USDA Stocks Organics Board with Business Reps

NewStandard by Megan Tady | Dec. 20, 2006 (News Report)

Food-safety activists are protesting the government's attempt to stack an organic-food advisory board with representatives of corporate agribusiness and food commerce. Earlier this month, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) tapped individuals who represent Campbell Soup Company, General Mills, Phillips Mushroom Farms, and Stahlbush Island Farms to join the fifteen-member panel. Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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 by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Captures most viewpoints and documents it's claims well. Very complete set of source links in a box on the right side. However, it does not document what is specifically wrong with the chosen members, other than that they have jobs. I researched Tina Ellor and find that she has been an advocate for true organic foods, for example.

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