We’ve made great progress in enforcing the organic pasture requirement; the next step is at hand—we can’t stop now! 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… Read more »
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Organic Community Sends Clear Signal to “Renegade” Factory Farms
WASHINGTON, DC: Organic dairy farmers from throughout the country descended on the nation’s capital last week in a show of solidarity requesting a USDA crackdown on large industrial dairy farms producing “organic” milk. The farmers present, along with over 8000 submitted comments from consumers and other organic producers, prompted the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board… Read more »
Organic Integrity Upheld at Portland NOSB Meeting
The National Organic Standards Board met April 9-11 in Portland, OR to vote on issues of critical importance to the organic community. Here is a summary of the meeting. ANTIBIOTICS: The use of tetracycline, a critically important antibiotic in human medicine, will be prohibited in organic apple and pear production after 2014. The Board heard… Read more »
Organic Transparency/Respect? We Need Your Intelligence Help.
We need your help (confidentially) to identify all current candidates for appointment to the National Organic Standards Board. Congress set up specific stakeholder representation on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) to assure that corporations and their lobbyists do not dominate organic governance. However, the seats the law designates for independent farmers, scientists, retailers, etc…. Read more »
NOSB Webinar — Recap of Public Comments (and Postmortem)
Below, please find the roster of all those who testified at the National Organic Standards Board’s webinar/teleconference on Thursday, November 3. These notes were prepared by Kestrel Burcham, a policy analyst and attorney on our staff. The leadership at the USDA’s National Organic Program, with concurrence from members of the NOSB, have cut down the… Read more »
NOSB Oral Comments, Fall 2024
October 15, 2024 Terry Shistar – Beyond Pesticides (Misc) Hi, my name is Terry Shistar, and I’m on the board of directors of Beyond Pesticides. Please feel free to ask me or Jay about our written comments. What does “Beyond Pesticides” mean? We hope it means “Organic.” We’re focused on 3 intertwined existential crises in… Read more »
NOSB Oral Comments, Spring 2024
DAY 1: APRIL 23, 2024 Liz Bell – Organic Valley (LS, CACS, General) I work to advocate for and consult our 1600 farmer members. OV believes that holistic animal care is essential in organic livestock management. OV, Stonyfield, and Arora petitioned to add Meloxicam to be added to the National List (NL). It would be… Read more »
NOSB Oral Comments, Fall 2023
DAY 1: October 17, 2023 Michele Arsenault take a roll call of National Organic Standards Board: all members are present except for Javier Zamora. For more information about the NOSB members, check out the NOSB’s biographies. NOSB Chair, Nate Powell-Palm, runs the webinar comment session. Alan Lewis – Natural Grocers (General) Part of many ag… Read more »
NOSB Oral Comments, Spring 2023
DAY 1: April 18, 2023 Deputy Administer, Dr. Jennifer Tucker calls the meeting to order. Welcomes NOSB members and audience. Welcomes w new board members: Lewis and Quarcoo – just recently joined the board. To public commenters – thanks for participation. When the NOSB reconvenes in Atlanta, GA next week there will be a live-stream…. Read more »
