Day 1: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (12:00 PM ‐ 5:30 PM Eastern Time ET) [NOTE: this is a rough, un-edited form of the public comment notes. Expect updates to this page over the next two weeks.] Jenny Tucker gives some opening remarks. Acknowledges NOSB members that are finishing their service, Steve Ela, Sue Baird, and… Read more »
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Groups Endorse Organic Pasture Guidance
NOSB Adopts Guidance Policy at August 16 Meeting Twenty-nine groups and organizations have endorsed the proposed pasture guidance document for dairy cows and other ruminants and have urged the National Organics Standards Board (NOSB) to adopt it at its August 15-17 meeting in Washington, D.C . On August 16, the NOSB concurred with that advice… Read more »
Industry Watchdog: USDA Allowing Illegal “Organic” Produce Production
Corporate Interests Lobbying to Approve Hydroponics — Growing without Soil Hydroponic Pepper Operation (c) Dario Sabljak/Adobe Stock An organic industry watchdog contends the USDA has quietly allowed a flood of hydroponically-produced fruits and vegetables, largely imported, to be illegally labeled and sold as “organic.” This produce is generally grown under artificial lighting, indoors, and on… Read more »
USDA Secretary Vilsack Appoints Francis Thicke to National Organic Standards Board
Francis Thicke We haven’t had a working dairy farmer on the NOSB since Kevin Engelbert completed his term and joined the Cornucopia Institute’s Board of Directors. Cornucopia has been highly-critical over the years of some of the legally-questionable appointments by the USDA to serve on the governing board, overseeing organics, that was set up by… Read more »
Tell Your Senators to Back a Farm Bill That Supports a Strong National Organic Standards Board—The Current House Bill Endangers Organic Oversight!
[This alert is over. President Trump signed the Farm Bill on December 20, 2018.] Support a Strong, Sustainable Food System and an Independent NOSB Source: Andrew Stawarz Congress has been working to pass the 2018 Farm Bill, which governs an array of agricultural and food programs. The first draft bill failed to pass the House,… Read more »
Court Rejects USDA Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit on Organic Rule Change
Beyond Pesticides (September 14, 2015) On Thursday September 10, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in a bench ruling, rejected the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit (Case3:15-cv-01690) that challenges the National Organic Program’s (NOP) failure to follow proper legal procedures in making a… Read more »
The Cornucopia Institute’s Official Comments to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
Cornucopia’s comments pursuant to the agenda for their upcoming semiannual NOSB meeting, April 26-29 in Seattle, Washington. Please click on this link to review Cornucopia’s comments on new animal welfare regulations that would either pave the way for factory farming or maintain the organic regulations as the “gold standard” in livestock agriculture. This link will… Read more »
ACTION ALERT: Tell the USDA — No Illegal/Unreviewed Synthetics in Organics!
[This Action Alert is Over] Sneaking Synthetics into Organics Close the Loophole – Submit a Comment to the National Organic Standards Board Comments due Tuesday, March 19, 2013 (11:59 pm EST) Think you’re avoiding synthetic ingredients like sodium benzoate and polysorbate 80 by choosing organic? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. The organic law clearly… Read more »
Organic Industry Watchdog Challenges USDA’s Lack of Transparency
Flawed Appointments Have Led to Corrupt Oversight System WASHINGTON DC: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today formally announced it is seeking nominations for an opening on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), a 15-member panel set up by Congress responsible for approving all non-organic/synthetic materials in organics and recommending regulatory policy. Past appointments… Read more »
USDA Seeks Nominations for the National Organic Standards Board
Four seats are open on the 15-member citizen board that advises the USDA National Organic Program. Nominations to fill the vacancies—for an environmentalist, an organic producer, an organic handler, and a retailer—are due May 15. “NOSB members serve a vital role for the organic community advising the Secretary of Agriculture (mostly through the NOP) and… Read more »
