U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA Approves First State and Tribal Hemp Production Plans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the first set of plans submitted by states and Indian tribes for the domestic production of hemp under the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. The plans were submitted by the states of Louisiana, New Jersey and Ohio, and the Flandreau Santee Sioux, Santa Rosa Cahuilla, and La ...
earthy Hand Soap Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label
Illinois-based earthy, LLC announced that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The product, earthy spa Natural Hand Soap, is now able to display a unique USDA label that highlights its 99 percentage of biobased content. Third-party verification for a product’s biobased content is administered through the USDA BioPreferred Program, an ...
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 ...
Key House Panel Directs USDA to Consider Funding Multivitamins for Use in WIC Program
A key House Panel directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Nutrition Services (FNS) to prepare a report assessing the benefits of allowing vitamins to be purchased through the supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC). “Women, infants and children utilizing the WIC program deserve equal access to and should be allowed ...
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 ...
OTA to Highlight Key Organic Issues at Expo East
It’s been a busy year for the organic industry, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA), with record sales in the U.S., intensifying competition for the attention of the increasingly savvy organic consumer, and a dogged debate over what organic really stands for. Officials with the OTA will deliver a timely and important two-day conference ...
Organic Trade Association Welcomes U.S.-Korea Agreement
The Washington D.C.-based Organic Trade Association (OTA) welcomed a new organic equivalency arrangement between the United States and Korea, saying it reopens a critically important Asian market for U.S. organic processed food products. The new agreement will create jobs and opportunity for the American organic food and farming sector, according to the OTA. “We extend ...
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