Dear All, A huge THANK YOU for voicing your opinions on the necessity to move out of plastic & metal packaging for organic produce. I just delivered the petition to the National Organic Standards Board through their comment platform. It is now available to be viewed by all members of the board online, and will also be given to them as a hard copy. The NOSB will have their fall meeting on Oct 26-29 (sadly I cannot attend, but hope many of you will!). We did everything we could here, through public petitioning, to raise their awareness on the urgency of the topic. Meeting notes should be published later in the fall, so keep an eye out here http://www.ams.usda.gov/event/nosb-meeting-2015-vt and here http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic/nosb/subcommittees/handling) Let's continue the good work! Warm Regards to all, +++ The Bare Necessities Further actions: - DIRECT COMMENT: you can still post public comments until OCT 8th, midnight, on http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=AMS_FRDOC_0001-1346 - SPEAK AT THE MEETING: the most powerful thing you can do, if you are in Vermont or willing to travel there to attend the meeting in Stowe (Oct 26-29, 2015). ---all logistical info here http://www.ams.usda.gov/event/nosb-meeting-2015-vt --- reserve a speaking slot here http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ebe5ji6xa75ef6c3&llr=5eqfe4dab