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 Julie Wilson | Mar 12, 2025 | OrganicEye Posts
Like other federal regulatory agencies, the USDA and its National Organic Program are facing staffing cuts, raising questions about the program’s future. Last week we learned that the semi-annual meetings of the National Organic Standards Board would now take place... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 26, 2025 | ActionAlert, OrganicEye Posts
Your message to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: First, clean up the corruption / then promote superior organic food Send Your Message to Secretary Kennedy Click link below to message Secretary Kennedy: US farmers are being crushed and organic eaters are vulnerable to... 
by Julie Wilson | Feb 25, 2025 | OrganicEye Posts
Staff Attrition Occurring As Mission Expands By OrganicEye Executive Director Mark Kastel Though the full consequences are as yet unknown, the impacts of the highly aggressive paring back of the federal workforce could potentially have a material impact on the ability... 
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,...