Posts Tagged ‘1989-1993 Organic Food Production Act’
Organic Production Act Debate August 1, 1990
ATTACHMENT D This is the House debate on the DeFazio amendment. Congressman DeFazio lead the battle to include the Organic Foods Production Act in the House farm bill. Congressman Stenholm lead the opposition against inclusion of this amendment in favor of his organic study amendment. H6622 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD —…
Read MoreDescriptions of Roger Blobaum’s Organic and Related Papers on this Website and at the Wisconsin Historical Society
Roger Blobaum is presently in the process of transferring his life long collection of organic movement and related documents to the Wisconsin Historical Society for a national organic archival collection. A portion of the collection is available on this website. It is estimated that the Wisconsin Historical Society will have Roger’s papers archived and available…
Read MorePresentation on Global Accreditation of Certifiers, Collaboration with Government Authorities and National Accreditors, and Other Organic Trade Harmonizing Activities of the International Organic Accreditation Service | 2008
By Blobaum, International Organic Accreditation Service, 2008 Website: www.ioas.org Email: [email protected] The IOAS and its services The International Organic Accreditation Service (IOAS), a nonprofit sector-specific international body established by IFOAM 10 years ago, works worldwide providing a broad range of servio relating to conformity assessment in organic agriculture.
Read MoreGuest Commentary published in the “OFARM Quarterly” – Organic Farmers and Consumers Face New Challenge: Stopping Government Backsliding on Organic Integrity 2006
Organic Farmers and Consumers Face New Challenge: Stopping Government Backsliding on Organic Integrity This guest commentary was published in the November 2006 issue of OFARM Quarterly. By Roger Blobaum Developments unfolding in the organic industry are raising serious new concerns about how fast the organic sector can be expanded and mainstreamed without weakening standards, undermining…
Read MorePresentation on Organic Integrity Workshop at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference 2006
Organic Integrity Workshop, Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, February 25, 2006 I want to talk about the most important thing consumers buying organic food have wanted to be sure about, and that organic farmers who produce that food have wanted to be sure to provide, and that is organic integrity. It means organic…
Read MoreINSIDE ORGANIC: Hill Fight Signals Alarming Shift in How Organic Policy Is Made (Nov 05)
by Roger Blobaum · Inside Organics · MOSES Broadcaster · November 2005 The bitter fight in Congress that has split the organic community and alarmed its leaders is about much more than the Harvey vs. Johanns court decision and its impact on the dairy conversion, synthetics, and commercial availability provisions of the Organic Foods…
Read MorePresentation at the OFARM Annual Meeting – Political Action Needed to Turn Back Threats to Organic Integrity 2004
Presented at the OFARM Annual Meeting in La Crosse, WI February 25, 2004, By Roger Blobaum I want to talk with you today about recent political developments that are undermining organic integrity and the support of consumers and environmentalists and that may be putting your markets and incomes at risk. My comments will focus on…
Read MorePresentation: 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,…
Read MoreRemarks at the Organic Valley Reception Washington, D.C. October 2, 2002
I want to thank George Siemon and his colleagues at Organic Valley for arranging this event and for inviting all of us who have worked on organic issues here over the last 13 years or more. I don’t feel we have been any kind of unsung heroes, as George suggests. We got involved, and have…
Read MorePresentation at the Upper Midwest Organic Conference 1998
Roger Blobaum, Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, February 20, 1998 When Faye Jones asked me last November to pick a title for my talk here, I had just completed a year as coordinator of a new initiative called the Soul of Agriculture Project. And I had just spent several weeks putting together a…
Read MoreTestimony to the US Senate Agriculture Committee on the Organic Rule 1997
My name is Roger Blobaum and most of my work on organic food and farming has been as a consultant to public interest organizations and institutions. This process has dragged on a long time. In 1990 the Senate Agriculture Committee was presented with petitions containing 136,000 names of people asking for national organic standards. Most…
Read MoreStatement in response to the USDA Organic Livestock Hearing Notice dated Dec. 30, 1993: 1994
Statement by Roger Blobaum, President. Blobaum & Associates, 907 North Tower, 1331 Penn. Ave.. N.W. Washington, DC 20004. Submitted April 4, 1994 In response to USDA Organic Livestock Hearing Notice Dated Dec. 30. 1993 My name is Roger Blobaum and I own and manage a Washington-based consulting firm that provides professional services to organic and…
Read MorePublic Input to the National Organic Standards Board 1993
Statement by Roger Blobaum, Public Input Session, National Organic Standards Board, Kutztown, Pennsylvania May 16, 1993 Mr. Chairman and members of the board, my name is Roger Blobaum and I have a small consulting firm that provides professional services to organic and sustainable agriculture organizations. I have been involved in the development of organic agriculture…
Read MorePresentation at the Upper Midwest Organic Conference – Organic Farmers and the Feds: Can This Relationship Be Saved? 1993
Roger Blobaum, Upper Midwest Organic Conference, Sparta, Wisconsin, March 6, 1993 The title I have selected for this talk, “Organic Farmers and the Feds: Can This Relationship Be Saved?”, describes in many ways the difficult political situation we face with organic agriculture today. Getting the feds and organic farmers together in 1990 wasn’t easy. It…
Read MoreOriginal OFAC Grant 1992
Organic Farmers Associations Council c/o Janus Farms Institute Rt. 3, Box 494, Silver City, NC 27344Contact Person: Kate Havel Phone: 919-742-4672 Project Director: John Matthews: 501-446-2171 Amount Requested: $7,565 March 15, 1992 Summary The Organic Farmers Associations Council (OFAC) is a national non-profit organization made up of state and regional grower and certification organizations. Although…
Read MorePaper Describing the Structure, Purpose, and Activities of the Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture
The Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, a national farm policy initiative supported by WSAA and more than 400 other national and grassroots organizations, has become a significant force in the ongoing process of influencing the agriculture appropriations process and shaping a new five-year farm bill in 1995. The campaign is mobilizing support for existing funding levels…
Read MoreBiography of Roger Blobaum Director of Americans for Safe Food 1989-1992
Biographical Sketch Roger Blobaum is the director of Americans for Safe Food, a coalition of more than 80 consumer, environmental, farm, and rural advocacy groups working to increase the availability of locally-grown, pesticide-free, and organically-grown food in the marketplace. Americans for Safe Food is a project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest,…
Read MoreRemarks 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…
Read MoreFirst Nominations Submitted For the National Organic Standards Board 1990
DECEMBER 31, 1990 From the Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association: ChristineJohnson:Own/Operate an Organic Farm Chesapeake Center Farm, Marion Station, MD Walter Ehrhardt Own/Operate an Organic Farm Ehrhardt Organic Farm, Knoxville, MD Roger Blobaum: Public Interest CSPI, Washington, DC Michael Heller: Environmental Protection & Resource Conservation Claggett Farm (Chesapeake Bay Foundation) From the Mississippi Organic…
Read MoreOrganic 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…
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