USDA nixes recognition of India’s organic program

Starting today, the USDA is dismantling U.S.-India organic recognition – a relationship that’s existed since 2006. The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) wrote in an email newsletter that it was changing its approach in a transition period that will allow organic operations to apply for certification to U.S. organic standards by USDA-accredited certifiers. Previously,  certification … Continue reading USDA nixes recognition of India’s organic program