural Organic Produce Summit in Monterey on July 14, we witnessed a messaging evolution…
Continue Reading The evolution of organic messaging moves away from fear
The Senate compromise bill for labeling food with genetically modified ingredients is on its way to President Obama’s desk after gaining a solid 306-117 bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives early this afternoon. Passage…
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Small-scale and/or organic farmers are being alerted to the impending deadline of Monday, Dec. 15, for submitting comments on the Food and Drug Administration’s revisions to the proposed food-safety rules in the Food Safety Modernization …
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Organic food producers are very pleased with the Food and Drug Administration’s revised provisions for the produce safety rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). “It’s a huge win,” says Gwendolyn Wyard, regulatory director…
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“Like being thrown under the bus” was how organic farmers and others in the industry described their fate a little more than a year ago when Congress failed to agree on a new farm bill…
Continue Reading ‘Historic Wins’ for Organic Industry in New Farm Bill
At its recent policy conference in Washington, D.C., the Organic Trade Association (OTA) heard from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about the future of organic farming. Vilsack told OTA members that he views organic as…
Continue Reading Vilsack Promises to Grow U.S. Organic Industry