The USDA is seeking nominations for five upcoming vacancies on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). Appointees will serve a five-year term beginning Jan. 24, 2012. Vacancies for the 15-mem¬ber organic advisory board must represent a particular constituency as identified by Congress, and the particular openings are for:
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USDA Extends the Use of Methionine in Organic Poultry Production
USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program (NOP) today announced an amendment to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances. The amendment extends the use of methionine in organic poultry production. Published in the Federal Register today as an interim rule with request for comments, it extends the allowance for… Read more »
Follow Cornucopia’s Fall 2022 NOSB Coverage
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on October 25, 26, and 27 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB or by simply following our stream…. Read more »
Follow Cornucopia’s Spring 2022 NOSB Coverage
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on April 26, 27, and 28 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB or by simply following our stream…. Read more »
Follow the Spring 2021 National Organic Standards Board Meeting Online
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on April 28, 29, and 30 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB or by simply following our stream. For… Read more »
Follow the Fall 2020 National Organic Standards Board Meeting Online
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on October 28, 29, and 30 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB or by simply following our stream…. Read more »
Follow the Spring 2020 National Organic Standards Board Meeting Online
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of public comments on April 21 and 23 and the meeting itself on April 29 and 30 below and with our Twitter followers… Read more »
Organic Industry Watchdog Response to USDA on Import Fraud
[Read the USDA’s Office of Inspector General review of the NOP’s oversight of imports.] The USDA’s National Organic Program, under increasing criticism regarding wholesale fraud in organics under their watch, today conducted a “virtual town hall” to present proposed rulemaking to address the improprieties. Port of Oakland Image source: Travis Leech For most of the… Read more »
Over 100 Groups and Businesses Ask Agriculture Secretary Johanns to Intervene on Pasture Issue
More than 100 groups and businesses have jointly signed a letter to USDA Secretary Mike Johanns asking him to intervene on the organic pasture issue. Those signing the letter represent a range of organic businesses and food cooperatives as well as farm, consumer, animal rights, social justice and environmental organizations. Another 50 individual signers, mostly… Read more »
Organic Egg Business Being Hijacked by Corporate Agribusinesses — Help Reverse this Scandal!
[This Action Alert is Over]Meeting October 25-28, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin Attend or mail in your proxy letter ASAP!Imagine 80,000 laying hens in a single building, crowded in confinement conditions, on “farms” with hundreds of thousands or a million birds. Is that organic? How about a tiny enclosed concrete porch, accessible by only 3%-5% of… Read more »
