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ORGANIC BYTES 2008:
Issue #133 4/28/08 - HTML Version - PDF Version
- Fake "Organic" Bodycare Care Companies Go to Court
- Alert: (Could Be) Last Chance to Take Action on Farm Bill
- Sustainability Tip &; Quote: Rip out Your Lawn...
- How Your Diet Affects Global Climate Change
- Electric Cars Soon to Hit U.S. Market
- How to Shop at Whole Foods Market
- Celebrate World Fair Trade Day May 10
- Web Video of the Week
- Apologies: Clarification of "Organic" Companies That Did Not Test Positive for Carcinogen
- Special State Alerts: DE, DC, FL, KY, MN, MO, NJ, OH, RI, VA, WV
Issue #132 4/11/08 - PDF Version
- Alert: Put Organic Back Into "Organic" & Natural Back Into "Natural"
- Web Video: The World According to Monsanto
- Earth Week Goodies
- Call Congress Today! Support Organic and Safer Pest Management!
- Tell Cargill and ADM to Stop Supporting Child Labor Abroad
- Quick Tidbits
- UN Says Oil, Climate Change and Biofuels Producing Global Unrest
- Quote: The Silver Lining Around the Cloud of Higher Food Prices
- Breaking Chains: Share Your Stories With Us!
Issue #131 3/28/08 - PDF Version
- Alert: End Modern-Day Slavery in U.S. Fields
- OCA Threatens to Sue Body Care Companies Falsely Labeling Products as Organic
- Good News: Wal-Mart Goes rBGH-Free
- Feds Slaughter of Wild Bison Beats 20th Century Records
- Quote of the Week
- Take Action on Pesticides and Farm Bill
- Interview With Canadian Family Farmer Who Defeated Goliath Monsanto
- A Nation Built on Unsustainability - Fuel, Food, and Debt
- On the Eve of Peak Oil- How to Cut Fuel Costs
- Book of the Week: Farewell, My Subaru
Issue #130 3/14/08 - PDF Version
- Consumer Alert: Cancer-Causing Ingredient 1,4-Dioxane
Found
in Leading "Organic" and "Natural" Personal Care Products - How to Avoid 1,4-Dioxane in Your Personal Care Products
- Industry Ignores Consumer Concerns, Creates Bogus "Oasis" Organic Standard
- OCA Director Ronnie Cummins on How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis
- Farm Workers and Animal Rights Activists Lose Freedom of Speech Sustainability
- Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) 101
- Toxic Soup of Plastic Twice the Size of U.S. Forms in Ocean
- GE Fish Escape Into the Wild
- Book of the Week: The War On Bugs
- Web Program of the Week: A Closer Look at Chinese Organics
Issue #129 2/27/08 - PDF Version
- Alert: EPA Gives Factory Farms Right to Ignore Pollution Laws
- Bush League Science Exposed As Fraudulent
- Government Mutes Scientists
- Mysterious Brain Disease Strikes Factories in Two More States
- How Is the Federal Budget Like a Pile of Oreo Cookies?
- Health Implications of Fluoride in Your Drinking Water
- Cloned Meat in Food Supply
- Grow Organic Food in Your Home Year-Round
- Biodynamics 101: Going a Step Beyond USDA Organic
Issue #128 2/12/08 - PDF Version
- Health Alert: Tell the EPA to Ban the Toxic Pesticide Endosulfan
- Children Fed Non-Organic Food Have Pesticides in the Urine
- New Studies Tie Agro-Fuels to Global Warming
- Food Labeling Alert: Put the "Natural" Back in Meats Labeled As "Naturally Raised"
- How to Show Your Love Without Breaking the Bank
- Eco-Friendly Flowers Are Budding Across U.S. This Valentines
- FDA Continues Criminalization of Natural Sweetener
- Mysterious Brain Disease Surfaces at Hormel Slaughterhouse
- Quick Tidbits: Web Video of the Week & Newsletter of the Week
Issue #127 1/31/08 - PDF Version
- The Dark Side of Ethanol and Biodiesel Subsidies
- Agro-Fuel Facts
- What Is the Future of Bio-Fuels?
