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What Is Organic? USDA Trying to Define It

(Nov. 7) -- If you've ever wondered exactly what that "USDA organic" seal actually means, you're in good company. The U.S. Department of Agriculture itself has been asking the same question ever since it established the National Organic Program in 2002. "Organic" is intended to mean agricultural products produced without...

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Kashi, 'Natural' Cereal Brand, Faces GMO Controversy

But earlier this week, the news gained momentum -- and earned Kashi some serious backlash -- after a photo taken in the cereal aisle of a grocery in Portsmouth, R.I., went viral on Facebook and Twitter.

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06/01/12 Wildfires Rage at New Mexican Organic Meetings Source: YubaNet.com - Nevada City CA Passions flared at the semiannual meeting of the USDA's National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the federal advisory panel approved a number of synthetic ingredients for use in organics, over the objection of the majority of industry participants.
05/31/12 Wildfires Rage at New Mexican Organic Meetings - - Source: Web Wire Passions flared at the semiannual meeting of the USDAs National Organic Standards Board last week in Albuquerque, NM as the federal advisory panel approved a synthetic ingredients for use in organics, over the objection of industry stakeholders.
05/18/12 The Organic Watergate: Report Profiles Agribusiness... Source: YubaNet.com - Nevada City CA The nation's leading organic farming watchdog, The Cornucopia Institute, is challenging what it calls a "conspiracy" between corporate agribusiness interests and the USDA that has increasingly facilitated the use of questionable synthetic additives and even dangerous chemicals in organic foods.
04/27/12 Kashi, 'Natural' Cereal Brand, Faces GMO Controversy Source: AOL Healthy Living But earlier this week, the news gained momentum -- and earned Kashi some serious backlash -- after a photo taken in the cereal aisle of a grocery in Portsmouth, R.I., went viral on Facebook and Twitter.
04/17/12 Editorial: Organic industry weighs whether size... Source: Blue Mountain Eagle - Grant County OR Organic production, though still relatively small in the scheme of U.S. agriculture, has become increasingly popular with consumers and farmers over the last decade.