Organic watchdog: USDA needs to step in

In a letter released today, the Cornucopia Institute asked USDA Secretary Mike Johannes to bring in a new set of administrators to heal the "very unhealthy" environment that exists among the nation's organic program and the country's organic farmers, producers and consumers. The letter comes after scathing reports from the American National Standards Institute and the agriculture department's Office of the Inspector General which criticized management of the USDA’s National Organic Program.

Read more about this in the Cornucopia News.