{"id":34038,"date":"2024-02-13T16:46:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccof.org\/take-action-for-organic\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T21:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:10:00","slug":"take-action-for-organic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ccof.org\/es\/news\/take-action-for-organic\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1Act\u00faa por lo org\u00e1nico!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Working with the natural landscape at 123 Farm. Photo by Liz Birnbaum at The Curated Feast<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n

We need you to take action for organic.<\/strong> Join the virtual listening session on February 22, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. PST and tell the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) that organic agriculture is regenerative and that the state\u2019s definition of regenerative should start with organic certification.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s at stake? Greenwashing, consumer confusion, and misuse of taxpayer dollars to name a few. The state of California is in the process of defining the term regenerative agriculture. The intention is to incentivize regenerative producers\u2014this means public dollars flowing to farmers who are labeled regenerative and even public schools and institutions using their purchasing power to buy regenerative food.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CDFA needs to hear from organic farmers that you cannot be replaced. Rather than creating a definition that competes with organic, we ask the state to define regenerative with organic as the base. This is crucial for two reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. Organic is regenerative! Look at this graphic<\/a> from USDA that shows the benefits of organic. We\u2019ve listed some of these benefits here:\n