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- Organic_Consumers_Association abbreviation "OCA".
- Organic_Consumers_Association abstract "The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a consumer protection and organic agriculture advocacy group based in Finland, Minnesota. It was formed in 1998 in the wake of opposition by organic consumers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's controversial proposed regulations for organic food. The OCA is an online non-profit public interest organization that has over 850,000 members in its database. The members include subscribers, volunteers, supporters, and 3,000 cooperating retail co-ops, such as in the natural foods and organic marketplace. The OCA is one of the only organizations in the U.S focused on promoting the interests of the nation's estimated 50 million organic consumers.The OCA deals with wide range of current crucial issues for health, justice, and sustainability. The campaigns are issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, fair trade, environmental sustainability and other crucial topics.One of OCA's positions is that large corporations are undermining the intent of "organic" as an identifier by influencing the legislation and implementation of government standards, or by directly failing to meet existing standards. Through the OCA's Safeguard Organic Standards (SOS) Campaign and other organizations' cooperation, the organic community has been able to mobilize a great many consumers to pressure the USDA and organic companies to preserve organic standards. One of their campaigns in this regard is a call to boycott Dean Foods' Horizon Organic and Aurora Organic Dairy; as well as Dean Foods subsidiaries Silk and White Wave Foods, and private label milk supplied by Aurora.".
- Organic_Consumers_Association formationYear "1998".
- Organic_Consumers_Association headquarter Finland,_Minnesota.
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- Organic_Consumers_Association membership "850,000".
- Organic_Consumers_Association motto "Campaigning for Health, Justice, Sustainability, Peace, and Democracy".
- Organic_Consumers_Association purpose "Consumer protection and organic agriculture advocacy group".
- Organic_Consumers_Association type 501(c)_organization.
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- Organic_Consumers_Association wikiPageExternalLink www.ceres.org.
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- Organic_Consumers_Association abbreviation "OCA".
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- Organic_Consumers_Association headquarters Finland,_Minnesota.
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName Frances_Moore_Lapp%C3%A9.
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName Howard_Lyman.
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName Julia_Butterfly_Hill.
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName Maude_Barlow.
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName Vandana_Shiva.
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Annie Hoy".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Jay Feldman".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Jean Halloran".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Jill Richardson".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Jim and Rebecca Goodman".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "John Kinsman".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Judith McGeary".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Mika Iba".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Pat Kerrigan".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Robyn Seydel".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Ronnie Cummins".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Tim Hermach".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderName "Will Allen".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderTitle "National Director".
- Organic_Consumers_Association leaderTitle "Policy and Advisory Board".
- Organic_Consumers_Association membership "850000".
- Organic_Consumers_Association motto "Campaigning for Health, Justice, Sustainability, Peace, and Democracy".
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- Organic_Consumers_Association subject Category:Fair_trade_organizations.
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- Organic_Consumers_Association subject Category:Organic_farming_in_the_United_States.
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- Organic_Consumers_Association comment "The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is a consumer protection and organic agriculture advocacy group based in Finland, Minnesota. It was formed in 1998 in the wake of opposition by organic consumers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's controversial proposed regulations for organic food. The OCA is an online non-profit public interest organization that has over 850,000 members in its database.".
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