On the heels of Seaweed Week in Portland earlier this month, I’m digging into the debate: can seaweed be considered organic, ...

the issue has been on the agenda of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program. But a planned meeting to discuss the matter in October was canceled by the federal government ...

The agency announced an update to the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations in an effort to crack down on fraud and further enforce the production, handling and sale of organic products to ...

“Stopping fraud in the organic market and enforcing USDA National Organic Program regulations has long been a top priority for organic farmers. This long awaited new rule is something that we ...

Rules have changed for the organic food industry as of March 19. The National Organic Program (NOP) says new regulations are now closing the gap that allowed non-certified organic suppliers to ...

according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which regulates the market through its National Organic Program (NOP). For a product to receive the ubiquitous green “USDA ...

The U.S. National Organic Program (NOP) was established in 1990 as part of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The mission of AMS is to ...

The rules governing the National Organic Program were published in 2000, and in the years after, organic farming boomed to eventually reach more than 5 million acres. But that has been declining ...

the deputy administrator of the National Organic Program at the USDA in Washington D.C. While the USDA does allow hydroponic farms to be certified as organic, Tucker said they are also regularly ...

The OLPS Rule follows USDA’s Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule (SOE Rule) that was issued earlier this year and for which compliance is required by March 19, 2024. The SOE Rule is the ...