RESOURCES FOR NOC 2023 Fall PRE-NOSB MEETING

Monday, October 23

• Meeting Agenda

• Participant Lists

  • By Name

  • By Organization

• Ground Rules

• Local restaurants

• Covid precautions: We recommend that participants take a Covid test prior to the event. We encourage participants to wear a mask during the meeting. We will provide masks and hand sanitizer. We ask that if you are feeling ill or showing any covid symptoms, please refrain from taking part in the meeting.
  

Meeting Resources:

List of Acronyms

NOSB Update

1. NOSB Update Topics

2. NOC Fall 2023 Comments to the NOSB

3. NOSB Proposals & Discussion Documents for Fall 2023 NOSB Meeting

4. Agenda for the Fall 2023 NOSB Meeting

5. NOSB Request for Comments on Inerts

6. Inerts Talking Points

Farmer Panel: Increasing Land Access

Farmer Panelists:

• Cassius Spears, Ashawaug Farm, Hopkinton, RI

• Corie Pierce, Bread & Butter Farm, Shelburne, VT

• Emily Landeck, Riverland Farm, Sunderland, MA

• Jorge Marzuca, WhiteMarz Farm, Lunenburg, MA

• Mohammed Hannan, Hannan Healthy Foods, Lincoln, MA
  

Legislation

1. Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act (HR.3955, S.2340) - this bill would authorize $100 million in annual funding for community-led land access solutions through the 2023 Farm Bill.

2. Farmland for Farmers Act - this bill would regulate speculative purchase of farmland.

3. Farmland Access Act - this bill would make fixes to the buy-protect-sell authority within the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.

Resources

1. One Million Acres Campaign - led by the National Young Farmers Coalition, this website has policy recommendations, stories, a directory of organizations working on land issues, a farmland protection glossary, a land link directory and more!

Innovations to Reduce Record Keeping for Organic Farms

Panelists:

• Nicole Dehne, Certification Director, Vermont Organic Farmers

• Frankie Grundler, Founder and CEO, Quick Organics

DC Update on Organic Policy

1. DC Update Agenda

2. Farm Bill

   • NOC Farm Bill Resources

   • NOC’s Farm Bill Priorities

   • NOC Marker Bill Tracker

3. Marker Bills (for inclusion in the 2023 Farm Bill)

   • Opportunities in Organic Act

   • Continuous Improvement and Accountability in Organic

   • O Dairy Act

   • Organic Research: Strengthening Organic Agriculture Research Act and Organic Science and Research Investment Act

   • Seeds and Breeds for the Future Act

4. Action Alerts

   • Certification Cost Share Action Alert

   • Opportunities in Organic Action Alert

   • Action Alert to defend against amendment to kill OLPS in the Senate

5. Strengthening Organic Enforcement Rule - final

   • NOC Blog Post

   • USDA Resources

6. Origin of Livestock Rule - final

   • NOC Blog Post

   • USDA Resources

7. Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards - in progress

   • Action Alert to defend against amendment to kill OLPS in the Senate

   • USDA Info about OLPS

8. NOC FY 2024 Appropriations Priorities

   
   
   

Q&A with National Organic Program

1. USDA Organic Transition Initiative

   • USDA Organic Transition Initiative website

   • USDA Transition to Organic Partnership Program

   • USDA Transition to Organic Partnership website

2. NOSB Recommendations

   • NOSB Recommendations Library

   • NOSB Recommendation on Liquid Fish - Fall 2020

   • NOSB recommendation on ammonia extracts

   • NOSB recommendation on highly soluble nitrogen fertilizers

   • NOSB recommendation on Sodium nitrate

3. USDA Equity Commission

   • Website

   • 2023 Interim Report

NOSB Happy Hour - October 25

Wednesday, October 25 · 7 - 9pm EDT

Bayberry Beer Hall, 381 West Fountain Street Providence, RI 02903

Join the Accredited Certifiers Association, National Organic Coalition, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, Organic Plus Trust, and the Organic Trade Association for a Happy Hour after Wednesday's NOSB meeting. Come hear what's new with each group and network with your colleagues while sharing a drink and some heavy hors d'oeuvres.

Registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/736634853677?aff=oddtdtcreator

Space is limited to 100 people, so be sure to register early if you plan to attend!

Questions Email Gayle Mitchell - gayle@accreditedcertifiers.org

Thank you to the Pre-NOSB meeting co-sponsors: