Comments on: Can You Trust the Organic Food Label? https://modernfarmer.com/2023/10/can-you-trust-organic-label/ Farm. Food. Life. Fri, 30 Aug 2024 04:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Brian Adamz https://modernfarmer.com/2023/10/can-you-trust-organic-label/#comment-73384 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:45:31 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=150575#comment-73384 In reply to John Strauss.

I am a purchasing Manager trying to vet companies Globally for Organic Chicken and Pork. EU, USA, Brazil, Asia. I have seen most seeking customers as Halal trying to appear as Organic. This is a huge issue when this group is trying to outsmart society as a new authority in the world.
I have over two years looked at all the large companies such as Tyson, and others in the news for defrauding the system. Their fines were huge in my eyes but in theirs, it was not as hurtful when they do billions in earnings per year.
In reading these articles, it is clear that many are turning away from believing authorities as they can’t keep up with the scammers. I am sick of paying the huge price for food!
We are seeking to purchase Container loads. Our founder wants to make sure they are Organic. My job has just become a nightmare. I truly feel for the good farmers who are honest as the world is full of dishonesty today. It is a problem when we need huge quantities and the ones you would like to deal with are smaller family farms that can’t afford to deal with international orders.
May God be with us as this war increases. I am speaking personally so I won’t be giving the company name or email.

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By: John Strauss https://modernfarmer.com/2023/10/can-you-trust-organic-label/#comment-68456 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:41:43 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=150575#comment-68456 I just attended an all day seminar about this issue yesterday hosted by the Real Organic Project at the Churchtown Dairy in Claverack NY. Churchtown Dairy was founded and financed by Abby Rockefeller and sells raw milk and various organic products grown on the farm and in the area. In the conference we learned that due to a loophole in the US organic laws, the USDA allows hydroponically grown produce to be labelled organic. Nearly all organic beefsteak tomatoes and the major percentage of organic labelled blueberries (think Driscoll) produced in the US are grown in plastic pots or bags in an inert material such as cocoa husks imported from Sri Lanka and are fed a basic mix of water and fertilizer through irrigation tubes. The plants never touch the earth and the fields where they are grown are laser levelled and then covered with plastic sheeting. The potted plants are also grown under plastic covers. How’s that for organic produce! Other abuses are occurring in the raising of certified organic chickens and dairy herds in large confinement facilities. Check out the website for Real Organic Project to learn more about how the organic certification system in the US is being degraded to the benefit of large corporate producers.

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