USDA Organic: The Era of Enforcement

In her keynote address on June 17, Deputy USDA Secretary Kathleen Merrigan told the crowd at All Things Organic that the USDA is entering ” an era of enforcement” where organics is concerned.

Dude. Did you hear that warning shot? It was loud and clear to me. Now, who do you think got a cannonball sailing over their prow? Which problematic “organic” companies or agricultural operations do you think the DepSec was picturing in her brain when she used the phrase Era of Enforcement?

List your nominations in the comments below, please.

About El Dragón

Barth Anderson is chief blogger at Fair Food Fight. He has roughly 20 years experience with the natural foods industry, working as grocery stocker, produce buyer, marketer, and organic certification coordinator at various natural foods co-ops across the country. His two novels, THE PATRON SAINT OF PLAGUES and THE MAGICIAN AND THE FOOL (Bantam) are available through Amazon.com.

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