Cornucopia’s Take: The Cornucopia Institute believes that the organic community is best served by a transparent selection process for new members of the National Organic Standards Board. This allows all stakeholders to constructively weigh in on potential appointees to the Board. At one time, the names and backgrounds of all nominees were made public during the… Read more »
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For First Time, USDA Warns NOSB Nominees’ Records May Be Released Under FOIA USDA Says ‘Personally Identifiable Info’ Would Be Redacted
NOTE: The USDA announced, yesterday, the opening of the nomination process for candidates to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The Cornucopia Institute will once again write USDA Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack formally asking him to make all nominations available to the public. There is no reason that it should take a request under the… Read more »
Demise of the National Organic Standards Board?
Montana Organic Association by Barry Flamm, Former Chair of the National Organic Standards Board, Board Member of The Cornucopia Institute and MOA Lifetime Member The original and current purpose of the Organic Food Production Act of 1990 (OFPA) is to bring integrity and order to organic food production and marketing by establishing uniform standards. The… Read more »
Feed the Soil, says the NOSB
Last week, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) unanimously voted to limit the use of highly soluble nitrogen fertilizers. This is a win for authentic organic farming. “Feed the soil, not the plant” embodies the wisdom of the organic movement. Instead of relying on shortcuts, authentic organic farmers steward their soil, tending the tiny lives… Read more »
Farmer’s Footstep the Best Fertilizer
News from the Spring NOSB Meeting in Denver [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD, Senior Scientist at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock With five new members of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), the debate over whether soil-less, hydroponic systems can be… Read more »
Are Organic Standards in Jeopardy? Watchdogs Say Yes
Roger Blobaum: Organic Policy Pioneer Speaks Out on Organic Controversy PRWatch by Rebekah Wilce Alexis Baden Mayer arrested and removed from NOSB Meeting When organic activist Alexis Baden Mayer of the Organic Consumers Association was arrested after leading a “spirited protest” against watering down organic standards last month, she wasn’t at a rally on the street… Read more »
National Organic Standards Board Votes to Reject More Synthetic Additives in Infant Formula
Positive news for organic consumers from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting currently taking place in Providence, Rhode Island: the NOSB has rejected the petitions to allow synthetic versions of the nutrients taurine, lycopene, lutein and l-carnitine in organic foods, including organic infant formula. The NOSB also rejected the petitions for two synthetic preservatives… Read more »
Former NOSB Chair: Approval Process for Synthetic/Non-Organic Materials… Turned on Its Head
[NOTE: Barry Flamm is a former Secretary of Cornucopia’s Board of Directors.] Certified Organics: 2015 by Barry Flamm Barry Flamm Members of MOA care deeply about organics. For many it is your life: manifesting a deep conviction that organics is the future for agriculture if a healthy, sustainable world is to be achieved. An important… Read more »
USDA Rewrites History to Say that Hydroponics Has Always Been Allowed in Organics
Cornucopia’s Take: The federal law that created ‘USDA Organic’ states that organic farming operations must submit organic plans containing “provisions designed to foster soil fertility.” Organic farming is built on caring for the soil, but the USDA recently posted a bulletin, shared below, claiming that hydroponic, aquaponic, and aeroponic operations have always been eligible for… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Washington, DC #NOSB
Last Updated: 4-27-16, 5:00 p.m. ET Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Washington, D.C. We will be sharing the play by play with our Twitter followers under #NOSB or simply follow our stream. If you’re not already following us on Twitter, please do so here. Read… Read more »
