OTA Honors Organic Industry Leaders

GREENFIELD, Mass.— The Organic Trade Association (OTA) will recognize three organic industry leaders during OTA's Annual Dinner on April 28^th, 2008, during the All Things Organic™  Conference and Trade Show in Chicago. Honored will be Drew and Myra Goodman of Earthbound Farm, and Ray Fuller of Stormy Mountain Ranch, Inc.

Selected for the 2008 Organic Leadership Award, Drew and Myra Goodman, founders of Earthbound Farm, have been active in organic agriculture and marketing since 1984.

"As a fellow farmer, it has been amazing to see the integrity of mission as well as the commitment to quality, innovation and taste… I know Drew and Myra as impeccable organic farmers with a reverence for the soil and the environment," wrote Sylvia R. Tawse of The Fresh Ideas Group in her letter of support.

Selected to receive OTA's 2008 Organic Farming Leadership Award, Ray Fuller, owner and operator of Stormy Mountain Ranch, Inc., started transitioning his orchards to organic in 1985. By 1988, his ranch was granted the second organic certificate ever by the Washington State Department of Agriculture. He currently has 115 acres of apples, pears, and cherries in organic production.

"He is an advocate for family operated orchards and continually develops new strategies for those in sales and marketing to try out," wrote Roger Pepperl of Stemilt, Inc., who nominated Fuller.

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