As we wrote earlier this week, OSA is in Denver for the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) spring meeting. On the agenda was the …
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First-Ever Change to Organic Seed Regulation Proposed this Week
OSA is in Denver this week for the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) spring meeting. On the agenda is something big: a proposal to …
Talking Public Plant Breeding & Organic Seed on Capitol Hill
OSA was in Washington, DC, last week to participate in the Capitol Hill Agricultural Research Exhibition and Reception. This was the first …
Tell Montana Legislators to Oppose SB 155!
Senate Bill 155 is part of a national strategy to eliminate the authority of local government over one of our most valuable natural …
Academic Freedom and Independent Science
This piece was written by Harwood D. Schaffer and Daryll E. Ray of the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center in Knoxville, TN, and …
OSA to Present at NOSB Meeting this Week
OSA is in St. Louis this week for the fall meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The agenda includes a number of …
Organic Seed on Menu at NOSB Meeting
The fall meeting for the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is just around the corner. Join OSA in St. Louis, MO, from November 15th …
Seed Consolidation Continues. So Should Resistance
The seed industry is one of the most consolidated in agriculture, and it's getting worse. Bayer recently announced that it reached a …
Over 700,000 People Tell Gov’t to Block Seed Mergers
As the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee meets today to examine consolidation in the agriculture seed and chemical industry, nine groups have …
Congress can do better on GMO labeling
Both the Senate and House have passed the "DARK Act" (S. 764), a controversial bill that's been debated for several years now. The bill is …
Talking Organic Seed in Washington, DC
OSA just returned from an inspiring National Organic Coalition (NOC) membership meeting in Washington, DC, which included a day on Capitol …
We Need Your Help to Stop this Awful GMO Labeling Bill
The Senate will soon vote on a bill that will prohibit mandatory GMO labeling. This bill, introduced by Sen. Roberts of Kansas, will …
