Will Cuts at the USDA Organic Program Hinder Enforcement?
Like other federal regulatory agencies, the USDA and its National Organic Program are facing staffing…
1 year ago
OrganicEye Posts
Take Action: Tell RFK Jr. to Help Save Organics!
Your message to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: First, clean up the corruption / then promote…
1 year ago
Stormy Weather for USDA Organic Program
Staff Attrition Occurring As Mission Expands By OrganicEye Executive Director Mark Kastel Though the full…
1 year ago
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…
1 year ago
Leadership Transitions at OrganicEye
New OrganicEye board member, Steven Heim Dear OrganicEye members, supporters, and organic industry stakeholders,…
1 year ago
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,…
1 year ago
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,…
1 year ago
CCOF’s Tin Cup: The Largest Organic Certifier Is Fundraising
The poverty of riches (and a poverty of ethics) By Mark Kastel, executive director,…
1 year ago
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…
1 year ago
Bovaer Feed Supplement: Organic or Not Organic?
The staff at OrganicEye has received multiple inquiries concerned about a feed additive for ruminants…
1 year ago