by Mark Kastel | May 16, 2023 | ActionAlert
Help farmers take back control of the USDA organic label Please stand with ethical organic dairy farm families by printing your proxy letter and mailing it back to OrganicEye: OrganicEyePO Box 8La Farge, WI 54639 Download and sign your proxy Thank you. Your effort is...
by Mark Kastel | May 2, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
Fagundes Brothers Dairy: Allowed to continue to operate by the USDA and the nation’s largest organic certifier, CCOF, after formal legal complaint filed by author. Hard-working Dairy Farmers Circling the Drain If you are a stockholder in Tyson, Perdue,...
by Mark Kastel | May 1, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
USDA National Organic Standards Board meeting, Atlanta, Georgia — April 2023 Public Comments (virtual via Zoom) OrganicEye’s critique of the appointments of NOSB members is focused on the USDA’s betrayal of the intent of Congress to create a highly-diversified body of...
by Mark Kastel | Apr 28, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
Founder of the Organic Consumers Association Ronnie has been a friend, colleague, and ally for over 30 years. I met him in the early 1990s when we collaborated along with others in fighting Monsanto’s genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (BGH). He represented...
by Mark Kastel | Apr 27, 2023 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
A catchy little ditty by Kevin Mattson… LA FARGE, Wis. — I’m really lucky to live in a unique agrarian community. It’s thought there are more organic farmers in this county than any other county in the country. The area has attracted an eclectic assortment of folks,...