TOGA included in the 2016 Good Food Org Guide Tennessee Organic Growers Association is honored to be included in this year's Good Food Guide Food Tank and the James Beard Foundation have just released the third annual Good Food Org Guide, which features 1,000 nonprofit organizations creating...
Read More2016 National Organic Research Agenda Report The 2016 National Organic Research Agenda (NORA) report provides comprehensive recommendations for future investment in organic agricultural research. These recommendations are based on OFRF's 2015 survey of organic farmers, nationwide listening sessions with organic farmers, and a review of...
Read MoreSenator Stabenow Announces the Urban Agriculture Act of 2016 U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the most comprehensive urban agriculture bill to be introduced in Congress. The Urban Agriculture Act of 2016 will help create...
Read MoreUSDA Releases Labeling Guideline for Animal-Raising Claims USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued an updated compliance guideline on documentation needed to support animal-raising claims on product labels. This guideline is for operations that are designing or modifying meat or poultry product labels with animal...
Read MoreOrchard Netting: A Catch All for Climate Change Adaptation How does an industry so dependent upon these crucial resources react to a rapidly changing climate, all while maintaining sustainability in their pocket books and in their surrounding environment? Tree fruit growers across the Pacific Northwest are...
Read MoreCertified Organic Survey Results Show Sales Up 13% Nationally WASHINGTON, September 15, 2016 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2015 Certified Organic Survey, which show that 12,818 certified organic farms in the United States sold...
Read MoreNumber Of Hungry U.S. Kids Drops To Lowest Level Since Before Great Recession It's rare to get good news when it comes to hunger. But the government says there was a big drop last year in the number of people in the country struggling to...
Read MoreLand Tenure and Turnover: How are Beginning Farmers Affected? Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) published a report, U.S. Farmland Ownership, Tenure, and Transfer, highlighting the major barriers to land access faced by farmers – particularly beginning farmers – and the...
Read MoreUSDA Invests Millions Into Training for the Next Generation of Farmers From NSAC's Blog: As the average age of our nation’s farmers and ranchers continues to rise, training the next generation has become an increasingly urgent priority. Young and beginning farmers and ranchers face unique challenges...
Read MoreNew Fact Sheet on Integrated Pest Management and Organic Production Organic agriculture and integrated pest management (IPM) systems and proponents share many of the same goals to address environmental and human health concerns. However, key commonalities and differences between these systems are not always clearly understood....
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