Trading organizations

Bacon, C. (2005). Confronting the coffee crisis can fairtrade, organic trade, and speciality coffees reduce small-scale farmer vulnerability in Northern Nicaragua World Development, 33, 497-511. 

The first variation to be approved was the American Organic Standard, a private sector standard for North America developed in 2003 by the industry through the Organic Trade Association (lOAS 2003). 

Segger, P. 1997. World trade in organic foods a growing reality. In Maxted-Frost, T. (ed.) The Future Agenda for Organic Trade. The 5th IFOAM International Conference on Trade in Organic Products. Oxford, England. 24-27 September. The Soil Association/IFOAM, Oxford/Tholey-Theley. pp. 14-15. 

Organic Trade Association 2004. The OTA 2004 Manufacturer Survey Overview. Organic... 

Pyburn, R. 2003. SASA project smallholder ICS workshop report. Biofach Organic Trade Fair... 

In response to its request for comments on the draft international harmonization policy on standards, the FDA received comments from 10 organizations (standards-setting organizations, trade and professional associations, a manufacturer, and a consumer organization). A discussion of the comments received and the Agency s responses follows ... 

Income and benefits for organic trade are not always equally distributed. How can organic trade guarantee a fair share of consumers expenditure to all participants in the value chain, especially to producers Is certified fair trade the right and only answer to this question ... 

In response to these developments, the Organic Trade Association in the US has once more returned to developing its own independent national standards. A third draft of the American Organic Standards is being prepared at the time of writing. The aims of the American Organic Standards, as stated in draft 2 (September 1999), are to ... 

Merlo, S. (1997) Successful Sustainable Development with Government Support. The future agenda for organic trade. Proceedings of the 5th IFOAM conference for trade in organic products (ed. T. Maxted-Frost), pp. 12—14. IFOAM and Soil Association, Tholey-Theley and Bristol. 

The OFA has begun lobbying supermarkets as they develop their organic trade to only stock exclusively certified organic produce. At present they carry several international uncertified lines like the soymilk mentioned and more than a few uncertified organic Australian processed lines. 

U.S. Organic Cotton Production Drops Despite Increasing Sales of Organic Cotton Products, Organic Trade Association, News Release, December 28, 2004. (http //www.ota.com). 

Organic Trade Association (OTA), 2004, Organic Trade Association s 2004 Manufacturer Survey, Organic Trade Association, Greenfield, MA. 

Haumann, B. (2004) North America. Organic Trade Association, Mass., USA. In Yussefi and Wilier (2004), 150-162. 

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