Organic Dairy Policy

NOSB meeting in Portland October 22nd -24th 2024*

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2024-11-03

The Summer the Supreme Court Tore Up the Rules: What it Means for the Future of Our Food & Planet; Why Public Interest Advocacy is All the More Vital

By George Kimbrell, Co-Executive Director & Legal Director, Center for Food Safety Blog article, 8/12/24, reprinted with permission
Posted: 2024-09-07

Organic Dairy Farmers go to Washington, DC

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2024-03-29

New Organic Animal Welfare Rules are Now Final*

Compiled and written by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2024-01-23

Representatives Pingree and Molinaro introduce the bipartisan Organic Dairy Data Collection Act

Compiled by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2024-01-23

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

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2023-11-16

USDA AMS Organic Research Project Survey

Posted: 2023-11-16

Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program Funds

Dear Secretary Vilsack,
Posted: 2023-09-17

Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Proposed Hearing

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2023-07-23

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

Posted: 2023-05-15

USDA Announcement on Additional Assistance for Organic Dairy Farmers

Posted: 2023-01-26

NODPA Responds to USDA Announcement

Posted: 2023-01-26

OFA Applauds USDA Announcement

Posted: 2023-01-26

Organic Dairy Buyers, Processors and Producers Ask Congress for Help

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2022-11-20

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

By Ed Maltby, Executive Director, NODPA
Posted: 2022-09-20

The 2023 Farm Bill--What you can do

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2022-07-31

The Long Awaited Origin of Livestock Rule is Published

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2022-04-03

Origin of Livestock

By Kathie Arnold, Chair of the NODPA Policy Committee and past NODPA president, and Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2021-06-01

Vilsack’s Checkoff Problem

By Clint Rainey
Posted: 2021-06-01

Update on Origin of Livestock

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2020-09-27

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

Posted: 2019-04-22

Origin of Livestock Final Rule-Next Steps

Letter to USDA Secretary Sonny Purdue
Posted: 2019-02-12

The Crisis in the Organic Dairy Movement

Farmers and Consumers, Working Together, Can Reestablish Economic Justice
Posted: 2018-08-18

Democracy Worked

USDA Terminates the Organic Checkoff Proposal, Citing “Lack of Support”
Posted: 2018-06-20

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

Posted: 2018-06-20

Forecast for Organic Dairy in 2018 & Beyond

Organic Dairy Producers’ Thoughts on the Current State of Organic Dairy
Posted: 2018-01-29

The Fall NOSB Meeting

Francis Thicke’s Closing Remarks
Posted: 2017-11-20

Organic Dairy Policy

What Producers Can Do Now
Posted: 2017-11-20

A Summary of the NOSB Fall 2017 Meeting

by Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2017-11-02

Organics under Attack

By Ed Maltby, NODPA Executive Director
Posted: 2017-09-18

Letter to the Secretary of Agriculture

No Organic Checkoff Coalition
Posted: 2017-08-25

The National Organic Standards Board

Fall Meeting October 31, 2017
Posted: 2017-05-31

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

Posted: 2017-05-31

Federal Mandated Checkoff

Posted: 2017-04-11

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

Posted: 2017-04-11

Stop the Organic Checkoff Program (a Tax)!

Submit Comments on the Proposed Rule before April 19th.
Posted: 2017-03-23

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