- Break the Chains of Toxic Pesticides and Child Slavery on Valentine's Day
- Unlabeled Allergens in Food Threaten Children's Health
- Who in the World Loves Fast Food the Most?
- Major Network Told Not to Air Program Highlighting Vaccine Problems
- Web Video of the Week: Sweet Misery - a Poisoned World
Issue #126 1/17/08 - PDF Version
- Alert: Put the Natural Back in Meats Labeled As "Naturally Raised"
- Alert Update: Consumers May Lose Right to Know if Non-Organic Milk
Is Free of Monsanto's Controversial rBGH - Web Program of the Week: Organic GE Food?
- The Top Agricultural Breakthroughs of 2007
- What Happens Within the First Hour of Drinking a Cola?
- Despite Consumer Opposition FDA Approves Food from Clones
- Mother of Four Becomes Leading Expert on Additives & Allergies
- Ten Food-Based Steps to Take to Protect Your Family's Health
- This Week's Hot Topics in OCA's Web Forum
Issue #125 1/04/08 - PDF Version
- USDA Organic' Personal Care Sales Explode
- Caribou Joins Starbucks in Phasing out rBGH
- OCA's Donation Drive Goes Into Overtime
- Splenda Goes to Court
- Solar Power Gets Affordable
- Web Videos
of the Week:
OCA National Director Speaks out on 'Farms Not Arms'
Vanishing of the Bees
The Story of Stuff - This Week's Hot Topics on OCA's Web Forum:
ORGANIC BYTES 2007:
Issue #124 12/13/2007 - PDF Version
Special Year-End Issue
Flashback: Success Stories of 2007:
- January: Dozens of "Certified Organic" Candidates Sworn Into Office
- February: Field Trials of Experimental Biotech Grass Halted
- March: Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Banned
- April: USDA Bans Cloned Foods from Organics
- May: Consumers Successfully Pressure Congress on Country of Origin Labels
- June: Factory Farm Has Organic Certification Yanked
- July: Congress Preserves Local Food and Crop Safety Laws
- August: Beer Giant Goes Organic
- September: OCA Declares Victory in Its "Frankenbucks" Campaign
- October: Class Action Lawsuit in 27 States Launched Against Factory Farms
- November: rBGH Being Driven off the Market: "rBGH-Free" Labeling Protected
- December: Massive NAIS Threat to Family Farmers Held Off
Issue #123 11/30/2007 - PDF Version
- Alert: USDA Proposes Rule Undermining Organics & Small Farms
- Quote of the Week
- Donation Drive
- Alert Update: GE Sugar in Thousands of Non-Organic Products in 2008
- Grassroots Pressure Forces PA to Back Off on "rBGH-Free" Dairy Labels
- Study: Healthy Cafeterias Save Schools Money
- Get Kids Vaccinated or Go to Jail?
- To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?
- OCA Poll Results: Is It Okay to Eat Meat?
- OCA Holiday Movie Recommendations: King Corn & What Would Jesus Buy?
- Web Video of the Week: The Friendly Face of Iran
Issue #122 11/15/2007 - PDF Version
- Alert: Milk from Clones to Hit U.S. Market Soon
- Congressman Slammed for Calling Organic Consumers "Dumb"
- Interactive Map of US Factory Farms
- Have a Green Thanksgiving - Buy Local, Organic, and Fair Trade
- Synthetic Multivitamin Sales Go Through the Roof in 2007, but Do We Really Need Them?
