National Organic Program

Last week, USDA’s National Organic Program published the Strengthening Organic Enforcement final rule.  The update to USDA organic regulations strengthens oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic products.  The final rul...

Farmers of the Real Organic Project met with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack last week, discussing what the group calls the “organic problem.” The meeting followed a letter sent to Vilsack last month signed by 43 former members of the National Organic Standards board. The fa ...

A coalition of organic groups is urging the USDA’s National Organic Program to finalize the Origin of Livestock rule. In a letter to the acting Agriculture Secretary, the groups said, “We need a strong, enforceable Origin of Livestock rule as soon as possible.” The l ...

The USDA has proposed a rule that supporters say would strengthen the Agricultural Marketing Service’s oversite of Organic products and what can be included in the National Organic Program. Rob Larew, President of the National Farmers Union said over the last several years, millions of dollars of non-organic products have been intentionally mislabeled in the NOP and sold as organic. Thi ... Read

The Organic Farmers Association is asking members of Congress to ensure that USDA’s National Organic Program complies with the law and finalizes the Origin of Livestock rule as quickly as possible. A recent deadline for the National Organic Program to finalize the long-awaited Origin of Livestock rule has passed by. T ...