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Stay up-to-date on the latest from OCIA International, our operators, and the organic industry.News: Updates from the Organic Industry
We’ve compiled the latest news from the organic industry to help you stay up-to-date on industry innovations and regulatory updates.
OCIA Family Spotlight: Wagon Wheel Farm
Picturesque Family Farms have Helping Hands Across Generations The Wagon Wheel Farm carries on that image. Mike and Karen Ostry and their 11 children farm land that was settled near the rolling hills of Bruno, Neb., in 1874. The children are the sixth generation...
OCIA Ends Annual Meeting with Renewed Focus on Family Farms
LINCOLN, NE: One of the few member-owned organic certifiers held its annual meeting in Texas for the first time, from Feb. 5 to Feb. 7, 2014. The Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), an international organic certifier, convened its Annual General...
Nebraska Organic Family Farm Recognized at OCIA Annual Meeting
LINCOLN, NE: The Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) would like to invite the public to join them from 3:15pm-5:15pm on Thursday, February 6th, 2014 at the LaQuinta Inns & Suites (located on 303 Blum) in San Antonio, Texas. Mark Kastel, Co-founder and...
Free Organic Workshops Offered During OCIA Annual Meeting
LINCOLN, NE: The Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) would like to invite the public to join them from 3:15pm-5:15pm on Thursday, February 6th, 2014 at the LaQuinta Inns & Suites (located on 303 Blum) in San Antonio, Texas. Mark Kastel, Co-founder...
2014 OCIA Annual General Membership Meeting
Join us February 5th-7th, 2014 at the San Antonio LaQuinta Inns Suites (located on 303 Blum) for a fun and educational experience. You won't want to miss hearing Mark Kastel, Co-founder and Senior Farm Policy Analyst of The Cornucopia Institute talk about maintaining...
Dr. Huber Featured Speaker at OCIA Meeting
LINCOLN, NE: OCIA Research and Education (R&E) invites you to hear Dr. Donald Huber speak at their 2013 Annual Meeting in Nebraska City, NE. He will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 14th in the West C Corridor of the Lied Lodge &...
OCIA Nebraska #1 Organic Farm Tours
Be sure to mark your calendars for OCIA's 2013 Annual General Membership Meeting, February 13th-16th. We'll have a fun time in Nebraska City at the Lied Lodge. The blocked room rate for this hotel is $93 (US) per room for single occupancy and $103 (US) per...
OCIA Nebraska #1 Organic Farm Tours
Join Organic Crop Improvement Association farmers while they share their diversified farms with you. There will be ideas, knowledge and learning from one another about integrated crops and livestock systems, utilizing cover crop to extend livestock feed and...
OCIA Family Spotlight: Driscoll Farm
The drought of 2012 is the most serious to impact U.S. agriculture since 1988. As of August, 15, 2012, Secretary Vilsack has designated 1,670 U.S. counties as natural disaster areas due to severe drought. Farmers are like professional gamblers, with the weather being...