The National Organic Coalition is hosting a conference call:
Key Outcomes from Spring 2021 Online NOSB Meeting
Tuesday, May 25 from 1 to 2:15 pm eastern
(call begins at 12 pm central, 11 am mountain, 10 am pacific)
NOC staff will describe highlights from the Spring 2021 online National Organic Standards Board Meeting and NOC Spring 2021 Pre-NOSB Meeting.
This call is for National Organic Coalition Members & Network Affiliates. Please contact us if you would like more information about joining NOC.
We will discuss the following topics:
What we heard Dr. Tucker from the USDA National Organic Program say about Origin of Livestock, Strengthening Organic Enforcement, & Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rules.
NOSB decisions and votes on paper pots, biodegradable biobased mulch, and ion exchange filtration, and why these issues matter to organic integrity.
What lies ahead: future NOSB work on excluded methods, ammonia extract, highly soluble fertilizers, kasugamycin, greenhouse and container production, and more.
Highlights from the NOC Pre-NOSB Meeting.
Register below by noon eastern on Monday, May 24.
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Background
NOC Spring 2021 Comments to the NOSB:
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is a 15-member volunteer board with representation from diverse members of the organic community. The NOSB advises the Secretary of Agriculture on a wide variety of topics related to organic standards, including what materials should be allowed in organic farming. The NOSB holds public meetings twice a year and the National Organic Coalition holds a public meeting prior to the start of each NOSB meeting (NOSB meetings usually last three or four days). The purpose of the Pre-NOSB meeting is to provide a forum for productive engagement around critical issues of organic integrity for diverse stakeholders in the organic community.
The work of the NOSB is critical to maintaining the integrity of the National Organic Program. The public meetings held each year are an opportunity for the entire organic community to publicly voice their opinions about how the organic program should function.
For the Spring 2021 NOSB Meeting, NOC weighed in on critical organic integrity issues in the in-depth comments and oral testimony we provided to the Board. These comments draw upon the wealth of expertise within our diverse coalition. Learn more: https://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/blog/2021/4/5/noc-asks-nosb-to-ban-ammonia-extract-and-vote-no-on-biodegradable-mulch
For more information about the NOSB, please visit: https://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/ofpa-nosb/