The USDA National Organic Standards Board Charged with Deliberation on Definition and Standard Discussion on Compost

The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) issued a letter to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) on October 11, 2023 requesting the NOSB update their work agenda to include a discussion on amending the standard’s current term definition and practice standard for compost (7 CFR 205.2 and 7 CFR 205.203, respectively). The NOP’s request comes about following a recent petition submitted by…