by Mark Kastel | Apr 18, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
Updated White Paper Profiles Lobbyist-Affiliated Appointees to National Organic Standards Board THE STORY: A QUICK OVERVIEW• As giant agribusinesses consolidated their marketplace power in organics, corporate lobbyists have achieved dominance in rulemaking,... 
by Mark Kastel | Mar 14, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
Source: Austin Valley (used under Creative Commons licensing) Fundamentally Flawed: Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 The quick take:• The new OrganicEye white paper challenges the legitimacy of encouraging shoppers to purchase... 
by Mark Kastel | Jan 31, 2023 | OrganicEye Posts
The Unqualified Applause for Updated Organic Regulations Stock-holm syn-drome noun: feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage taking by a victim towards a captor. The big news in the organic industry in mid-January was the publication... 
by Mark Kastel | Dec 13, 2022 | OrganicEye Posts
The Applegate Farms brand, now owned by agribusiness giant Hormel, asserts there are “no nitrates or nitrites added*” on their conventional and organic labels although their ingredient lists contain “cultured celery juice powder.” If you follow... 
by Mark Kastel | Nov 2, 2022 | OrganicEye Posts
A henhouse currently certified under USDA “organic” standards Dear Organic Community Stakeholder: If you haven’t signed the proxy letter and mailed it back, please do! If you have signed the proxy letter, please forward this email to your contacts. They respect your... 
by Mark Kastel | Oct 28, 2022 | OrganicEye Posts
The meeting kicked off today with deliberations by the Handling Subcommittee. After rejecting one new petition for a synthetic material, apparently based on essentiality, they cruised through the balance of Sunset materials mostly on autopilot. One exception was ion...