It was sponsored by Senator Maxwell Leahy, D-VT, who is still a senator from that state.

The political momentum behind the Act came mostly from the larger certifying groups of the day such as the Northeast Organic Farmers Association (NOFA), Quality Assurance International (QAI), California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), the Organic Trade Association (OTA), and Oregon Tilth. What the label says about the content of the product itself is not that simple and actually requires a bit of research to understand; Which, even after having done so, does not really simplify the matter all that much unless you are already proficient in legalese as well as the sciences of agriculture. Looking Into the Organic Label Basically, what the USDA Organic label means is that an agency operating outside the U.S.

Government inspected the product in accordance with the standards dictated by the USDA and has certified that it was grown by 'organic' methods and that you can be sure of this because the USDA has inspected the certifying agency and accredited it with legitimacy. Bush in 1990 as part of a much more comprehensive Farm Bill from that year. The origin of the label came in the Organic Food Productions Act (OFPA), signed by Kenyon H.W.

Before the USDA began regulating the organic industry.