Strong Consensus on Dairy Provisions, Cracking down on Factory Farms, Could Be Jeopardized
CORNUCOPIA, WI: Some organic policy experts are asking the USDA to separate new regulations addressing the management of organic beef cattle and organic dairy cows when their final rule comes out updating the organic livestock standards.
After many years of wrangling in Washington, [...]

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The National Organic Program (NOP) announced on December 19 that they have revoked the accreditation of California Crop Improvement Association. Auditing of the organic certifier had identified 10 deficiencies, of which CCIA was able to correct only four in the past year.
“We are pleased that the NOP is [...]

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Consumers and Farmers Join Together to Promote Organic Integrity
Many media outlets, from the New York Times to the blogosphere, have tracked what has been dubbed the “corporate takeover” of organic farming. One of the hottest controversies in this rapidly growing $20 billion industry has been giant factory farms milking thousands of cows each in [...]

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The USDA has scheduled four listening sessions to gather input on its newly proposed organic livestock/pasture rule.
The sessions are scheduled for:

Tuesday, December 2
1:30-4:30 p.m.
Organic Valley Family of Farms Headquarters
One Organic Way
LaFarge, WI 54639

Thursday, December 4
1:30-4:30 p.m.
California State University – Chico
University Farm Pavillion
311 Nicholas C. Schouten Lane
Chico, CA 95928

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CORNUCOPIA, WI — After eight years of intense scrutiny and criticism the USDA has published a proposed amendment to the federal organic regulations intended to address abuses by “factory farms,” milking thousands of cows each and masquerading as organic.

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