Huge organic dairy farm may fall short of USDA standards
Mammoth farms, such as Aurora Organic Dairy’s 15,000-cow High Plains complex, can illustrate “critical weaknesses in the unorthodox inspection system that the Agriculture Department uses to ensure that ‘organic’ food really is organic,” says the Washington Post. In a front-page story, the Post says eight visits to High Plains from August to October 2016 raised doubts about whether… » Read More
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