Standards for production systems, not products

Notwithstanding this, there remains much argument over details of standards, operating procedures for certification programmes and the procedures for determining equivalence between products produced in different parts of the world. 

Rodale publishes first Organic Farming and Gardening magazine 

Soil Association publishes first Organic Standards 

Oregon State, USA adopts legislation regulating organic production 

Organic Good Production Act published in USA forming National Organic Standards Board 

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