Table of Contents

Preface; The U.S. Organic Handling Sector in 2004: Baseline Findings of the Nationwide Survey of Organic Manufacturers, Processors, & Distributors; Using Vertically Coordinated Relationships to Overcome Tight Supply in the Organic Market; Organic Agriculture in the United States: Program & Policy Issues; Statement of Caren Wilcox, Organic Trade Association, Before the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee's Horticulture & & Organic Agriculture Subcommittee, 18 April 2007; Statement of Robert B Marqusee before the Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, 18 April 2007; Statement of Mark Lipson before the Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, 18 April 2007; Testimony of La Rhea Pepper, Organic Essentials before the House Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, Wednesday, 18 April 2007; Testimony of Nicole Bernard Dawes, Late July Organic Snacks, Hyannis, Massachusetts, for the Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, Hearing on the Economic Development, Impacts of Organic Production & Processing, U.S. House of Representatives, 18 April 2007; Testimony of Scott Lively, before the Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, Wednesday, 18 April 2007; Testimony of Bea James, National Cooperative Grocers Association, before the House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops & Organic Programs hearing on Organic Agriculture & Rural Development, 18 April 2007, Washington, D.C.; Statement by Rich Ghilarducci, President/CEO of Humboldt Creamery before the Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, 18 April 2007; Statement of Lynn Clarkson, President of Clarkson Grain Co., Inc., Cerro Gordo, IL, before the US House of Representatives' Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, 18 April 2007, regarding Organic Agriculture; Testimony - US House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Organic Agriculture & Horticulture, 18 April 2007; Testimony of Manuel Eduardo Vieira, A.V. Thomas Produce, Livingston, California, for the Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture, Hearing on Economic Development Impacts of Organic Production & Processing, U.S. House of Representatives, 18 April 2007; Testimony before the United States House of Representatives, Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture & Organic Agriculture 18 April 2007; Index.