Top 5 - Organic News to Help You Grow #88

Longtime Organic Ag Leader Enid Wonnacott Steps Down

Enid Wonnacott has tallied many accomplishments over 30-plus years as executive director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. In 1987, her 10-hour-per-week job came with one filing cabinet and a milk crate filled with paperwork. Since then, Wonnacott has built the nonprofit into a 20-person team supported by a $2.8 million budget. NOFA-VT has had an impact not only on Vermont agriculture but nationwide.

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Urban Farm Features OPN’s Tonya Antle in Podcast

Tonya Antle discusses how organic produce and food has become mainstream in grocery stores across North America. She also shares information on the upcoming Organic Grower Summit.

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Whole Foods’ John Mackey Co-Authors Cookbook

Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO John Mackey’s new book, “The Whole Foods Cookbook: 120 Delicious and Healthy Plant-Centered Recipes” (Grand Central Life & Style) is now available for purchase in the grocer’s stores, on Amazon.com and at booksellers across the United States. As with Mackey’s earlier book, "The Whole Foods Diet," the new work provides the recipes, knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to create healthy meals from wholesome plant-based ingredients.

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Mighties® Expands into Organics and Leads in Packaged Kiwi Sales

New this kiwi season, Sun Pacific® is providing retailers with another opportunity to expand their organic offering and increase sales with the introduction of California-grown Organic Mighties® in a one-pound clamshell.

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World’s First All Organic State Wins UN Award as 66,000 Farmers in India Go Organic

The Sikkim region of India has won a coveted UN award for achieving the world’s first 100 percent organic agricultural state. According to the Good News Network, the region convinced all of its farmers, numbering 66,000, to abandon chemical fertilizers and pesticides and go fully organic. The region also banned the sale of chemical pesticides and other unnatural practices that could harm the environment.

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