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COMMENTARY: The Organic Stockholm Syndrome

COMMENTARY: The Organic Stockholm Syndrome

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...

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USDA Accused of Endangering Organic Consumers

USDA Accused of Endangering Organic Consumers

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 the minute asterisk...

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NO! USDA Legalizing “Organic” Livestock Factories

NO! USDA Legalizing “Organic” Livestock Factories

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...

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NOSB Recap: Day Three (Business as usual)

NOSB Recap: Day Three (Business as usual)

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...

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NOSB Recap: Day Two (Shame!)

NOSB Recap: Day Two (Shame!)

OrganicEye Board President, and pioneering Maine organic farmer, Jim Gerritsen making one of his numerous appearances testifying at a previous NOSB meeting. [Spoiler alert: read to the bottom of this report for the continuing organic regulatory theater.] After...

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NOSB Recap: Day One

NOSB Recap: Day One

After listening to public testimony for two days last week, the National Organic Standards Board commenced their fall meeting in Sacramento bright and early this morning (Tuesday, October 25). NOSB Director Dr. Jennifer Tucker presented the usual program update and...

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Op-Ed: The Healthful Mirage

Op-Ed: The Healthful Mirage

Milk Versus Milk Analogues Mark Kastel's latest editorial was published on the homepage of Food Tank, an interesting site that provides diverse perspectives across many food systems...

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Commentary: Major Fraud Rocks the Organic Industry

Commentary: Major Fraud Rocks the Organic Industry

Demanding Reform of the USDA Organic Program For many of us involved in lobbying Congress to pass the Organic Food Production Act in 1990, our motivation was to create a level playing field with strictly enforced regulations that would assure shoppers they were...

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Health Benefits of Organic Agriculture

Health Benefits of Organic Agriculture

The whole picture Organic food contributes to better health through reduced pesticide exposure for all and increased nutritional quality. In order to understand the importance of eating organic food from the perspective of toxic pesticide contamination, we need to...

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