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- 12/17/08 - OCA: Vilsack Not "Change We Can Believe In"
- 12/16/08 - OCA & 35 Other Farm, Food & Public Interest Groups & Businesses Launch Nationwide Domestic Fair Trade Association
- 11/18/08 - OCA Testimony to the NOSB on National Organic Standards (Nov. 17, 2008)
- 10/22/08 - Government's Drug War Test Kits Give False Positives on Organic and Natural Products
- 10/13/08 - Round One Legal Victory for Organic Consumers and Dr. Bronner's against "Organic Cheater" Personal Care Brands and Certifiers
- 09/30/08 - OCA and Teamsters: "Whole Foods, Be Fair to Beef Workers!"
- 09/08/08 - 'Battle In Seattle' Movie Opens Depicting 1999 Historic Shut Down of WTO Meetings--OCA & Other Green Groups Continue the Battle
- 06/10/08 - California Files Lawsuit Against Whole Foods, Avalon, and Others Whose Products Tested Positive for Carcinogenic 1,4-Dioxane in OCA Study
- 05/27/08 - OCA Files Letter With USDA Supporting Demands for Investigation of Horizon's "Organic" Factory Farms
- 05/13/08 - Clout-Heavy Dean Foods Kills USDA Investigation of Their Horizon Label
- 04/29/08 - Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Files Lawsuit Against Major 'Organic' Cheater Brands
- 03/26/08 - Press Release: OCA and Dr. Bronner's Offer Companies a Contract to Address Organic Misbranding and Labeling in Personal Care
- 03/17/08 - OCA PRESS RELEASE: Carcinogenic 1,4-Dioxane Found in Leading "Organic" Brand Personal Care Products
- 01/27/08 - Open Letter to Congress About Hidden Allergens in Unlabeled Genetically Engineered Foods
- 11/29/07 - OCA & Allies Open Letter to Pennsylvania Governor on rBGH-Free Dairy Labels
- 10/17/07 - Organic Consumers Launch Nationwide Lawsuit in 27 States Against Aurora Organic Dairy for Violating Organic Standards
OCA In the News
- 01/15/09 - Vilsack Hearing: More Coronation Than Confirmation--Except for the OCA
- 01/06/09 - Organic Consumers Oppose Vilsack Appointment as Agriculture Secretary
- 01/05/09 - OCA's Craig Minowa on the Year Ahead in Music and Activism
- 01/05/09 - More on Vilsack as Obama's USDA Chief
- 12/24/08 - Gifts of Organic (or Mostly) Personal Care
- 12/21/08 - Washington Post Quotes OCA on Obama's 'Small Change' Appointees
- 12/19/08 - GMW: Obama on Vilsack - the Death of Hope?
- 12/18/08 - Corporate Agriculture & Ethanol Lobby Backs Vilsack Appointment While OCA Objects
- 12/17/08 - Obama's Farm and Food Appointment
- 12/16/08 - A Busy, Controversial Year for Food Labeling
- 12/05/08 - Last Minute Rulemaking by Bush USDA Threatens Organic Farmers
- 11/25/08 - Grist Magazine Credits OCA with Killing the Vilsack Nomination: Peterson and Herseth Sandlin Remain Possibilities
- 11/25/08 - Bush 's Top Chef Criticizes OCA for Asking Obama to Appoint an Organic Chef at the White House
- 11/19/08 - OCA & Allies Call on USDA to Close Loopholes on Organic Standards for Dairy Farms
- 11/10/08 - Are You Ready to Go On a Carbon Diet?
- 11/07/08 - Yahoo Finance Quotes OCA's Ronnie Cummins on Buying Clubs for the Economic Crisis
- 11/05/08 - Organic Consumers & Companies Harassed by Drug Agents & Police
- 11/05/08 - Cornucopia Institute: USDA Trying to Put Loophole in Organic Dairy Rules Out to Pasture
- 10/15/08 - Organic Bytes Co-author on Weather Channel's "Forecast Earth"
- 10/06/08 - Food Buying Clubs Make a Comeback in Tough Economy
- 10/03/08 - California's Main Farm Paper Covers the OCA/UFW/Teamsters Fair Trade Pressure Campaign Against Beef Northwest
- 09/07/08 - US News & World Report Covers the Irradiation Controversy
- 08/26/08 - More on Organic Fraud and Need for an Organic Community Peer Review Group
- 08/25/08 - OCA & CFS Slam FDA's Bogus Move to Irradiate Lettuce & Spinach
- 08/20/08 - Local Control and Organic Solutions: Choices for a Sustainable Future
- 08/13/08 - Grocer Works to Repair Its Image
- 08/07/08 - Is Your Organic Food Really Organic?
- 08/07/08 - I-Team Investigates: Pesticide-laced Organic Foods Follow Up
- 07/31/08 - OCA & Dr. Bronner's Take on Label Fraud in the Natural & Organics Sector
- 07/31/08 - Monsanto Beets Lead to Kellogg's Boycott
- 07/30/08 - Green Patriot Radio Interview with OCA's Ronnie Cummins on Starbucks and Traveling Green
- 07/07/08 - Label Fraud Controversy Forces USDA to Admit Natural & Organic Body Care Claims Need More Scrutiny
- 07/02/08 - How to Shop for Organic Foods Without Breaking Your Budget
- 06/28/08 - Coming Clean: Struggle over Label Fraud in Organic Body Care Products
- 06/24/08 - Organic Consumers Battle Organic Label Fraud with Litigation
- 06/11/08 - California Sues 'Natural' & 'Organic' Companies Over Carcinogen in Soaps Exposed by OCA
- 06/09/08 - Organics & the Recession: Saving Money on Organic Food
- 05/27/08 - More Canadians Suffer Food Poisoning
- 05/19/08 - Affording Organics in a Time of Recession
- 05/14/08 - U.S. Using Food Crisis to Boost Bio-Engineered Crops
- 05/14/08 - Starbucks Continues to Fail on Environmental Front
- 05/13/08 - Koreans Angry that USDA is Blocking Meat Industry Tests of All Cows at Slaughter for Mad Cow Disease
- 04/30/08 - Bronner's Files Lawsuit to Stop Organic Labeling Fraud in Body Care Sector
- 04/25/08 - The High Price of Going 'Organic'
- 04/11/08 - How to Avoid the Eco-Imposters
- 04/10/08 - NaturalNews.com, OCA , & Mercola.com Rated as Most 'Trustworthy' Health News Websites in the USA
- 04/03/08 - Study Finds Chemical in Natural Personal Care Products
- 03/24/08 - Wal-Mart Move 'TIpping Point' for Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
- 03/22/08 - Exclusive Interview with Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association, on 1,4-Dioxane Contamination of Organic Products
- 03/22/08 - The Selling of Organic
- 03/18/08 - Cancer-Causing Contaminant Soils Cleaning Products
- 03/17/08 - LA Times Covers OCA's Expose of Carcinogens
- 03/14/08 - Washington Post Covers OCA Exposure of Cancer Causing Chemical in Bogus Organic & Natural Body Care Products
- 03/12/08 - U.S. Organic Food Industry Developing Plans to Deal with Increasing GMO Contamination