2012 Press Releases
January 26, 2012 U.S. organic cotton acreage continues to grow, survey shows
2011 harvest drastically lowered due to drought in Texas
Contact: Barbara Haumann (bhaumann@ota.com; 802-275-3820)
BRATTLEBORO, VT (Jan. 26, 2012)— The U.S. organic cotton market continues to grow, encouraged by consumer demand, price premiums, and regulatory shifts that will ease marketing restrictions for organic cotton products, according to the 2010 and Preliminary 2011 U.S. Organic Cotton Production & Marketing Trends report conducted by the Organic Trade Association (OTA).
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January 18, 2012 Consumer-backed effort to label genetically engineered food releases video by FOOD, INC. filmmaker Robert Kenner
Contact: Geri Prado
303-809-0449; geri@justlabelit.org
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Boston, MA (Jan. 18, 2012)—With more than a half-million consumers already on board, a campaign petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to label genetically engineered (GE) food today launched the video “Labels Matter” to garner even more consumer awareness and participation. Encouraging consumers to fight to know what is in their food, the video is the result of collaboration between the Just Label It campaign and filmmaker Robert Kenner.
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January 12, 2012 OTA Board honors Julia Sabin for leadership of the trade association
Contact: Barbara Haumann (bhaumann@ota.com; 802-275-3820)
BERKELEY, CA (Jan. 12, 2012)—Julia Sabin of Smucker Natural Foods, who served as President of the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) Board of Directors for the past three years, was honored by her colleagues at the Board’s quarterly meeting and annual retreat held this week here in Berkeley, CA.
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