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August 16, 2012

Klamath Basin Fresh Direct now Klamath Basin Fresh Organics

The former Klamath Basin Fresh Direct has officially changed its name to Klamath Basin Fresh Organics. Chairman Dan Chin said the business is solely focused on organic production, and the name change makes that direction clear.

May 17, 2012

Specialty Potato Alliance extends range of fingerling potatoes

The Specialty Potato Alliance promises US consumers this season a wide choice of potato varieties: “This season we have everything,” noted the elated Richard Leibowitz commenting on Alliances’ spring harvest in Bakersfield. “We are going to have the...

February 28, 2012

General Mills acquires Food Should Taste Good

General Mills announced today the acquisition of Food Should Taste Good, a rapidly-growing natural snack foods company based in Needham Heights, Massachusetts. Food Should Taste Good will become part of Small Planet Foods, General Mills’ natural and o...

February 18, 2012

EU and US sign historic organic trade agreement

The European Union and the United States announced today that beginning June 1, 2012, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be sold as organic in either region.

November 17, 2011

Organic potatoes conquer Peruvian supermarkets

The Peruvian farmers cooperative Coopain Cabana recently made a very lucrative deal that benefits the members and the cooperative itself. Their own brand of organic potatoes can now be found on the shelves of the supermarkets of Plaza Vea, one of the...

April 11, 2011

Potato Chips labeled organic taste better

December 29, 2010

North American Market for Organic Foods now larger than Europe's

The global market for organic food & drink is recovering from the financial crisis. After several years of double-digit growth, the market expanded by just 5 percent in 2009.

October 21, 2010

AAFC Research: how to best grow organic potatoes

Potatoes harvested during the country’s inaugural ‘National Organic Week’ (Oct. 9-16) by scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) Harrington Research Farm in Prince Edward Island are prototypes for the industry.

May 16, 2010

Organic snacks taste better - if you typically buy organic

Following results of a study by the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab shows how labeling may stimulate purchase and consumption: Fifty four college students were randomly assigned to try cookies that were labeled ‘organic’ or cookies that had no...

May 03, 2010

Providing Nitrogen for organic potatoes

Conventional potato growers can topdress commercial fertilizer to meet a growing potato crop's need for nitrogen, but certified organic growers don't have that option. Meeting the crop's nitrogen needs during the transition period from conventional to...

April 22, 2010

2009 US Organic Food Sales up 5.1% to $24.8 Billion

U.S. sales of organic products continued to grow during 2009 despite the distressed state of the economy, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) revealed today in releasing findings from its 2010 Organic Industry Survey. In fact, organic product sales in...

Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)

August 04, 2009

Organic Potato Production at Idaho University Kimberly Research Farm: steep learning curve

The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides and the University of Idaho hosted an organic production field day at the Kimberly research farm in mid-July.At the Kimberly research farm, University of Idaho Researchers have dedicated an 11-acr...

July 13, 2009

Gain Report: Organic Foods in Canada

With the growing availability of industry data, and given the significant growth in imports between 2007 and 2008, it is estimated that the retail value of organic food in the Canadian market reached C$2.1 – 2.6 billion in 2008.The main categories of o...

March 26, 2009

Organic Trade Association praises talks on organic equivalency agreement between U.S. and Canada

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) today expressed support and encouragement for the Canadian and U.S. governments in their efforts to reach an organic equivalency agreement. Progress on the Canadian-U.S. talks was announced yesterday at OTA’s Policy ...

October 03, 2007

Organic Potato Markets (Idaho)

Market perspective for organic potatoes. This project was conducted by Joe Guenthner and Gina Greenway in the Agricultural Economics &Rural Sociology Department at the University of Idaho, Jennifer Miller at the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives...