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... 
by Mark Kastel | Mar 1, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
LA FARGE, WIS. — Last fall an Oregon organic hazelnut farmer filed a federal lawsuit against the USDA alleging the agency’s complacency in allowing massive imports that do not meet the federal statutory requirement that all certified farms be inspected on an annual... 
by Mark Kastel | Feb 26, 2024 | OrganicEye Posts
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win.” This year is the 20th anniversary of OrganicEye’s founder and executive director, Mark Kastel’s, career shift to doing corporate and governmental watchdog work in defense of the...