Tag: California Department of Agriculture

Social Implications in Agriculture, What is Organic

Time to Exhale, Organic Cannabis Regulations are Coming

Melody Meyer

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In June 2017 the California Legislature passed SB 94 which made the recreational use of cannabis products legal for adults over 21 years of age. Since cannabis is an agricultural product, it was left to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to stand up the regulations.

Buried deep inside the hundreds of pages of text was a clause that mandated CDFA to create an organic cannabis program by 2021.

The time remaining will go by like a whiff of smoke and CDFA is quickly preparing to meet the deadline.

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Organic Policy and Regulations, Social Implications in Agriculture, What is Organic

Why I serve on California’s State Organic Program Advisory Committee

Melody Meyer

Before there were USDA organic regulations, the forward-looking state of California passed its own organic regulations in 1990. Today, California is the only state in the U.S. with its own State Organic Program (SOP) that provides enforcement and regulatory activities within the State; much like the National Organic Program (NOP) does for the rest of the country..

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) established the California Organic Products Advisory Committee (COPAC) to advise the Secretary of CDFA on enforcement and other organic activities in California. Continue reading “Why I serve on California’s State Organic Program Advisory Committee” →