Organic Dairy Policy

The O DAIRY ACT – how it was made and a summary of what it mandates

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

USDA AMS Organic Research Project Survey

Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program Funds

Dear Secretary Vilsack,

Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Proposed Hearing

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program

USDA Announcement on Additional Assistance for Organic Dairy Farmers

NODPA Responds to USDA Announcement

OFA Applauds USDA Announcement

Organic Dairy Buyers, Processors and Producers Ask Congress for Help

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Publication of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) Proposed Rule

By Ed Maltby, Executive Director, NODPA

The 2023 Farm Bill--What you can do

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

The Long Awaited Origin of Livestock Rule is Published

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Origin of Livestock

By Kathie Arnold, Chair of the NODPA Policy Committee and past NODPA president, and Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Vilsack’s Checkoff Problem

By Clint Rainey

Update on Origin of Livestock

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Origin of Livestock Final Rule: Letter from the Organic Farmers Association

Origin of Livestock Final Rule-Next Steps

Letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Purdue

The Crisis in the Organic Dairy Movement

Farmers and Consumers, Working Together, Can Reestablish Economic Justice

Democracy Worked

USDA Terminates the Organic Checkoff Proposal, Citing “Lack of Support”

What’s Wrong with Organic Certification, and What Should Be Done About It?

Forecast for Organic Dairy in 2018 & Beyond

Organic Dairy Producers’ Thoughts on the Current State of Organic Dairy

The Fall NOSB Meeting

Francis Thicke’s Closing Remarks

Organic Dairy Policy

What Producers Can Do Now

A Summary of the NOSB Fall 2017 Meeting

by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Organics under Attack

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director

Letter to the Secretary of Agriculture

No Organic Checkoff Coalition

The National Organic Standards Board

Fall Meeting October 31, 2017

Organic Farmers, Consumers Call for USDA to Reject Organic Checkoff with comments to USDA

Federal Mandated Checkoff

Organic Farmers, Consumers Call for USDA to Reject Organic Checkoff with comments to USDA

Stop the Organic Checkoff Program (a Tax)!

Submit Comments on the Proposed Rule before April 19th.

Major farm groups to Trump

Adopt GIPSA rules

Statement of the Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing, Inc.

To the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Nov. 16, 2016, St. Louis, MO

Highlights of the NOSB Meeting

St. Louis, MO - November 16 to 18, 2016

Organic Checkoff Update

Updated Comments on the Proposed Rule

Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices