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Prioritizing an All-Organic Diet — Paybacks from Safer, Nutrient-Dense Food

Fundamentally Flawed: Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 The quick take: The new…

Will Cuts at the USDA Organic Program Hinder Enforcement?

Like other federal regulatory agencies, the USDA and its National Organic Program are facing staffing…

Take Action: Tell RFK Jr. to Help Save Organics!

Your message to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: First, clean up the corruption / then promote…

Stormy Weather for USDA Organic Program

Staff Attrition Occurring As Mission Expands By OrganicEye Executive Director Mark Kastel Though the full…

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…