Chris Van Hook is an agricultural attorney working primarily in the USDA NOP regulations worldwide. He is based out of…
Miyako Island is located nearly 200 miles south of the Island of Okinawa, but it is still within the Okinawa…
To be frank, if you are in a region that is sustained by cassava plantings, and it is an integral…
I am not sure how best to describe the Raja Ampat region of West Papua, Indonesia other than to say…
In the markets of Vietnam and Cambodia, there were many fruits that I had never seen in Japan. I didn’t…
Recently I was able to travel throughout Central Vietnam observing the local agriculture. I stopped to look at an unusual…
Yesterday I met Loc, the young owner of a company called Cocolona, from Southern Vietnam. Starting from a small farm…
I have been traveling Vietnam the past 3 weeks visiting farms and open air markets primarily from Central Vietnam south…
The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) started in 2003 was initially designed to create a standardized, trustworthy system for organic…
In Japan, strawberries are in season from winter to spring. While strawberries are typically considered a spring fruit in many…
I bought some fruits in Cambodia at an open air market. I asked the lady “Are these local?” and she…