nop to be reorganized

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Source: Organic Consumers Association — I’m not privy to the inner workings of the USDA’s National Organic Program, but I just called the NOP office and they did confirm that this is happening. No word yet on when it will actually take place. Reorganization could be good or bad. The person I spoke with said they’ve made some reassignments of who is reporting to who. We can hope it will result in a stronger program, but that will depend on who’s in charge and what their agenda.

From the article…

“The NOP is reorganizing into three branches: Standards Development & Review; Accreditation, Auditing & Training; and Compliance & Enforcement. Deputy Administrator for Transportation & Marketing Programs Barbara Robinson will assume overall leadership for the NOP in addition to her other duties, while Mark Bradley will assume leadership for the Accreditation, Auditing & Training Branch, and Richard Mathews will head up the Standards Development & Review Branch. No decision has been made for leadership of Compliance & Enforcement at this time.” [Read the whole article]

Just looked at the NOP website and Mark Bradley is still listed as the Associate Deputy Administrator, the main contact for the NOP. There’s nothing else on the NOP site about the reorganization.

Question is will it mean more funding for organic research and education?

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