The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will step up oversight and enforcement of the production, handling and sale of organic products at the behest of industry and legislators who worry increasingly ...

Celebrating the USDA’s move on Aug. 5 to reinstate organic animal welfare standards, organic advocates are hailing this as a “resounding victory” for organic farmers, their livestock, and organic ...

The USDA says this new standard will give consumers more confidence in its certified organic label on meat and egg products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture published its new standard for organic ...

A grant of more than $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support a University of California collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with ...

The benefits are economic, too. Across Iroquois Valley’s portfolio, midwest organic farmers are earning roughly $30 more per acre for their crops than their conventional counterparts , proving that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture fails at regulation of organic food as fraudulent products overwhelm the agency's conflicted, compromised system, a NerdWallet investigation has found. The USDA's ...

US Department of Agriculture (USDA; Washington, DC) officials late last year adopted long-debated rules and standards for producing and labeling organic foods, to take effect this month. Among other ...

Responding to increasing fraud threats to the organic industry, the US Department of Agriculture seeks to strengthen oversight and improve the transparency and traceability of organic food through a ...