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07/27/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Organic Trade Association member revealed to be … guess who? … BASF, one of the leading GMO producers in the world

It’s pretty obvious that conventional agriculture giants like Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta and BASF would have nothing to do with the Organic Trade Association (OTA), right? After all, the OTA is the organization that regulates the organic industry in North America. The company’s LinkedIn page promises: Focusing exclusively on organic agriculture and products, OTA stays on […]

07/10/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Increasing evidence that the Organic Trade Association has sold out to Monsanto and Big Business

Its name suggests that it represents the cleaner side of the American food supply – which at one point was true. But the Organic Trade Association (OTA) appears to be systematically selling out to the dark side, prompting a major organic food company to leave its ranks. Nature’s Path Organic, one of the leading American […]

07/03/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Nature’s Path co-CEO resigns from Organic Trade Association in protest of repeated OTA betrayals of consumers

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is meant to protect and promote organic food and farming, but they’ve been facing a slew of criticism in recent years for siding with conventional agribusiness. Now, one organic food production pioneer has grown so frustrated with the industry lobby group that he has resigned in protest. The Founder and […]

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