by Mark Kastel | Apr 23, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Time for the USDA’s Organic Program to Join the 21st Century and Recognize Internet Shopping THE STORY: A QUICK OVERVIEW It is time to address the changing needs of the 31 percent of the American population who purchase organic food. An estimated 150.7 million... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 7, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Employee of Largest Certifier, CCOF, Implicated LA FARGE, WIS — After a 15-month investigation by law enforcement in Wisconsin and California into emails and a phone call threatening violence against the nation’s preeminent organic industry watchdog, the Vernon... 
by Mark Kastel | Mar 25, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Fundamentally Flawed: Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 The quick take: The new OrganicEye white paper challenges the legitimacy of encouraging shoppers to purchase commonly contaminated conventional (non-organic) produce. Abundant published... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 26, 2025 | ActionAlert, OrganicEye Posts
Your message to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: First, clean up the corruption / then promote superior organic food Send Your Message to Secretary Kennedy Click link below to message Secretary Kennedy: US farmers are being crushed and organic eaters are vulnerable to... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 27, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
New OrganicEye board member, Steven Heim Dear OrganicEye members, supporters, and organic industry stakeholders, One of the elements that makes OrganicEye different than virtually every organization in the organic movement, in addition to being lean and nimble,...