Organic Trade Association

Established in 1990, The Organic Trade Association is the membership-based business association for organic agriculture and products related to it in North America. OTA is the chief voice for the organic alternate within the U.S, representing nearly 8,500 natural businesses from 50 states. Its participants consist of growers, farmers' institutions, shippers, certifiers, distributors, processors, importers, consultants, exporters, outlets and others. Natural products represented encompass elements, organic meals and drinks, in addition to natural fibres, household cleaners and flowers, non-public care merchandise, dietary supplements and pet foods. OTA’s Board of directors is democratically elected by its members. OTA’s member natural groups paintings together via advocacy, networking, and other tasks to encourage and guard natural farming practices, and to proportion messages approximately the high quality environmental and nutritional attributes of natural merchandise with the media, clients and policymakers. The association itself is a department of the global working institution on global natural fabric standard and the worldwide Federation of organic Agricultural moves. In among 1998-2014, the OTA invested over $1.five million into lobbying. Companies normally lobbied via the OTA encompass: U.S. Senate, U.S. branch of Agriculture, U.S. residence of Representatives, office of control and finances, the meals & Drug management and Environmental protection agency.