It’s about time. The original complaint against this dairy farm was filed while Bush was still in the White House. I don’t understand how they were certified in the first place. And why would someone build a water consuming dairy farm in the middle of a desert? Enforcement Hammer Falls on Giant Arizona Organic Factory [...]

Another example of toxic materials in Chinese food. The criminal activity went undetected for years according to the article. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/16/326067/Uni-President-sues.htm (http://www NULL.chinapost NULL.com NULL.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/12/16/326067/Uni-President-sues NULL.htm)

Included in the recoveries was a $15 civil suit around a case of food fraud. The case involved buying expired or soon-to-be-expired food at a discount, altering the labels and then reselling.   http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2011/12_-_December/Record_DOJ_fraud_recoveries_underscore_need_for_robust_corporate_compliance_programs/ (http://newsandinsight NULL.thomsonreuters NULL.com/Legal/Insight/2011/12_-_December/Record_DOJ_fraud_recoveries_underscore_need_for_robust_corporate_compliance_programs/)

There was a flurry of internet activity around a petition to NOSB (the NAtional ORganic Standards Board) to approve DHA for use in organic food. It’s true that NOSB did receive a petitition. However, that’s where the truth ends. The petition was not for DHA derived from GMO bacteria and it was not extracted using [...]

This is an interesting article. I’ve never been convinced that there should be an organic standard for ocean fish farms. Although we may have sufficiently buggered up the ocean ecosystem that farmed fish is all we’re left with. This type of pond system looks a little more acceptable to me. A significant portion of the [...]

Interesting article on alternative weed control methods for organic growers. We used a flamer for a couple of seasons. It works, I just have trouble burning that much fossil fuel to keep weeds under control. We changed our crop mix and rotation instead. The walnut hulls looks a little more promising. It doesn’t pump as [...]

When you are eating at organic cheese doodles, you’re missing the point.  There’s a question asked in the article about what chemicals are used to prevent the prepared apple slices from browning. The answer is ascorbic acid – better known by its common name – Vitamin C. http://swampscott.patch.com/articles/organic-or-just-plain-junk (http://swampscott NULL.patch NULL.com/articles/organic-or-just-plain-junk)

Reasonably balanced discussion of the potential concerns with nano particles in food and in food packaging. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/caution-urged-with-nanoparticles-in-food/ (http://www NULL.foodsafetynews NULL.com/2011/12/caution-urged-with-nanoparticles-in-food/)

Congratulations to one of our long time spelt customers on winning several awards. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/12/prweb8999554.htm (http://www NULL.prweb NULL.com/releases/2011/12/prweb8999554 NULL.htm)

A look at the decisions the US NOSB – National Organic Standards Board made last week at their semi-annual meeting. Big Ag is slowly figuring out how to water down the standards. http://www.connectsavannah.com/news/article/105360/ (http://www NULL.connectsavannah NULL.com/news/article/105360/)