In today’s competitive market, organic dairy producers are highly sought after and your milk prices have been steadily increasing. It’s a “seller’s market” and organic dairy farmers have power today. But that might not be true a year down the road. The nation’s largest organic dairies, with interests in 4000- to 10,000-cow factory farms, are… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) – USDA Unveils Grass-Fed Meat Label
Farmer and Consumer Feedback to USDA Needed by August 10 Consumers and family-scale farmers and ranchers could be big winners if a proposed new USDA standard for grass-fed livestock wins approval. But for this to occur, the USDA must hear from consumers that they want simple changes made to the draft that clarifies the grass-fed… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) – Pasture Rules for Organic Livestock Being Revised
Public Comments Due by June 12 The National Organic Program (NOP) has given notice that the regulation on pasture for organic ruminants is being revised. You can make public comments on this important issue until June 12th. The Cornucopia Institute is working on this issue with the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA),the Midwest Organic… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) – Tell the USDA to Keep the Organic Label Truthful
Action Alert – send your comment to the USDA by May 12. The USDA is proposing to amend the National Organic Program regulations to reflect legislative changes made in Congress last year. The USDA proposal could allow: Young dairy cows to be treated with antibiotics and fed genetically engineered feed prior to being converted to… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) – Tell The USDA …
… On April 18 and 19, you have the opportunity to stand for family farms and organic dairying produced with ethics and integrity. The USDA will hold a national symposium on pasture and organic dairying in State College, Pennsylvania. Your voice needs to be heard above the clamor from large corporations and factory-farm interests seeking… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) – USDA’s Organic Program Sides With Factory Dairy Farms
Ask Secretary Johanns to intervene Way back in the year 2000, concerned consumers and farmers asked the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) to address a new and troubling trend – factory farms producing “organic” milk in confinement conditions. The board responded in 2001 by adopting a guidance document that would have helped farmers and certifiers… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) – ORGANIC STANDARDS UNDER ATTACK — TAKE ACTION NOW!
Say NO to Dangerous Organic Rider on Senate Appropriations Bill THE ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION AND FOOD PROCESSORS ARE ASKING CONGRESS TO CHANGE THE ORGANIC FOODS PRODUCTION ACT (OFPA) WHICH COULD ALLOW NUMEROUS UNREVIEWED SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES IN PRODUCTS LABELED “ORGANIC” AND WEAKEN ORGANIC DAIRY STANDARDS. CALL AND WRITE YOUR SENATOR TODAY! You can take action on… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) – We’ve made great progress in enforcing the organic pasture requirement; the next step is at hand–we can’t stop now!
We’ve made great progress in enforcing the organic pasture requirement; the next step is at hand—we can’t stop now! Thanks to more than 8000 public comments and the personal testimony of numerous organic dairy producers in support of strong enforcement of the pasture standards at the last National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting, real progress… Read more »
