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Video Replay: Demystifying the Common OSP

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Continuing the Common OSP Conversation:

The conversation doesn’t end when the webinar does. One of Wolf & Associates’ goals has always been to create opportunities for thoughtful, fact-based discussions around the issues shaping organic certification. This replay and recap highlights the key themes, questions, and insights from our recent webinar while providing additional context for the conversations that will continue across the industry.

The Common OSP Demystified

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Demystifying the Common OSP

The Organic System Plan (OSP) is the foundation of organic certification, yet many operators find it confusing, time-consuming, and difficult to navigate.
What if there were a better way?

Join Wolf & Associates and a distinguished panel of organic industry leaders for an engaging discussion on the origins, purpose, and potential of the Common OSP. Together, we’ll explore how a more standardized approach can reduce complexity, improve consistency, and expand access to organic certification for producers, processors, handlers, and certifiers alike.

Video: Tariffs, Turbulence & Truths

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Tariffs, Turbulence & Truths

Wolf & Associates hosted “Tariffs, Turbulence & Truths” — a focused, expert-led webinar from Wolf & Associates designed to cut through the noise and help you make informed decisions with confidence.

We brought together three of the sharpest minds in organic trade, regulatory policy, and market strategy to turn complexity into sound strategy—so you and your team can make informed decisions with certainty.
Check out the replay.

Organic Trade Just Shifted—Are You Ready for What’s Next?

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Biofach is often called the world’s largest organic trade fair, but its real value lies beyond scale. It is one of the few places where all features of the global organic system are fully visible at once: retail goods, ingredients, services, multilingualism, regulation, deeply interconnected participants.

One thing that became clear immediately is how the U.S. market looks from the outside. The United States represents more than 40 percent of global organic demand, yet it is easy to lose sight of how dependent that demand is on imports…

What We Carry Forward

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After more than three decades of building this firm and serving the organic community, Bill Wolf is passing the title of President to John Foster. He does so with real confidence and a deep sense of continuity. John brings a rare combination of technical rigor, strategic vision, and respect for the values that built this firm in the first place.

Organic Policy, Trade, and Growth: What’s Changing Now

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Wolf & Associates - The Organic Specialists

This week we were booked to be at the Fall National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting; historically these have been touchstone events for our community to come together, deliberate, and move the organic program forward. Instead, the meeting was canceled. The loss goes far beyond a date on the calendar; it represents a pause in the dialogue that has sustained and grown organic integrity and enterprise for decades.

Read more about Global standards shifting, U.S. policy in flux, and consumer demand rising.

Cocoa concerns | Celebrations Abound | Building Organic Understanding

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Wolf & Associates - The Organic Specialists

We’re celebrating some key milestones this month—it’s our 30th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of the Organic Trade Association! The NOSB will be meeting soon—get comments to them by October 8. Taking A Count considers what we’ve lost at USDA. New research gets down and dirty about soil microorganisms, and organic meat, dairy and rice get some time in the research spotlight. Chocolate users, take note of what may be coming as cocoa growing conditions deteriorate. We’ve added services and OTA has a new campaign to promote organic.