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23 September 2007
Secret USDA enforcement action revealed Aurora Farm’s certifier found to have willfully violated NOP rules
Mark Kastel
CORNUCOPIA: In a startling revelation today The Cornucopia Institute made public a document indicating that not only did the USDA find that the nation's...
13 September 2007
USDA finds largest organic dairy perpetrating fraud fails to levy fines or yank certification
Mark Kastel
Watchdog: Organic Community “Taking the Law into Its Own Hands”

CORNUCOPIA, WI: Announcing the filing of additional legal complaints with...
01 September 2007
Enforcement hammer falls on nation’s largest organic factory dairy
Mark Kastel
USDA requires Aurora Organics to reduce dairy herd size and remove organic label from some milk

CORNUCOPIA, WI: The USDA issued an urgent...
30 August 2007
Aurora Organic Dairy signs consent agreement with USDA's agricultural marketing service
Mark Kastel
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2007 – The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has entered into a consent agreement with Aurora Organic Dairy (Aurora) in response...
14 August 2007
USDA cracking down on “organic” factory farms country's largest dairy likely to lose certification
Mark Kastel
CORNUCOPIA, WI: The Cornucopia Institute has learned that the USDA appears about to revoke the organic certification of the nation's largest industrial dairy...
07 August 2007
USDA plan to "Pasteurize" almonds has consumers going nuts
Mark Kastel
Mandate Would Require Use of Chemical Fumigant or Heat Treatment on "Raw" Almonds

CORNUCOPIA, WI: Small-scale farmers, retailers, and...

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