Judge rules in favor of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s certification of organic hydroponic producers   SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA March 19, 2021 – The Coalition for Sustainable Organics (CSO) is ecstatic with the ruling…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA June 12, 2020 – The Coalition for Sustainable Organics (CSO) is pleased with the schedule set by Judge Seeborg in the lawsuit seeking to strip growers of their rights to…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA May 19, 2020 – The Coalition for Sustainable Organics (CSO) is heartened by the initial response of the Department of Justice to defend organic growers’ rights to incorporate appropriate and…

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA March 3, 2020 – The Coalition for Sustainable Organics (CSO) is saddened by the latest attempts by the Center for Food Safety and their allies to limit fair competition and…

  TUCSON, ARIZONA April 25, 2018 – Led by executive director Lee Frankel, the Coalition for Sustainable Organics (CSO), continued its advocacy efforts at the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Spring meeting to…

NO CHANGES TO ORGANIC STANDARDS FOR CONTAINERS, HYDROPONICS AND AQUAPONICS JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, November 1, 2017 – “Everyone deserves organics,” stated Lee Frankel, the executive director of the Coalition for Sustainable Organics. “The members…