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Take Back the Organic Farming Movement
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Oregon Hazelnut Farmer Files Appeal Fighting USDA Agency Allowing Imports from Uncertified, Uninspected ‘Organic’ Farms
When Oregon organic hazelnut grower Bruce Kaser started looking into why organic hazelnut imports from Turkey were priced so low, close to...
One Dead and 39 Sickened: CDC, FDA Announce Recall of Organic Carrots
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced on November 16 a recall of Grimmway Farms organic...
Tell USDA: Crackdown on Organic Certifier Conflict of Interest/Payola
ActionAlert: Tell the USDA to Crack Down on Organic Conflicts of Interest and ‘Payola’ by Certifiers! Click the link below to tell Dr. Jenny...
OrganicEye Comments to NOSB: October 2024
Fighting Microplastics in Fertilizer and 'Organic' Carcinogens — and Making Certification About More Than Just Dotting the I's and Crossing the...
Organic Industry News
Dandelion Roots Run Deep: Book Review
Doctor John and Merrill Clark were true heroes in the early years of the commercialization of the organic farming movement. They were both dedicated practitioners, willing to share their knowledge widely. And as corporate agribusinesses started wielding influence on...
Turkish businesspeople incriminated in a multi-million dollar fraud targeting US organic food market
The late Hakan Bahçeci, who has been incriminated in a fraudulent scheme involving the organic industry A Turkish businessman and his associates orchestrated an elaborate scheme to sell fraudulent organic grain in the US market through a web of companies, leading to...
USDA pledges to crack down on fraud in the certified organic label, but is it enough?
The OrganicEye View: Years ago, major papers in farm states like Wisconsin used to have a full-time “farm reporter.” I first met Rick Barrett decades ago when he was the agriculture reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison and I was a lobbyist for the...
Cracking down on fraud in the organic food industry
Listen to the full episode here: https://news.wosu.org/show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2023-02-09/cracking-down-on-fraud-in-the-organic-food-industry The United States Department of Agriculture has announced new regulations for organic products in an effort to address...
USDA moves to crack down on ‘organic’ fraud —healthy skepticism warranted
The OrganicEye View: The motto of the Washington Post is, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” Unlike all the trade media coverage I have seen to date—which included nothing but cheerleading by other NGOs and the lobbyists at the Organic Trade Association (OTA)—this...
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