- Most Flu Vaccines Contain Mercury
- Quick Related Quote and Facts
- This Week's Hot Topics in OCA's Web Forum
- State Alerts:
Maine
Washington DC
California - Find out What's Happening in Your State
Issue #121 11/1/2007 - PDF Version
- Alert: Senate Prepares to Rubber Stamp "Business as Usual" Farm Bill
- Related Dumb Quote of the Week
- Lord of the Flies: "Organic" Dairy Feedlot Draws Heat Over Bumper Crop of Insects
- Sunlight Cuts Risk of Many Cancers, Especially Breast Cancer
- Carniverous or Not?
- France Bans Frankencrops
- Monsanto Tries Once Again to Force-Feed Consumers rBGH
- A Brief History of Monsanto and the US Government
- Web Video of the Week: Fascism - It Could Happen Here
- Find out What's Happening in Your State
- Answer the "OCA Challenge" From the Backbone Campaign
Issue #120 10/18/2007 - PDF Version
- Organic Consumers Sue Aurora Dairy in 27 States for Violating Organic Standards
- EPA Approves Pesticide Known to Cause Cancer & Miscarriage
- Who Advised the Approval of New Carcinogenic Pesticide?
- USDA Approves Chip Implants That Cause Cancer Tumor
- Who Approved Tumor-Causing Chips?
- Sustainability Alert: Pro-Organic Draft Farm Bill Under Attack
- Rule Requiring Pasteurization of Raw Almonds Goes Into Effect
- GE Corn Toxin Affecting Aquatic Ecosystems
- EU Blocks New GE Crops -- US Approves New GE Crops
- New Study Says Some Meat Eating Is Okay for Environment
- Your Diet Impacts Environment More Than Your Car
Issue #119 10/4/2007 - PDF Version
- Aurora Threatens Organic Consumers Association with Lawsuit
- Junk Food Company Kellogg Cleans Up its Act
- Inner City Youth Working Towards Sustainability
- Web Videos of the Week: Turning from Oil to Organics
- Breaking the Chains, Fighting Global Warming, & Ending the War
- Getting Involved with Creative Actions
- Today's Opportunities to Plant Peace
- Air Fresheners Found to Contain Toxic Chemical
Issue #118 9/20/2007 - PDF Version
- Preconditions for an Organic Future: No War, No Warming
- FDA Cracks Down on Natural Herbal Sweetener, Stevia
- Related Quote of the Week
- Get Interactive with OCA
- OCA's Potential "Organic" Factory Farm Class Action Lawsuit Builds Momentum
- Find Out What's in Your Tap Water and Move Beyond Toxic Plastic Bottles
- OCA Review: Top Tap Water Safety Testing Options
Issue #117 9/12/2007 - PDF Version
- Action Alert: Put an End to Organic Dairy Fraud--Once & For All
- important Internet News
- Alert: Genetically Engineered Sugar to Hit Stores in 2008
- Hypocrisy Quote of the Week: 180 Degree Turn in Three Months
- Grassroots Victory: Starbucks Boots Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone from its Cafes
- Do You Have Chemical Sensitivities? Your Story is Needed in OCA's Web Forum
- Industrial Agriculture is Driving Livestock Breeds to Extinction
- Planting Peace: Organic Farmers & Consumers Call for Farms not Arms
- Web Video of the Week: How the Food Industry Brainwashes Americans
Issue #116 8/23/2007 - PDF Version
- Alert: USDA Says Almonds Labeled as Raw' or 'Organic' Must Be Pasteurized
- Monsanto"s Bovine Growth Hormone Being Driven Off the Market
- New York Times Exposes USDA Sabotaging Organics
- One of World's Biggest Charities Protests US Subsidies
- Study: Food Giants Brainwashing Kids
- Readers Talk Back:
Clarification on Corporate Buyouts
Eating Ethanol Production Waste? Cows aren't Garbage Disposals - A Growing Soldiers' Rebellion that Could Stop the War
Issue #115 8/10/2007 - PDF Version
- Anheuser-Busch Pledges to Use Only Organic Hops in Its Organic Beer
- Environmental Toxins Killing 13 Million Children Per Year
- Don't Just Buy Local - Buy in Season
- Slow Food Around the World
- Coca-Cola And Cargill to Market Natural Sweetener
- Corn-Based Ethanol Adds to Global Food Crisis?
