by Mark Kastel | Mar 14, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
Source: Austin Valley (used under Creative Commons licensing) Fundamentally Flawed: Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 The quick take:• The new OrganicEye white paper challenges the legitimacy of encouraging shoppers to purchase... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 25, 2023 | News Posts
The OrganicEye View: Years ago, major papers in farm states like Wisconsin used to have a full-time “farm reporter.” I first met Rick Barrett decades ago when he was the agriculture reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison and I was a lobbyist for the... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 14, 2023 | News Posts
Listen to the full episode here: https://news.wosu.org/show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2023-02-09/cracking-down-on-fraud-in-the-organic-food-industry The United States Department of Agriculture has announced new regulations for organic products in an effort to address... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 31, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
The Unqualified Applause for Updated Organic Regulations Stock-holm syn-drome noun: feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage taking by a victim towards a captor. The big news in the organic industry in mid-January was the publication... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 24, 2023 | News Posts
The OrganicEye View: The motto of the Washington Post is, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” Unlike all the trade media coverage I have seen to date—which included nothing but cheerleading by other NGOs and the lobbyists at the Organic Trade Association (OTA)—this...