WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Oct 5, 2015) - Organic & Natural Health Association (Organic & Natural) has released the results of a consumer research study conducted as a first step in their ...

Definitions are important, I was reminded after receiving a letter from the Public Affairs Office of the United States Department of Agriculture in response to a recent column on food labeling. “There ...

MELISSA BLOCK, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. Just over a month ago, the Department of Agriculture announced that ...

A long-running debate over how to define “organic” for things like vegetables and chicken has now flared into a raging controversy dividing farmers and involving everything from accusations of ...

You would think seafood couldn’t get more organic than a thick filet of wild salmon fresh from the pristine waters of Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy. Well, you’d be wrong. And if you’re confused, then you ...

Is “USDA Organic” really organic? The Real Organic Project supports farmers who say the “Certified Organic” definition should prioritize soil health and sustainable farming methods. Navigating food ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. One morning in 2015, instead of heading into the fields, a group of about 50 farmers gathered in a parking ...

Words like “organic” and even “free-range” are more marketing language than anything else, but now the Department of Agriculture has changed that a bit. A new rule establishes stricter USDA criteria ...

What makes milk or meat organic? After a drawn-out debate, the Agriculture Department has significantly narrowed the definition to livestock that spend a third of the year grazing on pasture. New ...