- Your Older Car May Be a Flex-Fuel Car Already
- More Info on Corporate Buyouts of Organic Companies
Issue #114 7/26/2007 - PDF Version
- Grassroots Victory: Country of Origin Labeling and NAIS
- Alert: Congress Votes On Farm Bill Today!
- More Proof That Organics Have Higher Nutritional Value
- Who Owns Your Favorite Organic Brands?
- Study Says PVC Packaging Violates Consumer Safety Laws In 19 States
- Organic Bytes Readers Talk Back: Organic Landscaping and Organic Lawns
- Scotts Miracle-grow Company Sues Small Organic Fertilizer Business
- Finding a Sunscreen That is Safe and Effective
- Chemical Companies Sued by Thousands of Sterile Farmworkers
- Listen to Barbara Kingsolver on "The Ethics of Eating"
- Your Online Organic Community is Here
Issue #113 7/12/2007 - PDF Version
- Grassroots Victory:
Congress Backs Off on Suppressing Local Rights to Regulate Food Safety - Studies of the Week:
Organic Farming Can Feed the World
Scientists Reveal That Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by One-Third - America's Chemically Dependent & Toxic Lawns
- The Best Looking Organic Lawn on the Block
- Web Videos of the Week
Organic Lawns
Harry Potter Takes On Waldemart - Your Online Organic Community is Waiting for You
- Dialing for Organic Dollars
Issue #112 6/27/2007 - PDF Version
- Alert: USDA Ignores Public Rejection of Proposal to Allow 38 Non-Organic Ingredients and Toxic Fish Oil In Foods Labeled As "USDA Organic"
- Dialing for Organic Dollars
- Corn-based Ethanol Adds to Global Food Crisis
- Quote of the Week
- Feed the Hungry at the Gas Pump
- Alert: The 2007 Farm Bill: Sustainable Agriculture or Corporate Welfare
- NAIS Alert: Keep 'Big Brother' Out of Farm Bill
- Soil Is One Secret Solution to Global Warming
- Your Online Organic Community Has Arrived
Issue #111 6/14/2007 - PDF Version
- Horizon Announces Further Losses As OCA Boycott Continues
- Targets of OCA's Ongoing "Organic" Factory Farm Dairy Boycott
- Success! Factory Farm Dairy Supplying Horizon Loses Organic Certification
- Congress Considering Nearly $200 Million Funding for Organics
- OCA Launches New Web Forum: Your Online Organic Community Has Arrived
- USDA's Newest Sneak Attack on Organic Standards
- Recent History of USDA Organic Lawbreaking
- Your Help Is Still Needed
Issue #110 5/31/2007 - PDF Version
- ALERT: Monsanto & Big Food Attack Local Rights to Regulate Food and Crops
- Venezuela Moves to Ban Frankencrops
- ALERT UPDATE: OCA's Boycott of Horizon Continues as Company's Stock Plummets
- Planet's Population is Now More Urban than Rural
- Cancer-causing Benzene in Soda Drinks
- Watch Michael Moore's Interview and Take Action for Health Care for All
- Green Consumers Can't Find Green Goods
- Canadians Make it Official: Tea is Good for You
Issue #109 5/17/2007 - PDF Version
- ALERT: ANOTHER SNEAK ATTACK ON ORGANIC STANDARDS
- STOP CONGRESS FROM CUTTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
- CATASTROPHIC BEE COLONY COLLAPSE IS NOT AFFECTING ORGANIC HIVES
- MORE WAYS TO PREPARE FOR PEAK OIL
- WHEN THE ENTIRE PLANET SHOPS AT WAL-MART
- 100% PURE FRUIT JUICE IS NO LONGER LINKED TO OBESITY
- AVOIDING FRUIT JUICE SCAMS
- ORGANIC BYTES READERS TALK BACK
- SOAP, DRUGS, AND ROCK & ROLL
- TOOLS FOR CHANGING THE WORLD
- ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION ON MTV
Issue #108 5/4/2007 - PDF Version
- TELL CONGRESS WE WANT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELS ON OUR FOOD
- PET FOOD CONTAMINATION MOVES INTO USA MEAT SUPPLY
- MORE REASONS TO BUY LOCAL
- COMEDY CENTRAL PARODIES THE RBGH CONTROVERSY
- FIVE TOP METHODS TO REDUCE YOUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT WHEN SHOPPING
- ORGANIC BYTES READERS TALK BACK:
IS THE FDA GOING TO START REGULATING VEGGIE JUICE AND HOLY WATER?
