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March 4, 2005

Organic Community Sends Clear Signal to “Renegade” Factory Farms

WASHINGTON, DC: Organic dairy farmers from throughout the country descended on the nation’s capital last week in a show of solidarity requesting a USDA crackdown ...

February 16, 2005

Dean/Horizon Feedlot Dairy Accused of Masquerading as an Organic Farm

CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN: The Cornucopia Institute filed two formal complaints today with the USDA’s Office of Compliance asking them to initiate investigations into alleged violations of ...

February 5, 2005

Organic Manure Hits the Fan in Washington

CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN: The Cornucopia Institute, on January 10th, filed a formal complaint with the USDA’s National Organic Program asking them to initiate an investigation into ...

January 12, 2005

USDA Feels the Heat in Response to Organic Pasture Controversy

CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN:The USDA’s National Organic Program immediately responded to sharp criticism from the organic community alleging that, through complacency, they were allowing large factory farms ...

January 10, 2005

The Cornucopia Institute Alleges Factory Farms Violating Federal Organic Law

CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN: The Cornucopia Institute, today, filed a formal complaint with the USDA’s National Organic Program asking them to initiate an investigation into alleged violations ...

September 11, 2004

Organic: Corporate Control/Corporate Ownership Tracking the Shifting Sands of the Organic Industry

By Mark Kastel A thought-provoking question came in from an astute observer of the natural foods industry regarding my article in the July/August Cooperative Grocer: ...

June 15, 2004

Study Confirms Safety of Organic Food But Agrichemical Front Group Attempts to Twist Findings

The same right-wing think tank that conspired with John Stossel of ABC News, in an erroneous attempt to discredit organic food (subsequently forcing an apology ...

May 26, 2004

USDA Secretary Veneman Pulls Organic Food Directives But Major Program Reform Still Needed

At a news conference this morning USDA Secretary Ann Veneman announced that the agency is withdrawing its recent policy directives clarifying certain organic food production ...