Farmers to Advocate for Organic Dairy Policies in Washington D.C.

Jul 16, 2025

Organic dairy farmers and representative farmer organizations will gather in Washington, D.C. on July 22, 2025, to meet with legislators to advocate for supportive policies on key issues within the organic dairy farming sector.

The Organic Farmers Association (OFA) is hosting a special Organic Dairy Fly-In to advocate for the inclusion of organic dairy data collection language in one of a number of possible pieces of legislation. OFA hosts an annual Farmer Fly-In each spring to coordinate meetings between farmers and their representatives and senators, as well as USDA and House and Agriculture Committee Staff to discuss critical policy support for organic farmers.

The introduction of the O DAIRY Act (2023) and the Organic Dairy Data Collection Act (2024), and the inclusion of dairy data language in the Farm Bill drafted in 2024 was celebrated by OFA’s members, who have pushed for dairy-focused support from Congress for years. However, with the future of the Farm Bill in question farmers must continue to advocate for these policies to support organic agriculture.

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