International Organic Inspectors Association - IOIA

08/28/2026

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07/06/2026

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06/15/2026

Webinar Recording Available

If you missed the webinar on Friends of the Earth’s new report, Regenerative Food Labels: What’s Behind the Claim? check out the links below!

We’ve split the webinar into three recordings, each covering a key section:

Part 1: Pesticides in our Food System: What you need to know, 14 minutes
Part 2: Regenerative Food Labels: Understanding the report findings, 20 minutes
Part 3: Busting Myths About Organic: A conversation, 13 minutes

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA05tbR1ooU
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAnkkOu1k38
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8VZl6c2HDM

As regenerative labels proliferate across grocery store shelves, our analysis reveals that standards vary dramatically in what they require — especially when it comes to synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Some "regenerative" labeling programs still allow chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, infertility, and neurological harm. These same chemicals also decimate soil health.

As we write in this Food Tank op-ed, "decades of scientific research make it clear that reducing reliance on fossil-fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers is foundational to any credible regenerative system. These chemicals degrade soil biology, devastate pollinators, contribute significantly to climate emissions, and pollute our air and water. A label that ignores this reality risks reinforcing the very system it claims to transform."
Overall, the analysis shows that the USDA Organic seal, and labels that build on it — Regenerative Organic Certified and Real Organic Project — lead in prohibiting toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilizers as well as in requiring ecological soil health practices like cover cropping, crop rotations, appropriate tillage, and feeding the soil with biological sources of fertility.
Ultimately, the goal should not be a marketplace crowded with competing labels. We need public policies and private initiatives that create a food system where the highest standards — healthy soil, clean water, thriving biodiversity, safe food, and fair conditions for farmers and workers — are the baseline, not the exception.

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06/05/2026

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05/15/2026

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05/11/2026

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04/20/2026

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03/24/2026

IOIA's Advanced Training Series
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Registration information for the FINAL SESSION - follow the link!

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03/19/2026

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03/16/2026

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/el2_Aqh9S2mMpRGaAikUVA?fbclid=IwY2xjawQlchxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF3OWd1czg0MlpXUmRpclVzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrgC4f2fYuqZBvAJPIN9dW-J_YHOqbMMeDSCDVKou3yJe1u7WyPtNsOcFr6v_aem_Eue52iNRDCprmEwAGJPwnQ #/registration/