Tag: organic trade association

Organic food sales in the United States in 2022 broke through $60 billion for the first time, hitting another high-level mark for the resilient organic sector.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) on Wednesday called for a new Farm Bill that recognizes the integral role the $63 billion U.S. organic sector plays in today’s American agriculture.

The Organic Trade Association is pleased to announce that Peter Mihalick has joined the association as its Senior Director of Government Affairs.

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is pleased to announce it has received a record level of funding of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market Access Program (MAP) to promote U.S. organic products around the world in 2023.

U.S. organic sales soared to new highs in 2020, jumping by a record 12.4 percent to $61.9 billion.

The Organic Trade Association is partnering with Organic Voices, a group of companies that includes a handful of fresh produce grower-shippers, and they're not going to tread lightly.

Scores of organic companies and stakeholders have enthusiastically stepped up to invest almost $1.5 million in programs to advance organic food and farming -- initiatives to promote organic, educate consumers about organic’s benefits, assist organic farmers and foster critical organic research.