RESOURCES FOR NOC 2022 Spring PRE-NOSB MEETING
Monday, April 11 & Wednesday, April 13
Breakout Session A: Farm Bill Topic – Increasing Support for Certification Cost Share & More in the 2023 Farm Bill
Breakout Session B: Advancing Racial Equity in Organic Organizations – conversation about effective tools and strategies
Breakout Session C: USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities – a peer-to-peer exchange for applicants
Breakout Session D: Talking about Regenerative Agriculture – where does organic fit in
Breakout Session E: Movement Building to Support a Robust Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) Rule
DAY 1 Resources:
DC Update & Farm Bill Forecast:
Structural Reforms to Advance Organic at USDA: https://app.box.com/s/y63261bvahjpehzz255g4ng1c8sm0208
Origin of Livestock Final Rule
Appropriations Wins for Organic in Fiscal Year 2022: https://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/blog/2022/3/11/noc-secures-wins-for-organic-in-spending-legislation
Fiscal Year 2023 NOC Appropriations Requests: https://app.box.com/s/axhfwy5uroifuy3wzltv6wg9efeooalz
NOSB Update
NOSB Proposals and Discussion Documents: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/NOSB_ProposalPacket_April_2022.pdf
Agenda for Spring 2022 NOSB Meeting: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/TentativeAgenda_April%202022_NOSB.pdf
NOC Spring 2022 Comments to the NOSB: https://app.box.com/s/2j9tw65kf8wobp2s8fh73srgsd99d6s5
Q&A with National Organic Program (NOP)
NOC Comments to NOP on March 30, 2022 - https://app.box.com/s/f9qfmzzeadbzrm2oy9tzbi7ylt280165
Farmer Panel
Hannah Smith-Brubaker, Village Acres Farm & Foodshed, Mifflintown, PA -
Oscar Chavez, Microledon Farm, Conway, SC
Kim Andersen, Zihlman Family Farms and Blueberry Bottom, Brighton, IA
Steven Cardoza, Cardoza Ranches, Easton, CA
https://calclimateag.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Cardoza-Profile.pdf
Instagram: Cardoza_cardoza_farms
Day 2 Resources:
2022 National Organic Research Agenda & State of Organic Seed
2022 National Organic Research Agenda - https://ofrf.org/research/nora/
2022 National Organic Research Agenda SLIDES - https://app.box.com/s/hbjvcmtxipgvnu166u4x3n92lgivstx7
2022 State of Organic Seed - https://stateoforganicseed.org/state-of-organic-seed-2022/
2022 State of Organic Seed SLIDES - https://app.box.com/s/cdwpk8vaddq4p1vu7u5ao7sc2mqt5x85
Breakout Room Discussions
Breakout Session A: Farm Bill Topic – Increasing Support for Certification Cost Share & More in the 2023 Farm Bill
Organic and Transitional Education & Certification Program (OTECP) - https://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/blog/2021/11/8/usda-announces-20-million-for-certified-organic-and-transitioning-operations
Breakout Session B: Advancing Racial Equity in Organic Organizations – conversation about effective tools and strategies
Timeline: Black farmers and the USDA, 1920 to present https://www.ewg.org/research/timeline-black-farmers-and-usda-1920-present-0
Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Benchmarks - Standards for Organizations around the World, Centre for Global Inclusion. “This is a resource for companies to benchmark and track progress in EDI. It is a credible source that is used by many firms and was recently updated (2021). This is a long resource and I would suggest participants can skim it and familiarize themselves with it as a way of utilizing some shared language and/or something to start using if they have a need for it in their organizations.” https://centreforglobalinclusion.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GDEIB-APRIL-2021-1.pdf
Breakout Session B Notes/Report out
Breakout Session C: USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities – a peer-to-peer exchange for applicants
USDA Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity: https://www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/climate-smart-commodities
Civil Eats Article - Soil Proof - The Plan to Quantify Regenerative Agriculture
ATTRA Publication on Agriculture & Carbon Sequestration - https://civileats.com/2022/03/07/soil-proof-quantify-regenerative-agriculture-soil-carbon-health/
Breakout Session D: Talking about Regenerative Agriculture – where does organic fit in
Wall Street Journal - How to Read a Food Label: A Healthy Skeptic’s Guide to the Buzzwords - https://app.box.com/s/ephezybc5nn0aybi5kqmwex292fp3zm0
Is the Future of Big Dairy Regenerative? | Civil Eats - https://civileats.com/2021/09/08/is-the-future-of-big-dairy-regenerative/
Breakout Session E: Movement Building to Support a Robust Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards (OLPS) Rule
Animal Welfare in the National Organic Program (ASPCA report): https://www.aspca.org/sites/default/files/animal_welfare_in_the_national_organic_program.pdf
Measuring & Monitoring Climate Benefits in Organic Agriculture
Panelists:
Britt Lundgren, Director of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Stonyfield Farm: https://www.linkedin.com/in/britt-lundgren-37219469/
Dr. Jessica Chiartas, Soil Scientist and Postdoc at UC Davis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindbodysoil/; https://foodaghealth.solutions/about-innovator-fellowship/alumni-fellows/jessica-chiartas/
Zach Wolf, Farmer at Caney Fork Farms: https://www.demeter-usa.org/about-demeter/directors.asp; https://www.caneyforkfarms.com/thefarmers
Steve Culman, Associate Professor of Soil Fertility, Ohio State University: https://senr.osu.edu/our-people/steven-culman
Other Related Resources:
USDA Outreach project: https://www.soillife.org/
Caney Fork Farms: https://www.caneyforkfarms.com/research
OpenTEAM: https://www.wolfesneck.org/openteam/
COMET-Farm: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/programs/?cid=stelprdb1261363
COOL Farm Tool: https://coolfarmtool.org
Thank you to our meeting co-sponsors:
