Organic Trade Association
OTA Announces Plans for 2022 Organic Week
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has announced that it will be hosting its 2022 Organic Week early next year in the nation’s capital. The event, which will run from Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, is themed “The Future of Organic” and promises organic stakeholders an unparalleled opportunity to help advance organic policy priorities and to protect […]
OTA Welcomes Future Organic Leaders
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has created a new membership category to engage students in the world of organic. OTA wants to connect with young visionaries as they begin their career path and are seeking students studying agriculture or business at a university, majoring in science or health at a community college, or interning and […]
Momentum for Advancing Organic Standards Builds in Congress
Reflecting gaining momentum for the bipartisan Continuous Improvement and Accountability in Organic Standards Act (CIAO) introduced in the House earlier this year, a diverse group of organic farmers, businesses and associations from throughout the country visited with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on July 20 regarding the critical need to support the legislation […]
USDA Secretary Previews Path Forward for Organic at OTA’s Annual Meeting
Previewing his path forward for organic and pledging to elevate the significance and importance of organic agriculture at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off the Annual Membership Meeting of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) on June 16. Speaking live at the virtual meeting to over 250 members of the trade […]
USDA Awards OTA Nearly $850,000 for 2018 Market Promotion
First-time exposure on a new continent, sponsored activities in five new countries and the creation of a host of new organic exporters – these are some of the benchmarks achieved by the Organic Trade Association’s robust export promotion efforts in 2017. That string of success promises to continue in 2018 with the award of $847,000 […]
OTA Files Lawsuit Against USDA Over Livestock Standards
Taking action to defend the organic seal and organic standards, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) on September 13 filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over its failure to put into effect new organic livestock standards. “We are standing up on behalf of the entire organic sector to protect organic integrity, advance […]
Leadership Award to Honor Organic Entrepreneur
A Canadian entrepreneur and hemp food pioneer will be honored as a “Rising Star” in the organic sector at the 2016 Organic Leadership Awards dinner in September hosted by the Organic Trade Association (OTA). Selected to receive the Organic Rising Star Award, Mike Fata of Canada-based Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods first became involved in the […]
U.S. Organic Sales Post New Record of $43.3 Billion
The U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion, up 11 percent from the previous year’s record level and far outstripping the overall food market’s growth rate of 3 percent, according to the Organic Trade Association’s 2016 Organic Industry Survey. The industry saw […]
OTA Hosts Organic Myth-Busting Event
OTA (Organic Trade Association) is hosting a 30-day social media #OrganicFestival in September. The aim is to bring the entire organic industry together to correct long-held myths and misconceptions about organic. This will be the second annual social media festival where OTA and members engage one-on-one with consumers, media and influencers over a common theme […]
OTA Gears Up Far-Reaching Strategy to Boost Organic Exports
If Taka Yamaguchi has his way, athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be eating organic—an ambitious plan that more than 100 of Japan’s top grocery retailers, food importers and distributors learned about at a recent Organic Trade Association (OTA) sponsored seminar in Japan. Yamaguchi, executive officer of Organic Japan, was part […]
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