National Organic Program
USDA finalizes rule aimed at strengthening organic oversight
New federal guidelines designed to protect organic integrity are necessary to reinforce consumer confidence and to level the playing field for produce... more »
Pennsylvania Certified Organic to lead Northeast TOPP efforts
Pennsylvania Certified Organic has been chosen to lead the Northeast region of the federal Transition to Organic Partnership Program. TOPP is a fiv... more »
Organic growers weigh in on agricultural robots
A pair of Michigan State University (MSU) associates interviewed growers primarily from Michigan (along with one from Ohio and another from Maryland) ... more »
A discussion of organic grower challenges and solutions at Organic Grower Summit
A two-part ed intensive featuring the results of two recently released reports on organic farming and an in-depth workshop discussing how organic farm... more »
End of U.S.–India Recognition Arrangement
On January 11, 2021, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) ended its recognition agreement with India’s Agric... more »
Grower shares insight on USDA’s Organic Certification Cost Share Program
Organic farmer and Organic Farming Research Foundation Board Chair Bryan Hager knows about organic farming and the process it takes to get certified. ... more »
7 ways the National Organic Program enforced its standards in 2020
Certified-organic farming is hard work, and it can be competitive. The National Organic Program, (NOP) part of the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing ... more »
National Organic Program gets ‘very positive’ review
The USDA’s National Organic Program recently earned good marks in a formal peer review, according to a recent newsletter from the program administra... more »