WHY HAVEN'T I RECEIVED YOUR ORGANIC BYTES EMAILS? - ALERT: IT'S TIME TO PHASE OUT THE POISONOUS PLASTIC PVC
Issue #107 4/20/2007 - PDF Version
- FDA SEEKS TO REMOVE LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATED
FOODS
- FDA SAYS ALMONDS LABELED AS 'RAW' CAN ACTUALLY BE PASTEURIZED
- NEW PROPOSED USDA ORGANIC REGULATIONS COULD DRIVE
THOUSANDS OF SMALL ORGANIC FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS - FDA FORCED TO EXTEND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON FOOD FROM CLONES
- FDA RELEASES 'GUIDANCE' DOCUMENT REGARDING POLICING OF NATURAL HEALTH
- CONSUMER REPORTS SURVEY FINDS MOST U.S. CITIZENS
HEAVILY DISSATISFIED WITH FDA - TIP OF THE WEEK: ASK FOR ORGANIC PET FOOD
Issue #106 4/6/2007 - PDF Version
- MONSANTO WANTS TO MAKE RBGH LABELING ILLEGAL
- USDA TO BAN CLONED FOODS FROM ORGANICS
- SHOPPER'S GUIDE - BUY ORGANIC & AVOID THE "DIRTY DOZEN" FRUITS & VEGETABLES
- MAD COW SAFETY TESTS LIKELY TO INCREASE THANKS TO USDA LOSING LAWSUIT
- OCA TALKS ABOUT CLONED FOOD ON THE DAILY SHOW
- JUNK FOOD INDUSTRY APPLAUDES ITSELF FOR YEARS OF "ETHICAL" ADVERTISING TO CHILDREN
- APRIL 14th IS NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- U.S. FAMILY FARMERS CAN'T COMPETE WITH BIG PROCESSORS & IMPORTED ORGANICS
- ORGANIC BYTES READERS TALK BACK
Issue #105 3/22/2007 - PDF Version
- USDA & LEADING ORGANIC DAIRIES CONSPIRING TO DEGRADE ORGANIC DAIRY STANDARDS BY NOT REQUIRING PASTURE FEEDING
- USDA TO APPROVE RICE ENGINEERED WITH HUMAN GENES
- PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: ANTIBACTERIAL HAND CLEANSERS
- FEDERAL COURT BANS MONSANTO'S GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALFALFA
- STEP IT UP! NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- SAN FRANCISCO MAY BE FIRST IN NATION TO REGULATE GROCERY BAGS
- WITH SPRING'S ARRIVAL COMES ORGANIC GARDEN PLANNING:
300 ORGANIC GARDEN TIPS - MIND-BENDING SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF THE WEEK
- ORGANIC BYTES READERS TALK BACK
Issue #104 3/8/2007 - PDF Version
- TOXIC CHEMICAL BPA LEACHING INTO CANNED FOODS
- HOW TO AVOID BPA
- JOURNAL OF AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAYS SYNTHETIC SUPPLEMENTS ARE DANGEROUS
- SOME OF THE 100 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PREPARE YORSELF FOR PEAK OIL
- BEES MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARING ACROSS THE U.S.
