Another producer gets prison for organic fraud

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Fresno—Another California fertilizer company owner - the second in less than a month - has been sentenced to prison for manufacturing and selling fertilizers falsely represented at organic. Kenneth Noel Nelson Jr., 59, of Bakersfield, was sentenced Nov. 19 in federal court to 6V2 years in prison. Nelson, who operated Port Organic Products and a string of affiliated businesses, also will be required after his prison term is completed to serve three years of supervised release, forfeit three automobiles, and pay a personal money judgment of $9 million.