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We monitor the increasingly corrupt relationship between corporate agribusiness and government regulators that has eroded the working definition of organics.
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From the Gumshoes at OrganicEye
Second Large Organic Certifier Accused of Improprieties, Betraying Organic Farmers and Consumers
Oregon Tilth’s certification of livestock factories, such as this one in Chase, Kansas, has resulted in many family farmers being forced out of the...
Organic Civil War: US Farmers Face off in Court Against Importers of Potentially Fraudulent Food
LA FARGE, WIS. — Last fall an Oregon organic hazelnut farmer filed a federal lawsuit against the USDA alleging the agency’s complacency in allowing...
Caught Red-Handed: Organic Certifiers Freaking Out
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win.” This year is the 20th anniversary of OrganicEye’s founder and...
Updated Administrative Law Complaint
Alleged Certifier Conflict of Interest – CCOF
OrganicEye has amended its Legal complaint and request for action regarding clear conflict of interest exhibited by California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
Federal Law Says: Every Organic Farm Needs to Be Inspected Annually
The USDA Allows Foreign Agribusiness to Bypass the Requirement Download PDF
Organic Industry News
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...
OrganicEye Executive Director Mark Kastel Interviewed on Thriving Farmer Podcast
Episode 196- Mark Kastel: Who Owns the Organic Label Now with almost 200 episodes and over 1 million downloads, the Thriving Farmer Podcast is designed to help farmers thrive in business and life. Learn the latest tricks and strategies of successful farmers,...
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The stereotypical large farms of today’s agriculture are not unsustainable because they are large, they are large because they are managed unsustainably. They are unsustainable because they are managed ‘extensively’ – meaning they rely more on land and capital and less on thinking people.
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