by Mark Kastel | Mar 25, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
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 commonly contaminated conventional (non-organic) produce. Abundant published... 
by kristaorganiceye | Feb 22, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
February 24, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark A. Kastel, 608-625-2000 / mkastel@organiceye.org Watchdog Reaches Out to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and New USDA Secretary for Help OrganicEye has reached out to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 27, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
New OrganicEye board member, Steven Heim Dear OrganicEye members, supporters, and organic industry stakeholders, One of the elements that makes OrganicEye different than virtually every organization in the organic movement, in addition to being lean and nimble,... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 22, 2025 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Soli Organics: A major hydroponic operation certified by CCOF Crushing Family-Scale Organic Farmers Hi folks, OrganicEye is supporting farmers who are switching certifiers after finding out that their “partners” in organic certification have been instrumental in the... 
by Julie Wilson | Dec 28, 2024 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
The poverty of riches (and a poverty of ethics) By Mark Kastel, executive director, OrganicEye The nation’s largest organic certifier, California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for... 
by Julie Wilson | Dec 28, 2024 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
Labeling error illustrates serious lack of management control, organic industry watchdog to file formal legal complaint. By Mark Kastel, executive director, OrganicEye On Friday, December 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publicized a recall of...