- PLANTING PEACE: STOP THE WAR: PLEASE CALL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES FRIDAY, MARCH 9th
- FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE ESSAY AND ART CONTEST
- HAVE YOU SUFFERED A NEGATIVE REACTION FROM SPLENDA? REPORT IT HERE!
Issue #103 2/22/2007 - PDF Version
- DEMAND A NEW "TRUTH-IN-LABELING" STANDARD FOR VITAMINS/SUPPLEMENTS
- HOW "NATURAL" OR "ORGANIC" ARE YOUR VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS?
- FDA STILL ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON APPROVAL OF CLONED FOODS
- PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: CHILDREN'S PLASTIC LUNCH BOXES
- ENDING BOTTLED WATER ADDICTION WILL SAVE MONEY & ENVIRONMENT
- PLANTING PEACE
- MONSANTO FINED FOR FALSE ADVERTISING
- WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS TO BE PROTECTED UNDER NEW GLOBAL STANDARD
- SENATE POISED TO CUT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROGRAM FUNDING
- AMLA: MEDICINAL FOOD & SOURCE OF HIGH QULAITY VITAMIN C
Issue #102 2/8/2007 - PDF Version
- TAKE A STAND FOR LOVE & JUSTICE ON VALENTINES DAY
- FAIR TRADE AND ORGANIC CHOCOLATES AND FLOWERS
- PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: KRAFT "REAL" CHEESE
- FEDERAL COURT HALTS GENETICALLY ENGINEERED GRASS FIELD TRIALS
- HEALTH TIP OF THE WEEK: A CUP A DAY WILL KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY
- QUOTE OF THE WEEK: DR. ROYAL LEE: CRUSADER FOR ORGANIC, NATURALLY OCCURRING FOODS AND SUPPLEMENTS
- MOST POPULAR "FRUIT" PRODUCTS BEAR NO FRUIT
- AFFORDABLE BACKYARD WIND POWER NOW AVAILABLE
- ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE FARMING INCREASES YIELDS BY 79% OR MORE
- WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK: WHAT COLOR IS YOUR MEAT?
- BOOK OF THE WEEK: WHAT'S IN YOUR MILK?
Issue #101 1/25/2007 - PDF Version
- PLANTING PEACE: WHY ORGANIC CONSUMERS MUST SPEAK OUT AGAINST WAR & GLOBAL WARMING
- WAL-MART "ORGANICS"
- HUMAN GUINEA PIGS EAT APE DIET
- VITAMIN MYTH EXPOSED
- THE MEAT YOU EAT IS CRANKING UP THE HEAT
- WHEN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY FALLS INTO THE WRONG HANDS
- WHAT'S IN YOUR MILK?
- WEB VIDEOS OF THE WEEK (FOR MOUTHS ONLY): "MOUTHS OF THE WORLD DEMAND REAL ORGANIC FOOD" &"MERCURY VAPORS FROM YOUR DENTAL FILLINGS"
- LOVELY THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: GIVE FAIR TRADE AND ORGANIC CHOCOLATE AND FLOWERS THIS VALENTINES DAY
- ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (VALENTINES CARDS FOR THE ECO-MINDED)
- PLANTING PEACE ALERT
Issue #100 1/11/2007 - PDF Version
- OCA
LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN: NUTRI-CON
THE TRUTH ABOUT VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS - RECOMMENDED READING FOR THE WEEK: VITAMIN MYTH EXPOSED
- HELP SET ORGANIC STANDARDS AND WIN A MOUNTAIN BIKE
- PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: CAPRI-SUN "NATURAL" BEVERAGES
- FRANKEN-WINES TO HIT U.S. THIS YEAR
- WEIRD SCIENCE: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CANNIBAL COWS
- TIP OF THE WEEK: HOW TO FEED YOURSELF
- WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: MONITORING WASHINGTON'S 'REVOLVING DOOR'
- QUICK FACT OF THE WEEK: NATIONAL DEBT

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