


Grace Gershuny
- May 8, 2016
Both big and small organic—for the health of the planet
The new edition of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) membership newsletter, The Organic Report recently arrived in the mail. Inside are some interesting updates on the current state of the organic industry—especially what OTA and others are doing to help more farmers, and more acreage, transition to organic production. Quite a bit, it seems, and the figures look impressive. A 12% increase in organic acreage from 2011 to 2014 has brought the total up to…still well under 1% o