Past Events

Join us to hear from the global expert, Ravi Prasad, the Executive Director of IFOAM Organics International. Organic agriculture is at the nexus of food security, food system strengthening, climate change and nutrition. While global warming and climate change are threatening food security and increasing challenges to nutrition, organic agriculture is one of the pathways to combat climate change, improve nutrition and create fairness in the society. IFOAM-Organics International, an umbrella organization of the global organic community, is at the forefront of this endeavor, enabling farmers and businesses to help combat climate change while ensuring fairness and equality in the society.

Tia Loftsgard will be presenting at Organic Connections.

Navigating the Ever-Evolving Organic Market Place

 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

 Main Stage Hall C

The Organic Center’s work aims increase the innovation and success of organic farming while empowering consumers with knowledge of the benefits of organic. The Center conducts, convenes and communicates credible research related to organic food and farming and in this webinar, will share some recent research directions and information products used to communicate science to the organic sector and its consumers like reports on the benefits of organic spices, herbs and teas, and the benefits of organic produce. Research projects presented will include the assessment of chemical contamination of retail milk, food safety risk assessment for the use of organic soil amendments, the use of protective netting to improve organic specialty crop quality, and impacts of orchard grazing on soil health, food safety and pest control.