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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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