Organic is a regulated term and watchdog groups are actively watching to make sure producers and retailers alike don’t abuse this label. Recently, The Cornucopia Institute filed a formal complaint ...

Walk through any grocery store and you'll see them everywhere. Green packaging. Earthy fonts. Words like "natural" and "all natural" stamped proudly across everything from potato chips to orange juice ...

Prairie du Rocher, Ill. – On a cold winter day in Illinois, three little pigs are resting in a three-sided shed. They have plenty of space to trot around, as they do when Jennifer Duensing approaches.

Maybe you've wondered, while looking at the price tag on some organic produce, whether that label is telling the truth. Peter Laufer, a writer and professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, ...

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an Oregon hazelnut farmer’s lawsuit challenging the USDA’s organic labeling rule for foreign suppliers. Two years ago, Bruce Kaser of Pratum Farm ...

The organic industry continued its growth in 2023, the Organic Trade Association said Tuesday in its 2024 Organic Industry and Consumer Survey. Domestic certified organic sales in 2023 were up 3.4% ...

Consumers have become more health conscious in the past few decades, which has given rise to the popularity of foods labeled as "organic" and "non-GMO." However, despite a higher interest in these ...

Many debates surround the economics, benefits and costs of organic farming. But it’s indisputable that when a consumer pays for an organic product, that is what he should get. The U.S. Department of ...

Only foods produced and processed by certified operations, according to National Organic Program standards, can be sold, labeled or represented as organic. Operators who knowingly violate NOP ...

USDA organic sticker on a gallon of milk. - ZikG/Shutterstock If you've ever picked up an organic apple and wondered why it costs double the price (or more) of its conventional counterpart, you're not ...

Organic mattresses typically come with a higher price tag in comparison to non-organic options, but what does that extra ...