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The Great HPV Vaccine Hoax Exposed
A NaturalNews Special Report by Mike Adams
http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_HPV_Vaccine_0.html
(NaturalNews) For the last several years, HPV vaccines have been
marketed to the public and mandated in compulsory injections for young
girls in several states based on the idea that they prevent cervical
cancer. Now, NaturalNews has obtained documents from the FDA and other
sources (see below) which reveal that the FDA […]
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Organic History, Circa 1963
Here’s one of the earliest recorded discussions of organic food by regulators in the state of California. Ray Green, manager of the organic program for the state department of agriculture, tells me he saved it on the way to the shredder. Click image to enlarge:
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Original post by Samuel Fromartz and software by Elliott Back
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What Makes a Cow Organic?
The following was written by an organic dairy farmer in Truxton,
N.Y., who is also active in the Northeast Organic Dairy Farmers
Association. ChewsWise welcomes comments from other organic
producers or industry participants with varying points of view.
By Kathie Arnold
What makes a cow organic? The answer has certainly been controversial over the last several years, especially when it […]
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Organic Diary Farmers Blast USDA, Aurora
The Federation of Organic Dairy Farmers (FOOD Farmers) issued a blistering attack (pdf) on the USDA and Aurora Organic Dairy (AOD) Tuesday, criticizing the plea bargain they had reached settling 14 alleged violations of the organic regulations by Aurora. The charges were made in a publicly released letter to Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner.
FOOD Farmers […]
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A Few “Inconvenient Truths” about Aurora Organic
In a rebuttal to my Op-Ed in the Rocky Mountain News, Aurora Organic Dairy President Mark Retzloff would have us believe that he has the best interests of organic agriculture and consumers in mind.
He does not.
This dispute started because organic dairy farmers around the nation were alarmed at Aurora’s organic dairy practices. To be sure, […]
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Big Organic Bull
By Samuel Fromartz
The dust up over Aurora Organic Dairy’s alleged misdeeds in the organic dairy business has kicked into full gear.
The latest missive flew out Tuesday, as one of Aurora’s certifiers, Quality Assurance International (QAI), said it did nothing wrong even though a farm and milk it certified were cited by the USDA in […]
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Certifiers, USDA dropped ball
Here’s a an op-ed published I wrote for the Rocky Mountain News focusing on the recent agreement between Aurora Organic Dairy and the USDA.
By Samuel Fromartz
September 8, 2007
After
years of complaints and aggressive public advocacy, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture last week did what it should have done long ago: It
forced the largest […]
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USDA Gets Tough on Giant Organic Dairy
By Samuel Fromartz
After years of complaints and aggressive advocacy by the Cornucopia Institute and organic dairy farmers, the USDA did what it should have done long ago: it got the largest private-label organic milk company in the nation, Aurora Organic, to agree to reform its farming practices. It also threatened to revoke Aurora’s organic certification […]
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