Vilsack’s Parting Shot: More Corporate Shills Governing Organics, Betraying Organic Farmers and Consumers
February 24, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark A. Kastel, 608-625-2000 / mkastel@organiceye.org Watchdog…
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Leadership Transitions at OrganicEye
New OrganicEye board member, Steven Heim Dear OrganicEye members, supporters, and organic industry stakeholders,…
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Bad-Actor Certifiers Acting as Agribusiness Front Groups/Lobbyists
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CCOF’s Tin Cup: The Largest Organic Certifier Is Fundraising
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RED ALERT: FDA Issues Class 1 Recall of Organic Eggs, Implicating Costco and Handsome Brook Farms
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One Dead and 39 Sickened: CDC, FDA Announce Recall of Organic Carrots
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced on…
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Another Large Organic Certifier Accused of Improprieties, Betraying Organic Farmers and Consumers
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USDA-certified organic California CAFO (Fagundes Brothers Dairy, certified by CCOF), target of a previous legal…
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Have You Ever Spent “A Day in the Country”?
A catchy little ditty by Kevin Mattson… LA FARGE, Wis. — I’m really lucky to…
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