«We urge the USDA to act on behalf of America's sustainable family farmers and listen to their needs by implementing
the organic animal welfare act and discontinuing the organic checkoff proposal,» says Jim Riddle, OFA Steering Committee Chair and Minnesota organic farmer.
«USDA wrongly alleges that the
Organic Foods Production
Act of 1990 (OFPA) does not authorize the
animal welfare provisions of the OLPP final rule, and, in doing so, cites definitions of
organic outside the law,» the organization said in a statement.