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International Organic Accreditation Service

The 2004 annual report of the International Organic Accreditation Service, a non-profit, independent organization providing international oversight of organic certification.

Organic Watch’s 16 Issues of Major Concern

Introduction. The following material was created as an aid to organizations and individuals who are preparing comments concerning the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), Agricultural Marketing Service’s, “National Organic Program; Proposed Rule” found at 62 Federal Register 65850 (December 16, 1997). Organic Watch encourages duplication and wide distribution of this material and no prior…

Organic Watch Press Release: December 12, 1997

For Immediate Release: December 12, 1997 THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO RELEASE PROPOSED NATIONAL ORGANIC FOODS STANDARDS ON DECEMBER 16 “ORGANIC WATCH,” A BROAD COALITION REPRESENTING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, IS FORMED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INTEREST ASSESSMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF PROPOSED STANDARDS “ORGANIC WATCH” ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE UNPRECEDENTED NATIONWIDE OUTREACH…

Presentation: The Role of Accreditation In Accessing the Global Organic Marketplace | 2003

International Organic Accreditation Service 118 1/2 1st Avenue, South Jamestown, ND 59401 Phone: 701 252 4070 Fax: 701 252 4124 E Mail: [email protected] May 16, 2003 My presentation will focus on the growing number of Third World smallholders who produce organic food, the certifiers who verify their compliance with organic standards and requirements for certification,…

Article published in “NUTRITION ACTION: Health Newsletter” – Signed, Certified…& Organic -1992

November 1992, by Roger Blobaum Q: Is organic food completely free of pesticides? A: Not necessarily. It sometimes contains trace amounts of synthetic chemicals. Q: How can that happen? A: There are lots of ways. Pesticides can be carried to organic fields by irrigation water, rain, wind-blown dust, fog, and drift from spray that has…

Remarks on the Organic Food Production Act at the Eco-Farm Conference 1992

Remarks by Roger Blobaum Eco-Farm Conference, Asilomar, California January 24, 1992 It feels great to get away from Washington, where nobody seems to be having any fun. Everybody is blaming everybody else for the deficit and the recession and the White House political staff has finally grounded the President and confiscated his passport. This follows…

Organic Food Production Act: Statement to the joint hearing of the Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, & Nutrition Subcommittee and the Department Operations, Research, & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee House Committee on Agriculture 1990

Statement by Roger Blobaum, Center for Science in the Public Interest Presented at joint hearing of the Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, & Nutrition Subcommittee and the Department Operations, Research, & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee House Committee on Agriculture Washington, DC June 19, 1990 Mr. Chairman, I am Roger Blobaum, director of the Americans for Safe Food…

Organic Food Production Act: TRANSCRIPT of statement to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture 1990

TRANSCRIPT: STATEMENT OF ROGER BLOBAUM, DIRECTOR, AMERICANS FOR SAFE FOOD, CENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, WASHINGTON Mr. BLOBAUM. Mr. Chairman, I am Roger Blobaum, Director of the Americans for Safe Food Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. CSPI is a non-profit organization with about 210,000 members nationwide. We actively…

INSIDE ORGANIC: Farmers and Researchers Team Up: How This Helps Organic Farmers Shape the Research Being Done (Jan/Feb 2010)

by Roger Blobaum · Inside Organics · Jan/Feb 2010 Recent trends in organic research suggest Midwest organic farmers may want to consider some new questions: Who are the scientists doing organic research in your state? What kind of research is being done? Are these researchers reaching out to involve you in their work? And are…