A Cornucopia staff member attended the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) pre-meeting webinar yesterday, where the NOSB heard comments from the public. Cornucopia’s notes from this meeting are below. Thirteen of 15 NOSB members present: Source: Aaron Yoo Ashley Swaffar Jesse Buie Emily Oakley Steve Ela Harriet Behar Asa Bradman A-dae Romero-Briones Sue Baird Tom… Read more »
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No Definitive ‘No’ on Nano
USDA Disregards NOSB’s Recommended Prohibition on Nanomaterials in Organics by Linley Dixon, PhD Source: DollarPhotoClub.com Despite the consensus in the organic community that nanotechnology should be prohibited in organics, the USDA’s National Organic Program issued a new guidance in March that allows companies to petition for use of human-engineered nanomaterials in organic production and processing…. Read more »
Cornucopia’s Formal Comments for the National Organic Standards Board Spring Meeting Now Available
The Cornucopia Institute has submitted its formal comments to the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) for consideration at the Spring meeting of the NOSB. This diverse 15-member body was established by Congress to review policy and materials used in organic agriculture and food. They meet twice a year, and the next meeting begins April… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Louisville, KY #NOSB
Last Updated: 10-30-14, 3:38 p.m. ET Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. 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 more »
Wildfires Rage at New Mexican Organic Meetings
Farmers, Consumers and Public Interest Groups Square off Against Corporate Interests ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Passions flared at the semiannual meeting of the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the federal advisory panel approved a number of synthetic ingredients for use in organics, over the objection of the majority of… Read more »
USDA Secretary Challenged for Kowtowing to Corporate Organic Interests
You might recall that we helped organize upwards of 40,000 contacts to the USDA Secretary last fall requesting that he intervene, and overrule the NOP, and allow The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) to formally vote and adopt a strong pasture guidance, closing the loopholes, at their last meeting. Secretary Johanns disregarded the feelings of… Read more »
Tell Organic Regulators: Protect Native Ecosystems and End Fraudulent Organic Imports
[This action alert is over.] Comment to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) by April 4 Regulatory loopholes permit destruction of the environment in pursuit of profit, and lack of enforcement by the USDA allows fraudulent imports to pollute the organic marketplace. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE SHOULD PROTECT, NOT DESTROY, PRISTINE ECOSYSTEMS Source: St. Paul Girl, Flickr… Read more »
Spring 2019 NOSB Meeting – Webinars: April 17 & 18
Cornucopia policy staff members attended the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) pre-meeting webinars on April 17 and 18, where the NOSB heard comments from the public. Our notes from this meeting are below. Wednesday, April 17 Fourteen NOSB members present: Source: Alan Clark, Flickr Harriet Behar (January 2016 – January 2020) – NOSB Chair Steve… Read more »
Passion and Some Tense Moments at the USDA National Organic Standards Board Meeting
Agribusiness and the Organic Community Come Together in the End on Most Issues The Cornucopia Institute The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) concluded its four-day semiannual meeting in Madison, Wisconsin on Thursday with votes and decisions on several issues impacting the organic industry. The meeting began on Monday with a comprehensive progress report by USDA… Read more »
NOSB Sparks Vital Discussion of Fenbendazole Use on Massive ‘Organic’ Flocks
by Kestrel Burcham, JD, Domestic Policy Director and Melody Morrell, Operations Director As five new National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) members attended their first meeting, the petitioned emergency use of fenbendazole in poultry sparked vital discussion. (Fenbendazole is currently allowed for emergency use in other organic livestock.) The National Organic Program (NOP) has yet to… Read more »
