Organic Trade Association

As discussions continue on putting together the next farm bill, the Organic Trade Association recently shared their priorities for the new legislation.  Tom Chapman, CEO of the Organic Trade Association, said they’re looking for a bill that will be a “win for organic”.   “We're excited to get w...

Earlier this week, Economic Research Service reported organic trade reached $3.4 billion in 2021.  Since 2011, there has been an uptick in the total value of imported organic products, partially because more products are being tracked and partially because more high-value organic products, such as blueberries and squash, are being imported into the United States.  The Uni...

The Organic Trade Association announced Tuesday that Tom Chapman will become the organization's next CEO and Executive Director. The announcement was made during OTA’s 2022 Organic Week, which Chapman attended. Chapman’s hiring concludes a year-long planned succession process that began in 2021. Chapman wi ...

Earlier this week, the Organic Trade Association announced the launch of a nationwide search for a new CEO and Executive Director. After more than a decade with OTA and the organic community, current CEO Laura Batcha plans to step down in spring 2022 ...

Organic agriculture representatives met with lawmakers Tuesday through a virtual fly-in. The Organic Trade Association hosted the event, continuing Wednesday, to brief the new administration on the challenges the organic sector faces. The issues from more than 20 organic producers from a dozen states are expansive and including ensuring continuous improvement and accountability in organic standard

The Organic Trade Association requested the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to issue a stay of proceedings. The Hagstrom Report says that means they’re calling for a halt to further legal processing in its animal welfare lawsuit against the USDA until President-elect Joe Biden takes office. T ...

The Organic Trade Association and the National Organic Coalition recently sent industry recommendations to President-elect Joe Biden's transition team. In a letter to the transition team, the groups say, "here are several overarching issues that need to be addressed early in your Administration to put organic agriculture back on safe footing after the challenges of the past four years ... Re

Organic food sales rose 5% year over year in 2019, coming in at $50 billion. The Organic Trade Association said the first quarter of 2020 saw organic food sales continue to rise dramatically. Food Business News said if that trend continues, the industry should see another year of record growth ...

The quickly-growing organic market in Taiwan is poised to grow even faster. Late last week, the U.S. and Taiwan reached an organic equivalence arrangement to enable increased trade between the two regions. Taiwan is already the fifth-largest export market for U ...

The Organic Trade Association this week announced the development of three online training courses to bolster its Organic Fraud Prevention Solutions program.  The training courses are designed for organic businesses, accredited certifiers and organic inspectors, with one of the courses a pre-requisite for businesses pre-enrolled in the program.The ...