Archive for April, 2005

We’ve made great progress in enforcing the organic pasture requirement; the next step is at hand–we can’t stop now!

Wednesday, April 20th, 2005

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 was made. The NOSB passed two Rule changes that will close the current loophole—requiring all cows to graze. However, it will take many months for that process to be completed.