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Organic Trade Association supporting industry during COVID-19 crisis
[caption id="attachment_1261" align="alignleft" width="193"] Laura Batcha
CEO/Executive Director
Organic Trade Association[/caption]
So m... more »
US added a net 763 organic farms in 2019
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service on March 26 reported numbers of its enforcement activity through the end of the 2019 calendar year. Enf... more »
Organic farms shift business approaches during COVID-19
Farm and food-production activities have been listed as essential by most state and local governments, but the industry has still been disrupted by CO... more »
Researchers put cornstarch to use fighting pests
Add yet another use for cornstarch—besides thickening soups and gravies, making adhesives, soothing skin and removing stains. Agricultural Resear... more »
NOSB spring meeting to be held online
Hold those travel plans – public participation in the spring meeting of the National Organic Standards Board will move online. The National Organ... more »
Phytonyx receives first USDA organic certification for feminized hemp seeds
Phytonyx LLC is now offering U.S. sales of USDA certified organic feminized high-CBD and high-CBG hemp seeds for the 2020 growing season. As the firs... more »
Work goes on for Organic Grower
[caption id="attachment_1140" align="alignright" width="300"] Stephen Kloosterman[/caption] Organic Grower magazine ensures its audience that, desp... more »
For Pennsylvania, ag is ‘essential business’ during COVID-19
While some industries are limited or shut down amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Pennsylvania is treating agricultural operations as “essent... more »
Ag exempted from Monterey County shelter-in-place COVID order
[caption id="attachment_1183" align="alignright" width="300"] Monterey County Seal[/caption] Monterey County, one of the most productive specialty ... more »
Maine Farm Bureau President: Why I chose organic farming
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="192"] Jim Buckle and his wife Hannah appeared on the cover of the Maine Farm Bureau's winter magazine. Photo:... more »
Directory of US organic seed growers launched
[caption id="attachment_1180" align="alignright" width="200"] Photo: USDA/Lance Cheung[/caption] The Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) has created a dire... more »
Ag scholarship winner aspires to organic growing
Quality Assurance International (QAI), part of the NSF International family of companies, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary by creating the fir... more »
