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Second Large Organic Certifier Accused of Improprieties, Betraying Organic Farmers and Consumers

Second Large Organic Certifier Accused of Improprieties, Betraying Organic Farmers and Consumers

by Mark Kastel | Mar 12, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts

Oregon Tilth’s certification of livestock factories, such as this one in Chase, Kansas, has resulted in many family farmers being forced out of the market. Industry Watchdog Files Formal Legal Complaint Against Oregon Tilth, Inc. LA FARGE, WIS. — After Congress passed...
Turkish businesspeople incriminated in a multi-million dollar fraud targeting US organic food market

Turkish businesspeople incriminated in a multi-million dollar fraud targeting US organic food market

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...
Organic Civil War: US Farmers Face off in Court Against Importers of Potentially Fraudulent Food

Organic Civil War: US Farmers Face off in Court Against Importers of Potentially Fraudulent Food

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...
Caught Red-Handed: Organic Certifiers Freaking Out

Caught Red-Handed: Organic Certifiers Freaking Out

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...
Attorney Running the Nation’s Largest Certifier Defends CCOF

Attorney Running the Nation’s Largest Certifier Defends CCOF

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...
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