Organic Food Production
Posted by Rebekka Rieder on April 15, 2008
Local and National Organic Food Production
Group project, OSU Winter 2007 - organic-food-production_poster_winter2007
The Organic Food Production Act of 1990 established the National Organic Program (NOP) under the direction of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an arm of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Organic production is a system that is managed in accordance with the Act and regulations in response to site-specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity. Organic products are a commodity at both the local and national level; resulting in increased land and water issues. Farmers at local and national level have different standards and certification procedures. This mediates how consumers use their purchasing power to either support local or national companies.
