Top 5 - Organic News to Help You Grow #86

The Current Case for USDA Organic

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) against the Department of Agriculture. For some organic activists, the case is part of a larger battle to protect the meaning of “organic.” For others, the battle is already lost.

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U.S. Boasts 6.5 Million Acres of Organic Certified Land

According to a Mercaris report, there are 17,648 U.S. farms certified as compliant with the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) standards for organic row crop production. This is an increase of almost 3% year-over-year, which represents 460 new operations across the country.

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Global Food Movement Leaders & Organizations Reject Organic "Gene Drives"

Global food movement leaders and organizations representing hundreds of millions of farmers and food workers today set out their clear opposition to “gene drives” – a controversial new genetic forcing technology. Their call for a stop to this technology accompanies a new report, Forcing the Farm, that lifts the lid on how gene drives may harm food and farming systems.

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2019 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference Has A New Home

The venue for the next New Mexico Organic Farming Conference has changed. Scheduled for Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16, the annual conference will be at Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, Albuquerque. The new venue will provide more room for exhibitors who have until Oct. 29 to reserve a space for the conference. 

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Minnesota Company Strives to be The Cargill of Organic Food

A Minneapolis firm is trying to change that by streamlining the organic supply chain. Pipeline Foods, a private-equity-backed company started less than two years ago, in recent weeks took over a grain elevator in Atlantic, Iowa, its fifth elevator dedicated to handling organic crops.

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