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National Organic Standards Board Meeting Report: Winners and Losers
2014-05-12 18:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Recently, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) disrupted the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting to protest a move by the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) that makes it more difficult for the NOSB to phase out synthetic and non-organic materials from organic food. Who was behind the latest move to weaken organic standards? Big Food, from the looks of it. We werent able (yet) to overturn the NOPs decision to change its sunset policy. But...
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