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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@sunsite.unc.edu>
  • To: permanet@sunsite.unc.edu
  • Subject: URL's for Organic Program: OFPA-NOSB-USDA-OFMA-ATTRA (fwd)
  • Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 00:24:40 -0400 (EDT)



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Lawrence F. London, Jr. - InterGarden - Venaura Farm
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http://sunSITE.unc.edu/InterGarden/permaculture.html
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 17:43:27 +0000
From: Steve Diver <steved@ncatark.uark.edu>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: URL's for Organic Program: OFPA-NOSB-USDA-OFMA-ATTRA

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Following is a quick list of URL's and contacts for:
* Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA)
* National Organic Standards Boards (NOSB) recommedations
* USDA-Agriculture Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) contacts
* Organic Farmers Marketing Association (OFMA)
* Organic Certification publication & organizations list from ATTRA
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1.
URL's for USDA-AMS Organics Program

http://www.ams.usda.gov/
http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/organic.htm
http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/tmdnop.htm

Harold S. Ricker, (202) 720-2704
National Organic Program Program Leader
Harold_S_Ricker@usda.gov

2.
URL's for NOSB/OFPA on Cascadian Farms's web site

a.
NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS BOARD
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Adopted June 1-4, 1994, in Santa Fe, New Mexico
ORGANIC CROP PRODUCTION STANDARDS
http://www.cfarm.com/nosb/OrganicCrop/0Table.htm

b.
The Organic Foods Production Act: A Guide to the Recommendations
of the National Organic Standards Board
http://www.cfarm.com/nosb/Guide/0index.htm

Including information on:

The Organic Foods Production Act
The National Organic Program
The National Organic Standards Board
Organic Certification
Accreditation of Certifying Agents
Organic Crop Production Standards
Organic Livestock Production
Organic Processing, Handling and Labeling
Imported Products
Enforcement and Penalties
The National List of Materials
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Who's Who at the USDA
Who's Who at the FDA
Resource List

This Guide was produced by Organic Harvest, the educational
program of the Organic Trade Association,

Organic Harvest/OTA
P.O. Box 1078, Greenfield, MA 01302
50 Miles St., Greenfield, MA 01301
phone: 413/774-7511
fax: 413/774-6432
e-mail: ota@igc.apc.org

c.
WHO'S WHO on the National Organic Program Staff
at US Department of Agriculture
http://www.cfarm.com/nosb/Guide/a4Staff.htm

Harold Ricker, Program Manager
Michael Hankin, Senior agricultural marketing specialist
Grace Gershuny, Marketing specialist
Beth Hayden, Marketing specialist
Michael Johnson, Marketing specialist
Ted Rogers, Marketing specialist
Toni Strothers, Marketing specialist
Karen Thomas, Marketing specialist
Gayle Chandler, Support staff

Contact:
The National Organic Standards Program
USDA/AMS/TMD
Room 2510, South Building
P.O. Box 96456
Washington, DC 20090-6456
phone: 202/720-8331
fax: 202/720-7808

d.

SUMMARY OF NOSB RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MATERIALS CONSIDERED AT AUSTIN, TEXAS
NOVEMBER 1995
http://www.cfarm.com/nosb/Materials/Austin.htm

Processing Materials
Crop Materials
Livestock Materials

e.

NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS BOARD
DEFINITION OF "ORGANIC"
http://www.cfarm.com/nosb/New/definition.htm

The following definition of "organic" was drafted and passed by the
NOSB at their April 1995 meeting in Orlando, Florida. It was
developed by a joint NOSB/National Organic Program task force, and
incorporates language from the Codex Draft Guidelines for organically
produced foods. This definition is being distributed for your
information.

Organic agriculture is an ecological production management system
that promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles and soil
biological activity. It is based on minimal use of off-farm inputs
and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance
ecological harmony. "Organic" is a labeling term that denotes
products produced under the authority of the Organic Foods Production
Act. The principal guidelines for organic production are to use
materials and practices that enhance the ecological balance of
natural systems and that integrate the parts of the farming system
into an ecological whole. Organic agriculture practices cannot ensure
that products are completely free of residues; however, methods are
used to minimize pollution from air, soil and water. Organic food
handlers, processors and retailers adhere to standards that maintain
the integrity of organic agricultural products. The primary goal of
organic agriculture is to optimize the health and productivity of
interdependent communities of soil life, plants, animals and people.

3.
URL for Organic Farmers Marketing Association:
http://www.iquest.net/ofma/

Organic Foods Production Act of 1990--full text
http://www.iquest.net/ofma/ofpa.htm

4.
URL for Organic Certification publication & list of certifcation
organizations from ATTRA
http://www.attra.org
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Steve Diver
ATTRA

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