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October 31, 2007

Halloween Trick — USDA lets “Organic” Factory Farms off the Hook

Agency Fails to Take Enforcement Action against Industry Giants Cornucopia, WI – The Cornucopia Institute sharply criticized the conclusion by USDA that an 8000-head factory ...

October 31, 2007

Aurora Dairy Exemption from Check-off Program Challenged

USDA should demand retroactive payment from faux organic milk producers Cornucopia, WI “The Cornucopia Institute has sent a formal request to the Chief of the ...

October 16, 2007

Lawsuits Announced Against Nation’s Biggest Organic Dairy

Class Action Suits Seek Damages from Sale of Fraudulent Milk ST. LOUIS, MO / DENVER, CO Acting on behalf of organic food consumers in 27 ...

September 24, 2007

Aurora Farm’s Certifier Found to Have Willfully Violated Organic Rules

Secret USDA Enforcement Action Revealed CORNUCOPIA, WI: In a startling revelation The Cornucopia Institute is making public a new document indicating that not only did ...

September 13, 2007

USDA Enforcement Action At Nation’s Largest Dairy Fails to Levy Fines or Yank Certification – Findings of Investigation Appear to Constitute Fraud

Watchdog: Organic Community “Taking the Law into Its Own Hands” CORNUCOPIA, WI: Announcing the filing of additional legal complaints with the USDA, and threatening civil ...

September 6, 2007

23 Organizations Issue Joint Report Critiquing Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Initiatives

Human rights, labor and environmental groups find Wal-Mart’s “green” initiatives lack real impact on global warming, employee health and welfare Washington, DC – As Wal-Mart ...

August 31, 2007

Willful Violations

On April 16, 2007, the Mark Bradley, the head of the National Organic Program, sent a letter to Marc Peperzak, the CEO of the Aurora ...

August 30, 2007

Update on Aurora and Trader Joe’s

We have verified that although some of the milk that Trader Joe’s is buying does indeed come from a factory-farm, milking thousands of cows, that ...

August 30, 2007

USDA Enforcement Hammer Falls on Nation’s Largest Organic Factory Dairy

USDA Requiring Aurora Organics to Reduce Dairy Herd Size and Remove Organic Label from Some Milk At 7:20 p.m. EST, August 29, the USDA issued ...

August 24, 2007

USDA Releases “Letter of Noncompliance” to The Cornucopia Institute

FOIA Document Indicates Why CA Factory-Farm Lost Organic Certification CORNUCOPIA, WI: Pursuant to a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), The Cornucopia Institute ...

August 20, 2007

USDA Rejects Almond Board’s Request for Delay of Controversial Treatment Plan

The Cornucopia Institute has learned that the USDA has rejected the request by the Californian Almond Board for a 6-month delay in implementation of the ...

August 14, 2007

USDA Cracking Down on “Organic” Factory-Farms

Country’s Largest Dairy Likely to Lose Certification CORNUCOPIA, WI: The Cornucopia Institute has learned that the USDA appears about to revoke the organic certification of ...