The Organic Trade Association seeks congress to provide equality of benefits and support to organic farmers by incorporating provisions in the 2007 Farm Bill. The objective of Farm Bills is to have laws to support programs that promote U.S. agriculture to produce safe and affordable food. Farm Bills determine the overall direction of agriculture in the U.S., are regulated by the USDA and renewed only every five or six years. OTA would like organic agriculture to receive it's fair share of government support for research, conservation and risk management that the U.S. Department of Agriculture currently provides to conventional agriculture. OTA states that the organic market is the fastest growing sector in the food industry and that in order to meet increasing consumer demand, it is necessary that organic farmers receive government support to overcome production hurdles. One of OTA's recommendations is for congress to provide funds to the USDA to "foster transition to organic agriculture and trade by providing technical assistance to aid in the conversion of farmland from conventional to organic."