Image: cornucopia.org Is Organic Factory Farming Really Organic? After years of asking the USDA to crack down on huge organic producers that play fast and loose with the finer points of organic farming rules, the Cornucopia Institute took to the air and snapped pictures of huge organic operations in nine states across the country. The pictures confirm that these industrial-scale livestock confinement facilities provide no legitimate grazing, or even access to the outdoors, as required by federal organic regulations. The institute has filed specific suits against the producers involved (including a number of names you will recognize from your supermarket), demanding that the USDA address the violations. As a result, the largest dairy supplying the Horizon label (now controlled by WhiteWave Foods) was decertified, and the USDA placed sanctions against Aurora Dairy (producing private-label organic milk for Walmart, Costco, Target and various supermarket chains). Both WhiteWave and Aurora are still being investigated by the USDA for improprieties. For the full story: cornucopia.org/2014/12/investigation-factory-farms-producing-massive-quantities-organic-milk-eggs/
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 14:21:28 +0000
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