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7 Feb 2019, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
“Corporate agribusiness lobbyists have been working to water down the organic standards for decades,” said Mark Kastel, executive director for the Cornucopia Institute. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 1:24 pm by Cathy Siegner
Mark Kastel, co-director of The Cornucopia Institute, said his organization was “very heartened that the NOSB voted to protect the reputation of the organic label. [read post]
11 May 2014, 10:20 pm by Cookson Beecher
“The land of the midnight sun,” is how Mark Kastel, co-founder of organic industry watchdog Cornucopia, describes this change to the sunset process. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 10:03 pm by James Andrews
The company does much to stretch the definition of “organic” food, said Mark Kastel, senior farm policy analyst at agricultural organization the Cornucopia Institute. [read post]
12 Jun 2013, 10:25 pm by Michele Simon
I asked Mark Kastel, co-founder of The Cornucopia Institute, an organic watchdog group, if he thought the Townsend label was confusing as to the product’s origins. [read post]
30 May 2013, 10:02 pm by David Gumpert
Food and farming leaders like Joel Salatin, Mark Kastel, Mark McAfee, Max Kane, Aajonus Vonderplanitz, and Michael Badnarik showed up. [read post]
6 Jan 2013, 7:55 pm by Cookson Beecher
Turning to research, Haumann said that the 2008 farm bill marked an important step forward for organic research. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 2:59 am
Kastel, senior farm policy analyst for the organic policing group called The Cornucopia Institute. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 2:59 am
While scientists are scrambling to pinpoint the cause of the E. coli outbreak linked to bean and seed sprouts in northern Germany, a veteran sprouts system designer believes he has developed the technology that can produce "the perfect sprout. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 1:59 am
For example, the list includes synthetic materials like baking powder that are not available organically but important for commercial food production.According to a report last week, The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog, filed a complaint on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, against Dean Foods alleging that a new product, Horizon Fat-Free Milk Plus DHA Omega-3, contains a synthetic nutritional oil that does not appear on the National List of approved synthetic substances for use in… [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
" "Dean Foods has been roundly criticized for taking the organic out of Silk, and now the marketplace and consumers are passing their judgment," said Mark Kastel, Cornucopia's senior farm policy analyst. [read post]
21 Oct 2009, 11:04 am
Dean Foods, the producers of Silk soy milk, has shifted its production away from organic soy milk.According to a member of the group, "Either this was a willful attempt to deceive customers and defraud them or more likely incompetence and lack of oversight by management," said Mark Kastel, an analyst for the Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute. [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 8:15 am
‘"Our fear is that they are going to blur this line' between organic and natural, said Mark Kastel of the Cornucopia Institute, a non-profit organic industry watchdog group. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 11:13 am
A brief summary and an interview with Cornucopia co-founder, Mark Kastel, were aired on NPR's Marketplace today. [read post]