Tag: Organic Trade Association

  • USDA Power Grab Benefits AgriBusiness

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    WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 11 – As collateral damage spreads, with Congress continuing at loggerheads over a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government, the newest victims include farmers and consumers who depend on the USDA to oversee the propriety and integrity of the organic industry. In a unique regulatory structure, Congress created the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) to…

  • US-Japan agree to make it easier to import each other’s organic products

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    The Associated Press announces a new US-Japan deal that could lead to more organic options. The United States and Japan have agreed to make it easier to import each other’s organic products, the latest step in a global effort that could give consumers access to more — and cheaper — organic food. The Agriculture Department…

  • Benefits of an organic food diet from an organic farming advocate’s perspective

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    Posted by: Khareem Cabey in Business Organic farming advocate, Philippe van den Bossche,responds to an article discussing the benefits of eating organic. According to a Wall Street Journal article, sales of organic food have been rising steadily over the past 10 years, “reaching almost $30 billion in 2011, or 4.2% of all U.S. food and beverage sales, as reported by the…