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From the Gumshoes at OrganicEye
Federal Law Says: Every Organic Farm Needs to Be Inspected Annually
The USDA Allows Foreign Agribusiness to Bypass the Requirement Download PDF
Follow the Money: Conflicts of Interest Abound in USDA Organic Certification — Case Study: CCOF
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Mark Kastel’s recipe for homemade yogurt (made from fresh, unpasteurized milk)?
I source my fresh milk directly from a local farmer and friend. If you are using fresh milk, you will obviously want to obtain it from a certified...
Follow the Money: Conflicts of Interest Abound in USDA Organic Certification
Chino Valley Ranchers organic laying houses in Idalou, Texas, certified by CCOF Industry Watchdog Files Formal Legal Complaint Against Largest...
Fight USDA corruption/corporate payola with your dollars…
Roger Blobaum, maybe the organic movement’s first true expert and ally in Washington, DC "An idea is a powerful thing.” Dear Good Food and Farming...
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MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SUBTERFUGE: USDA to Invest up to $300 million in New Organic Transition Initiative
Instead of being concerned with enforcing the letter and spirit of the law, and creating a level competitive playing field for all organic farmers, the USDA is willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars of our tax money in an effort to create more farming serfs...
Vil$ack’s $10 Million “Fake Meat” Research Grant:
By Pete Hardin, Publisher of The Milkweed Why should U.S. taxpayer dollars bankroll research that seeks to boost the fortunes of the so-called, “lab-cultured meat” industry? Jeepers creepers … firms attempting to develop and market “lab-cultured meat” have attracted...
Commentary: Another Scandal and Another Black Eye for Organics
OrganicEye Continues to Advocate for Testing of All Imports According to the USDA, everything certified by an outfit accredited by the National Organic Program is organic. Until it isn’t. For years I banged on the NOP to crack down on fraudulent imports of grain from...
The Revolving Door: Organic Lobby Group Taps Former USDA Appointee/Corporate Executive as CEO = Good News for the Corporate Agribusiness Fatcats
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) announced the appointment, on March 29, 2022, of Tom Chapman as the new Chief Executive Officer of the trade-lobby group based in Washington DC. Mr. Chapman was appointed by USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack to serve a five-year term on...
The New Secret Chicken Recipe? Animal Cells.
To the editor (of the New York Times): Kim Severson’s excellent article on lab cultured “meat” leaves a few questions unanswered. With an investment juggernaut of billions of dollars’ worth of private capital pouring into this nascent “food” category, why should USDA...
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The stereotypical large farms of today’s agriculture are not unsustainable because they are large, they are large because they are managed unsustainably. They are unsustainable because they are managed ‘extensively’ – meaning they rely more on land and capital and less on thinking people.
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