Organic Dairy Policy
Policy in the News
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
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
Federal Mandated Checkoff
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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