On December 23, 2024, USDA completed rulemaking on mushrooms and pet food begun in 1995, then subsequently delayed implementation until March 21, 2025. As required by the Organic Foods Production Act ...

The Organic Trade Association warns USDA’s proposal to rollback new rules for organic pet food and mushrooms without consulting industry could choke market access and undermine the program’s ...

Organic certifiers and certified farms, ranches and other businesses recently received scam emails threatening to suspend licenses from sources pretending to be the USDA, according to the agency ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has yet to release funding for the programs, which was stopped after President Donald Trump directed agencies to halt spending, even though federal courts ...

The USDA does have a cost-sharing program that can help reimburse organic farmers for up to 75% of these costs, which is capped at $750 per certification category, which include “crops, wild ...

When VinePair itself reached out to USDA to ask for clarification on the certification process and related costs, the agency responded by sending a document on organic certification from 2012.

In just the decade from 2011 to 2021, U.S. organic food sales grew by an annual average of 8 percent, while the amount of acreage planted in organic crops increased by just under 80 percent.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) have jointly developed a “Unified India Organic ...

Getting the “USDA Organic” seal costs time and money, but it can open doors to a growing market Stephanie Hughes Jan 23, 2024 Heard on: ...

Longmont, Colorado, was the first stop on a national USDA tour to visit organic market development grant recipients. The statewide nonprofit, the Colorado Grain Chain, is one of 10 national ...

Update: This Daily News is updated to address the organic status of the company cited in the piece, Merchant’s Garden. The article now indicates that the company is certified as organic under a ...