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OPN Connect Newsletter 62
Who would have thought a small group of mostly Amish and Old-Order Mennonite farmers would be behind the business recently honored as Whole Foods Market’s Mid-Atlantic Region Supplier of the Year?
From stone fruits to cherries to figs, the start of the California organic fruit crop deals this spring are trending a couple of weeks later than the last few years. Crops will start in May, but there won’t be promotable volume for organic fruit until June on most items.
By Melody Meyer
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting held in Tucson, AZ, last week had a distinctly different tone than many before it.
OPN connected with newly appointed National Organic Standards Board Member Eric Schwartz. On April 25th, U.S. Department of Agriculture announced two new members appointed to National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). Eric Schwartz, United Vegetable Growers Cooperative CEO, was appointed to the open organic handling seat.
- Peri & Sons Cites Good Growth in Organics
- Demand for Organic Food Grows Strongly in Switzerland
- 33% of U.S. Consumers Seek Organic, Natural Foods
- Six in Ten Aussies Buy Organic
- Glen Bezanson Retires
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