by Mark Kastel | Jan 22, 2020 | Updates
January 14, 2020 AdministratorAgricultural Marketing ServiceU.S. Department of Agriculture1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Stop 0201, Room 3071, South BuildingWashington, D.C. 20250-0201Sent via email: AMS.FOIA@usda.gov FOIA REQUEST Fee benefit requestedFee waiver... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 22, 2020 | Updates
This analysis attempts to connect the dots profiling the relationship new appointees to the National Organic Standards Board have with corporate agribusiness (most of which are engaged, primarily, in conventional agriculture, food processing, and/or distribution). The... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 17, 2020 | News Posts
Mark Kastel appears live on the Heart of Wellness show, hosted by husband-and-wife chiropractors, to take a deep dive, through free-association, looking at the choices we make in our diets and the impact on immediate and long-term health and well-being.... 
by Mark Kastel | Dec 13, 2019 | News Posts
When the Organic Foods Production Act was passed by Congress (1990), and the oversight of the organic movement was handed to USDA, there were no (zero) Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations producing organic livestock products (milk, meat, and eggs). Today, they are...