Hosted by the Organic Produce Network and California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), the first-ever Organic Grower Summit will take place in Monterey, CA in December. Early interest appears to be strong.
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Hosted by the Organic Produce Network and California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), the first-ever Organic Grower Summit will take place in Monterey, CA in December. Early interest appears to be strong.
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As HPP (high pressure processing) has become such an important part of the organic food industry, a trade group led by Suja, Evolution Fresh and Campbell has been formed. The goal is to create best practices and a certification logo for HPP.
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Two elementary schools in San Francisco are set to serve its students all-organic meals. In the pilot program that it ran, teachers reported that students were “calmer, more attentive, and complained less about stomachaches” when they ate organic.
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The Washington Post exposes how algal oil came to be allowed in organic and why it remains in the industry today.
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This new feature should be on the radar screen of social media managers at organic food brands.
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Don’t be fooled by articles such as this one, which posits that organic cotton may not be a better option. Many people believe that GMO-cotton is responsible for the 250,000 farmer suicides in India.
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The demand for natural and organic ingredients in beauty products could change the industry forever. A very positive development.
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Interestingly, while the UK suffered a 3% decrease in overall organic farmland, the area of land converting to organic grew by 22%.
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Soaring temperatures in the Arctic caused ice to melt, and the entrance to the “failsafe” Global Seed Vault was flooded. Fortunately, the seeds are all safe.
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Washington’s governor has signed legislation paving the way for organic certification for marijuana. Given that the federal government owns the term “organic”, navigating this will be a tricky legal endeavor.
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India’s biotech regulatory agency has approved Bayer’s GM-mustard, which activist Vandana Shiva has called a “fraud perpetuated on nation.”
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A 27-year-old from Chennai quit his job in IT and developed a very unique program to encourage organic farming. And it’s working.
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The Washington Post has done a massive investigation into Aurora Organic Dairy skirting the organic rules and certain organic certifiers not doing their jobs. Let’s hope this article sounds the alarm and that we get much greater enforcement at the USDA of organic rules. Consumers and small, family farmers deserve better.
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In favorable news, consumers in China are choosing to avoid GMO-soy oil, the main cooking oil in the country, because of safety concerns. This is a very big development and will create real problems for the government, who is pushing GMOs.
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Despite what we’ve been told by Big Ag, GMOs will not feed the world. A new study shows that empowering women and girls is the key to feeding the world’s population.
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Suppliers of organic grains have been very strategic and aggressive about planning for the surge in demand for organic grains. However, supply issues could be restraining growth from being even higher.
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It wasn’t long ago when there were serious concerns about shortages of organic milk. Now, there is an opposite worry, where demand is much less than supply.
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In a report by the Soil Association in the UK, a lack of standards for organic and natural beauty products has left 76% of consumers feeling very misled.
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At last week’s NOSB meeting, Consumer Reports released findings from its research which indicates that animal welfare standards are very important to organic shoppers.
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In another promising data point, the USDA said that the number of certified organic operations in the U.S. grew 13% to 24,650. Globally, that number reached 37,032.
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Not surprisingly, there is significant disagreement over a checkoff program, which is intended to help promote the organic industry.
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Whether Nora Pouillon can find a buyer or not for her Washington, D.C. certified organic restaurant, the doors are closing on June 30th. The cost of the real estate, which comes with the restaurant, seems to be the major impediment.
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Papa John’s is running a pilot program in the Lexington, Kentucky market where it is offering four organic toppings on its pizza.
Read Article As a way to combat citrus greening, the USDA is reviewing the environmental impacts of a genetically-engineered virus. This has disaster written all over it.
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