The Manic Organic Panic: First Amendment Freedoms and Farming or the Attack of the Agriculture Appropriations Rider

摘要

Again, behind closed doors, without a single vote or debate, the Organic Foods Production Act was amended at the behest of large food processors without the benefit of the organic community reaching a compromise. To rush provisions into the law that have not been properly vetted, that fail to close loopholes, and that do not reflect a consensus, only undermines the integrity of the National Organic Program.