Organic is a regulated term and watchdog groups are actively watching to make sure producers and retailers alike don’t abuse this label. Recently, The Cornucopia Institute filed a formal complaint ...

Many debates surround the economics, benefits and costs of organic farming. But it’s indisputable that when a consumer pays for an organic product, that is what he should get. The U.S. Department of ...

Maybe you've wondered, while looking at the price tag on some organic produce, whether that label is telling the truth. Peter Laufer, a writer and professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, ...

The organic industry continued its growth in 2023, the Organic Trade Association said Tuesday in its 2024 Organic Industry and Consumer Survey. Domestic certified organic sales in 2023 were up 3.4% ...

Prairie du Rocher, Ill. – On a cold winter day in Illinois, three little pigs are resting in a three-sided shed. They have plenty of space to trot around, as they do when Jennifer Duensing approaches.

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an Oregon hazelnut farmer’s lawsuit challenging the USDA’s organic labeling rule for foreign suppliers. Two years ago, Bruce Kaser of Pratum Farm ...

Walk through any grocery store and you'll see them everywhere. Green packaging. Earthy fonts. Words like "natural" and "all natural" stamped proudly across everything from potato chips to orange juice ...

Only foods produced and processed by certified operations, according to National Organic Program standards, can be sold, labeled or represented as organic. Operators who knowingly violate NOP ...

WASHINGTON — Three years ago, U.S. Department of Agriculture employees determined that synthetic additives in organic baby formula violated federal standards and should be banned from a product ...

Consumers have become more health conscious in the past few decades, which has given rise to the popularity of foods labeled as "organic" and "non-GMO." However, despite a higher interest in these ...