{"id":4355,"date":"2017-07-18T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/action_alert\/tell-congress-protect-organic-standards\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:15:00","slug":"tell-congress-protect-organic-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/tell-congress-protect-organic-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Congress: Protect Organic Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As an organic consumer, you know from experience that eating organic is essential to keeping yourself and your family healthy. Organic isn\u2019t perfect. But buying USDA Organic is the best way to avoid pesticides, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and synthetic ingredients.<\/p>\n

But now, Congress and the Trump Administration\u2019s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are threatening to make changes to the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) and the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)\u2014changes that could weaken organic standards beyond recognition.<\/p>\n

Congress needs to hear from consumers\u2014often, and in large numbers\u2014that we want stronger, not weaker organic standards that support small, authentic producers.<\/p>\n

Take Action! Tell Your Senators and Congress Members: Protect the Organic Foods Production Act, and let the National Organic Standards Board do its job! <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1001,1025],"tags":[2,9],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[160],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTell Congress: Protect Organic Standards - Organic Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/tell-congress-protect-organic-standards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tell Congress: Protect Organic Standards - Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As an organic consumer, you know from experience that eating organic is essential to keeping yourself and your family healthy. 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