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LINKS What I said at the NOSB meeting last week http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-eU7 UNFI Foundation http://www.unfifoundation.org/Pages/MissionandPriorities.aspx Soil carbon 'a saviour' in locking up carbon http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/soil-carbon-%E2%80%98a-saviour%E2%80%99-in-locking-up-carbon/8460928#transcript Strezelechi **** This is the World Organic News for the week ending 1st of May 2017. Jon Moore reporting! I’d like to start this week with a big thank you to dsearlybird12’s comment on Podbean: “interesting and pertinent”! Thank you! Now to the blog: Organic Matters by Melody Meyer and a series of posts on the National Organic Standards Board. Melody spoke on behalf of United Natural Foods. She spoke about the need for market driven solutions within the organic food sector. Quote: It’s the dollars and cents, the economic growth that organic represents for producers, manufacturers and retailers. For consumers, it’s the option to have an informed choice through the USDA label. Expan