by Mark Kastel | Jun 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Economic Promise for US Organic Farmers Stolen by Illegal Imports Turmeric – native to India and Southeast Asia – is a root crop (considered a spice) that has been little known for decades to the Western world except as a flavoring or coloring for Asian... 
by Mark Kastel | Jun 11, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry by Austin Frerick is a factual account detailing the who, what, how, when, and why of the US food industry becoming sordid. He chose seven “robber barons” who control parts of our food production... 
by Mark Kastel | May 5, 2024 | ActionAlert, OrganicEye Posts
OrganicEye Executive Director, Mark Kastel, and his shelter cat, Kovu, adopted Pippin who was abandoned as a kitten — all three enjoy an all-organic diet. Comments are due Friday, May 10 (11:59 PM Eastern) Note: The USDA proposed rule discussed below sets much-needed... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 24, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
Carcinogenic preservative in processed meat, synthetic amino acids in chicken feed, and a warning against compost contaminated with toxic food packaging I’m speaking to you today from La Farge, Wisconsin. I wish, like members of Congress, NOSB members were required to... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 22, 2024 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
USDA-certified organic California CAFO (Fagundes Brothers Dairy, certified by CCOF), target of a previous legal complaint filed by author Organics just received another black eye in “The Truth about Organic Milk,” an article recently published in The...