Real Organic Project Debates OTA
August 17, 2019Real Organic Project Debates OTA Last weekend I debated Jo Mirenda from the Organic Trade Association on the most basic of questions: “Is the USDA… Read more
Farmers And “Organic Experts”
July 13, 2019Jean-Martin Fortier doesn’t need to be certified with the Canadian Organic Growers. But he is. He doesn’t need to be certified with the Real Organic… Read more
Do We Dare Speak Out
July 9, 2019Do We Dare Speak Out? I wrote an article that came out last week in the Independent Science News entitled The Hydroponic Threat to Organic… Read more
The USDA Gives In
June 9, 2019We don’t get many wins with the Federal government these days. But we had one last week. USDA had been allowing the use of prohibited… Read more
Instant Organic Continues To Be Allowed. Just Add Water.
June 4, 2019It is a simple question. Is a three-year transition required for all operations in USDA organic? We finally have proof of the answer. Zero transition… Read more
USDA Organic Now Allows Herbicides
April 7, 2019USDA Organic Now Allows Herbicides A few weeks ago I got to ask an important question of Jennifer Tucker, the head of the National Organic… Read more