National Organic Program

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
  Agricultural Marketing Service
  National Organic Program
  Agricultural Research Service
  Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
   
Small farm program
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
  Economic Research Service
  Farm Service Agency
  Food and Nutrition Service
  Foreign Agricultural Service
  Forest Service
  National Agricultural Statistics Service
  Natural Resources Conservation Service
  National Office of Outreach
  Risk Management Agency
  Rural Development
  U.S. DHHS: Office of Refugee Resettlement
  University of the District of Columbia
Program Description
NOP is authorized by the organic food production act of 1990, title xxi of the 1990 farm bill. The program establishes national standards for products labeled as organic, requires mandatory certification of organically labeled products and provides for USDA oversight of state and private agencies that certify producers of organic goods.

Contact
Arthur Neal
USDA-AMS,
1400 Independence Ave., SW,
Room 2646,
Washington, DC 20250.
Phone: (202) 690-3162
Email: Arthur.Neal@usda.gov

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