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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…

Leadership Transitions at OrganicEye

New OrganicEye board member, Steven Heim   Dear OrganicEye members, supporters, and organic industry stakeholders,…

Bad-Actor Certifiers Acting as Agribusiness Front Groups/Lobbyists

Soli Organics: A major hydroponic operation certified by CCOF Crushing Family-Scale Organic Farmers Hi folks,…

Kastel’s Kitchen: Cracking the Egg on Prices, Dangers, Fraud, and Best Brands

How to identify legitimate, superior, nutrient-dense, and safe organic eggs If you prioritize eating fresh,…

CCOF’s Tin Cup: The Largest Organic Certifier Is Fundraising

The poverty of riches (and a poverty of ethics)   By Mark Kastel, executive director,…

RED ALERT: FDA Issues Class 1 Recall of Organic Eggs, Implicating Costco and Handsome Brook Farms

Labeling error illustrates serious lack of management control, organic industry watchdog to file formal legal…

Bovaer Feed Supplement: Organic or Not Organic?

The staff at OrganicEye has received multiple inquiries concerned about  a feed additive for ruminants…

Organic Industry Watchdog Files Trump Test Case Against Factory Dairies

Sunrise Organic Dairy in Paul, Idaho (certified by Oregon Tilth)   Multiple Incidents of Fraud…