by Mark Kastel | Mar 11, 2024 | News Posts
The late Hakan Bahçeci, who has been incriminated in a fraudulent scheme involving the organic industry A Turkish businessman and his associates orchestrated an elaborate scheme to sell fraudulent organic grain in the US market through a web of companies, leading to... 
by Mark Kastel | Mar 1, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
LA FARGE, WIS. — Last fall an Oregon organic hazelnut farmer filed a federal lawsuit against the USDA alleging the agency’s complacency in allowing massive imports that do not meet the federal statutory requirement that all certified farms be inspected on an annual... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 26, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win.” This year is the 20th anniversary of OrganicEye’s founder and executive director, Mark Kastel’s, career shift to doing corporate and governmental watchdog work in defense of the... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Impugns the reputation of trade-industry journalist and OrganicEye Grimmway Enterprises — one of CCOF’s largest donors — 60,000 acres of certified organic production OrganicEye’s Response to Blowback from the Attorney Who Runs CCOF: Please be cautious whenever... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 7, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
“Organic” feedlot dairy owned by one of CCOF’s major donors Federal regulations governing organic certifiers seem to be quite clear: 7 USC 6515: Any certifying agent shall not: … (2) accept payment, gifts, or favors of any kind from the...