Progress Or Backslide?
Two weeks ago the Advisory Board (the NOSB) to the USDA-NOP passed a “recommendation” that the Dept. of Agriculture should regulate organic claims ...
Even Government Committees Need to Do Their Homework
Secret Codes: (okay – so they are just acronyms . . .)
NOP = National Organic Program USDA = Untied States Department of AGRICULTURE (Farms!!)
NOSB...
Deal With It
One of the reasons that the organic food program works is because of certification. I’m not convinced that consumers understand or care about a cer...
EDUCATED TRANSPARENCY
The cosmetic industry seems obsessed by this notion of harmonized standards yet seems unaware that it took the organic food movement over 40 years ...
THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Let’s talk about how cosmetic products get certified under the NOP. Maybe it will help people see how this food model interacts (or does not) with ...
Natural Beauty Summit May 2009 Report
MAKE A COMMITMENT! Natural Beauty Summit May 2009 Report Recap
Okay – so I am not really “just back from” the Natural Beauty Summit (NBS) but, aft...
Whether You Are Certified Or Not; Good Ideas
I was talking with a friend about how I comply with my org. certification and he thought I should post it. Here you go:
One part of the regulation,...
Harmony or Sustainable Public Policy?
There has been a lot of talk about the need to harmonize the few organic standards out there for cosmetics. I don’t believe we need to do this just...
Does Our Skin Absorb Personal Care Products?
Some of you may not know that, although I do not practice, my education was as a physiologist and the science habits I learned have lingered. I can...
Seal, Seal, Who's Got the Seal?
Have you ever stopped to look at how many “organic” certification seals there are on “organic” food products? I just took a bunch of things out of ...
Welcome to the Oh, Oh Organic blog
These are my personal musings on some of the issues in the organic industry, the cosmetic industry , and our collective responsibility to be inform...