The Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission worked with Protected Harvest, the third-party certifier, for nearly two years in developing the Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing. Protected Harvest is a nonprofit environmental organization that certifies farmers’ use of stringent environmental farming standards. It has received the highest rating by Consumers Union as an eco-label organization with meaningful, verifiable, and transparent standards. Erik Olsen, Protected Harvest board member and senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, participated in a news conference held in mid-January to recognize the first six wine grape growers certified as meeting the Lodi Rules standards. He stated that he […]