Organic Insider to Lead USDA's Ag Marketing Service

Kathleen Merrigan, who helped write the original standards for the Organic Food Production Act, is slated to take over the Agricultural Marketing Service. This section of the USDA houses the National Organic Program. She currently works for
an alternative agriculture think tank and is a member of the National Organic Standards Board.

“There is definitely change afoot,” says Bob Scowcroft, executive director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation.

Source: Natural Food Merchandiser