Organic News

Lawsuit against USDA to defend organic animal welfare rule advances

Court gives USDA 180 days to fix its modeling errors in Organic Trade Association animal welfare lawsuit The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia agreed with the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) lawsuit against U.S. Department of Agriculture that the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule was withdrawn by the Trump administration […]

New study identifies organic farming’s best soil health practices

The Organic Center and University of Maryland spotlight organic farming practices that provide the biggest bang to soil health Even with good things, there is the best of the best. So it is with organic agriculture. Organic farming techniques have long been proven to help foster and restore soil health, replenish soil organic carbon and […]

Negative press on organic farming stems from simplistic and misleading research, review says

Recent claims that organic agriculture raises carbon dioxide emissions—because it requires more land then conventional agriculture—have confused buyers looking for environmentally beneficial food purchases. Two scientists responded with a review in Nature Sustainability, pointing out that studies highlighting such conclusions are over-simplified and fail to address the positive ecological benefits of organic growing—such as increased […]

World’s largest organic food tradeshow to draw 50,000 attendees

Over a four-day period once a year BIOFACH, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food and VIVANESS, the concurrent International Trade for Natural and Organic Cosmetics, bring the entire sector together in Nuremberg. The combined trade fair provides a 360° overview of organic food and natural and organic cosmetics not in small part thanks […]

OMRI hits 7,500 products

OMRI (the Organic Materials Review Institute) has passed a new milestone, reaching 7,500 OMRI Listed® products reviewed and verified for organic use. Since its founding in 1997, the nonprofit input review organization has boasted steady growth to the OMRI Products List©, as illustrated by the graph above. It is a point of organizational pride that alongside […]