by Mark Kastel | Apr 27, 2026 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
LA FARGE, WIS. — In 1990, Congress charged the USDA with protecting the interests of organic stakeholders, farmers, consumers, and businesses when it passed the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA). Unlike many laws, where Congress leaves it up to the administration to... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 1, 2026 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Prioritizing an All-Organic Diet — Paybacks from Safer, Nutrient-Dense Food THE STORY: A QUICK OVERVIEW• An updated OrganicEye white paper challenges the legitimacy of encouraging shoppers to purchase commonly contaminated conventional produce.• Abundant... 
by Mark Kastel | Mar 1, 2026 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Tell Amy’s Kitchen and Clif Bar to quit deceiving organic shoppers Please send your message. Honest family farmers and marketers are being competitively injured. OrganicEye alleges that two major marketers of “organic” food, Amy’s Kitchen, which markets a number of... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 26, 2026 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Dear Organic Certifiers and Nonprofit Leaders, It pains me to see that so many of you seem to have become nothing but cheerleaders for “organic,” the USDA organic program, and the certification scheme as it exists today. The result? We have thrown family-scale organic...