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An Organic Milk War Turns Sour

October 3rd, 2007

Now that his dairy company has settled charges that it violated organic food standards, Aurora president Mark Retzloff wants to muzzle foes. Fortune’s Marc Gunther reports.
By Marc Gunther, Fortune senior writer
(Fortune) – Mark Retzloff, a pioneer of the $16.7 billion organic food industry and president of Aurora Organic Dairy, lobbied for years for strict government regulation of organics. He got what he wanted - and then some.
Two months after Aurora, a Colorado-based company that makes store-brand organic milk for big retailers like Wal-Mart, Costco, Target and Safeway, settled U.S. Department of Agriculture allegations that its milk didn’t meet national organic standards, the war of words between Retzloff and his foes shows no sign of abating.
Retzloff is threatening to sue critics who claim that Aurora committed consumer fraud. 
 
Read the rest of the story at http://cornucopia.org/index.php/an-organic-milk-war-turns-sour/#more-327

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