[permaculture] For organic fruit growers and market farmers in this list: USDA Takes Over Organic Program Eroding Organic Standards to Benefit Big Food | May 4, 2014
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Subject: [permaculture] For organic fruit growers and market farmers in this list: USDA Takes Over Organic Program Eroding Organic Standards to Benefit Big Food | May 4, 2014
"USDA Takes Control over the National Organic Standards Board
When the National Organic Standards Board met in San Antonio this week,
USDA representative Miles McEvoy took control over the chairmanship of the
meeting. As Food Democracy Now! reported:
USDA representative Miles McEvoy has illegally taken over the meeting by
appointing himself as meeting “co-chair” in an effort to erode the
authority of, and control the decisions made by allegedly independent, NOSB
members as spelled out in the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA) of
1990.[4]
When the meeting began, McEvoy used his new position as co-chairman to
explain the new setup. He told the members of the National Organic Standard
Board:
The NOSB has only an “advisory” role governing organic standards and USDA
staff sets all agenda items and makes all decisions.[5]"
[permaculture] For organic fruit growers and market farmers in this list: USDA Takes Over Organic Program Eroding Organic Standards to Benefit Big Food | May 4, 2014,
Lawrence London, 05/05/2014