When We Protect Organic Farmers We Protect Our Monarch Friends
Although my office is officially in Washington, and I will visit soon, for the third…
4 years ago
News Posts
European Union Bans Neonicotinoid Insecticide, Citing Health and Environmental Concerns
(from Beyond Pesticides, January 17, 2020) In Brussels, the European Commission (EC) has just decided not to…
4 years ago
OrganicEye’s Kastel: Live without a Safety Net, “Why You Can’t Afford Not to Eat Organic Food”
Mark Kastel appears live on the Heart of Wellness show, hosted by husband-and-wife chiropractors, to take a…
4 years ago
SURVEY: MAJORITY OF VOTERS SURVEYED SUPPORT GREATER OVERSIGHT OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FARMS
When the Organic Foods Production Act was passed by Congress (1990), and the oversight of…
4 years ago
Study Adds to Evidence that Organic Fruit Consumption Leads to Lower Levels of Pesticide Contamination in Children, Pregnant Women
(Beyond Pesticides, October 24, 2019) Fish and fruit are undoubtedly healthy foods, but modern-day contamination…
5 years ago
Petition to Protect Organic Meat, NOSB: Remove Carcinogenic Celery Powder
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5 years ago
Dairy Management Inc. spends $160 million a year from farmers’ milk checks on promotions and partnerships, but sales continue to fall.
It's great to see the largest newspaper in Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, do this excellent…
5 years ago
Internal Monsanto Documents Reveal the Company’s Deceptive Disinformation Campaign against Critics
Chemical industry giant Monsanto used military-style surveillance and response tactics to target critics, newly released…
5 years ago
Kastel: Conventional & Organic CAFOs Giving Dairy Producers a Black Eye
The primary reasons people shift to purchasing organic dairy products, often a gateway food as…
5 years ago
America’s Dairyland, Wisconsin, hemorrhaging family-scale farmers
When I started doing political work on behalf of farmers, in the mid-1980s there were…
5 years ago