by Mark Kastel | Jun 2, 2021 | Kastel's Kitchen Posts, OrganicEye Posts
Food Additives and Chemicals in Organics??? Unless you are eating fresh, whole organic food, it isn’t enough to just look for the USDA Organic logo—you must become a label reader! Now that corporate agribusinesses own most of the popular organic name brands, many of... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 21, 2021 | OrganicEye Posts
UPDATE: Day 2 The operative term for testimony on Day Two, as usual, is “conflict of interest” (COI). As the saying goes, follow the money. First, we have certifiers, paid for by their “clients,” lobbying for the use of certain materials, many of them controversial. I... 
by Mark Kastel | Mar 31, 2021 | OrganicEye Posts
Beyond Pesticides/OrganicEye Steps in as USDA Fails to Take Action Washington, DC — Beyond Pesticides and its investigative arm, OrganicEye, filed suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against two companies that market CBD (cannabidiol) products... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 15, 2021 | Kastel's Kitchen Posts, OrganicEye Posts
Q: How can you identify the safest and most nutritious vegetables (year-round)?A: Tune into Kastel’s Kitchen Episode 3 to find out! Conventional versus organic, industrial-organic versus homegrown quality. What’s the hierarchy of selection during the summer growing... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 2, 2021 | News Posts
I enjoyed this New York Times narrative. It’s a good story consistent with what I’ve heard from many other farmers. Those supplying restaurants had to turn on a dime. If they were not in a position to do so they were economically injured. I know that many...