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Organic fresh produce sales start strong in first quarter 2018
Organic fresh produce sales started the year strong with eight percent dollar and volume growth compared to the first quarter of 2017, according to th... more »
California organic program has vacancies on advisory committee
The California State Organic Program’s (SOP) advisory board, the California Organic Products Advisory Committee (COPAC), has announced it is looking... more »
National Organic Standards Board gets new members
The USDA has appointed two new members to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). Their terms began immediately April 25, 2018. [caption id="at... more »
‘Extreme bacteria’ a game-changer for organic vegetable production
A Clemson University research scientist has obtained a patent for a way to make organic fertilizer that could revolutionize the organic produce indust... more »
Jet Harvest targets Northeast for expansion
[caption id="attachment_13868" align="alignright" width="225"] Jim Peterson[/caption] Jet Harvest Solutions is adding staff in the American Northeast... more »
Wish Farms introduces Misty Organics blueberry farm
Wish Farms, the year-round grower-marketer of berries, has opened a new organic blueberry farm located in Alturas, Florida. Named for Wish Farms’ m... more »
Report: Organic fresh produce worth $5 billion in 2017
Sales of organic fresh produce items hit jumped 8 percent, hitting nearly $5 billion in 2017, according to numbers released Thursday by the Organic Pr... more »
Soil at the root of organic growing, grower group argues
The Organic Farmers Association (OFA) is raising concern with the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent statement that “Certification of hy... more »
New organic regulations coming for California growers
California is the leading agricultural state in the country and we are proud of the products that are grown and produced here. The laws and regulation... more »
Florida’s Jet Harvest hires Washington sales rep
Jet Harvest Solutions, a Florida-based ag products company, recently announced it had hired Matthew Ohl in the Pacific Northwest to expand its sales t... more »
Organic Farming Program receives $498,706 USDA grant
Rodale Institute and Delaware Valley University (DelVal) have been awarded a $498,706 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Insti... more »
Organic bactericide/fungicide launched
[caption id="attachment_16383" align="alignright" width="186"] Photo: Greenspire Global[/caption] Procidic, an agricultural bactericide and fungicide... more »
