by Mark Kastel | Jun 11, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry by Austin Frerick is a factual account detailing the who, what, how, when, and why of the US food industry becoming sordid. He chose seven “robber barons” who control parts of our food production... 
by Mark Kastel | May 5, 2024 | ActionAlert, OrganicEye Posts
OrganicEye Executive Director, Mark Kastel, and his shelter cat, Kovu, adopted Pippin who was abandoned as a kitten — all three enjoy an all-organic diet. Comments are due Friday, May 10 (11:59 PM Eastern) Note: The USDA proposed rule discussed below sets much-needed... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 24, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
Carcinogenic preservative in processed meat, synthetic amino acids in chicken feed, and a warning against compost contaminated with toxic food packaging I’m speaking to you today from La Farge, Wisconsin. I wish, like members of Congress, NOSB members were required to... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 22, 2024 | Commentary, OrganicEye Posts
USDA-certified organic California CAFO (Fagundes Brothers Dairy, certified by CCOF), target of a previous legal complaint filed by author Organics just received another black eye in “The Truth about Organic Milk,” an article recently published in The... 
by Mark Kastel | Apr 3, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
Susan Truscott proudly displaying an article about her farm in the Edible East Bay magazine. When I asked Susan Truscott, longtime operator of Cloverfield Organic Farm in El Sobrante, California, for permission to share her story, she responded without hesitation:... 
by Mark Kastel | Mar 12, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
Oregon Tilth’s certification of livestock factories, such as this one in Chase, Kansas, has resulted in many family farmers being forced out of the market. Industry Watchdog Files Formal Legal Complaint Against Oregon Tilth, Inc. LA FARGE, WIS. — After Congress passed...