Organic Consumers Association Press Center
OCA in the News
- 06/01/09 - Tips: Buying Organic Foods on the Cheap
- 06/01/09 - Enviro-Chic Gets Fashionable
- 05/31/09 - Activist of the Month: Jill Richardson is Cooking Up Change
- 05/06/09 - Leading Natural Personal Care Brand in North America Calls for Certification Standards and Enforcement to Solve Problem of Mislabeled 'Organic' Products
- 05/04/09 - Fashion is Going Green, but How Can You Tell?
- 03/13/09 - Group Finds Carcinogens in Kids Bath Products
- 03/09/09 - Do We Have What It Takes for a Sustainable Lifestyle?
- 02/27/09 - Follow-Up Tests of Leading Personal Care and Household Cleaning Brands Reveal Significant Improvements in Levels of Carcinogenic 1,4-dioxane
- 01/30/09 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Supports Genetic Engineering and Corporate Farming
- 01/29/09 - Organic Food: Growth Will Continue
- 01/16/09 - Obama's Kitchen Cabinet
- 01/15/09 - Agriculture Nominee Vilsack Splits the Organic Community
- 01/15/09 - Vilsack Hearing: More Coronation Than Confirmation--Except for the OCA
- 01/06/09 - Organic Consumers Oppose Vilsack Appointment as Agriculture Secretary
- 01/05/09 - OCA's Craig Minowa on the Year Ahead in Music and Activism
- 01/05/09 - More on Vilsack as Obama's USDA Chief
- 12/24/08 - Gifts of Organic (or Mostly) Personal Care
- 12/21/08 - Washington Post Quotes OCA on Obama's 'Small Change' Appointees
- 12/19/08 - GMW: Obama on Vilsack - the Death of Hope?
- 12/18/08 - Corporate Agriculture & Ethanol Lobby Backs Vilsack Appointment While OCA Objects
- 12/17/08 - Obama's Farm and Food Appointment
- 12/16/08 - A Busy, Controversial Year for Food Labeling
- 12/05/08 - Last Minute Rulemaking by Bush USDA Threatens Organic Farmers
- 11/25/08 - Grist Magazine Credits OCA with Killing the Vilsack Nomination: Peterson and Herseth Sandlin Remain Possibilities
- 11/25/08 - Bush 's Top Chef Criticizes OCA for Asking Obama to Appoint an Organic Chef at the White House
- 11/19/08 - OCA & Allies Call on USDA to Close Loopholes on Organic Standards for Dairy Farms
- 11/10/08 - Are You Ready to Go On a Carbon Diet?
- 11/07/08 - Yahoo Finance Quotes OCA's Ronnie Cummins on Buying Clubs for the Economic Crisis
- 11/05/08 - Organic Consumers & Companies Harassed by Drug Agents & Police
- 11/05/08 - Cornucopia Institute: USDA Trying to Put Loophole in Organic Dairy Rules Out to Pasture
- 10/15/08 - Organic Bytes Co-author on Weather Channel's "Forecast Earth"
- 10/06/08 - Food Buying Clubs Make a Comeback in Tough Economy
- 10/03/08 - California's Main Farm Paper Covers the OCA/UFW/Teamsters Fair Trade Pressure Campaign Against Beef Northwest
- 09/07/08 - US News & World Report Covers the Irradiation Controversy
- 08/26/08 - More on Organic Fraud and Need for an Organic Community Peer Review Group
- 08/25/08 - OCA & CFS Slam FDA's Bogus Move to Irradiate Lettuce & Spinach
- 08/20/08 - Local Control and Organic Solutions: Choices for a Sustainable Future
- 08/13/08 - Grocer Works to Repair Its Image
- 08/07/08 - Is Your Organic Food Really Organic?
- 08/07/08 - I-Team Investigates: Pesticide-laced Organic Foods Follow Up
- 07/31/08 - OCA & Dr. Bronner's Take on Label Fraud in the Natural & Organics Sector
- 07/31/08 - Monsanto Beets Lead to Kellogg's Boycott
- 07/30/08 - Green Patriot Radio Interview with OCA's Ronnie Cummins on Starbucks and Traveling Green
- 07/07/08 - Label Fraud Controversy Forces USDA to Admit Natural & Organic Body Care Claims Need More Scrutiny
- 07/02/08 - How to Shop for Organic Foods Without Breaking Your Budget
- 06/28/08 - Coming Clean: Struggle over Label Fraud in Organic Body Care Products
- 06/24/08 - Organic Consumers Battle Organic Label Fraud with Litigation
- 06/11/08 - California Sues 'Natural' & 'Organic' Companies Over Carcinogen in Soaps Exposed by OCA
- 06/09/08 - Organics & the Recession: Saving Money on Organic Food
- 05/27/08 - More Canadians Suffer Food Poisoning
- 05/19/08 - Affording Organics in a Time of Recession
- 05/14/08 - U.S. Using Food Crisis to Boost Bio-Engineered Crops
- 05/14/08 - Starbucks Continues to Fail on Environmental Front
- 05/13/08 - Koreans Angry that USDA is Blocking Meat Industry Tests of All Cows at Slaughter for Mad Cow Disease
- 04/30/08 - Bronner's Files Lawsuit to Stop Organic Labeling Fraud in Body Care Sector
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Recent OCA Press Releases
- 06/09/09 - Judge's Ruling Fuels Meltdown in Organic Dairy Industry
- 04/21/09 - Open Letter to Obama from the OCA, Cornucopia, & Organic Community
- 04/15/09 - Sierra Club and the Organic Consumers Association Call on President Obama to Halt GM Sugar Beets
- 04/03/09 - RELEASE: Farmers Fear Being Run over by Food Safety Juggernaut
- 03/12/09 - Congressional Hearing Ignores NAIS Failure to Address Animal Disease and Food Safety Concerns
- 03/12/09 - OCA's New Study Finds Greatly Reduced Carcinogens in Personal Care Products
- 02/27/09 - Follow-Up Tests of Leading Personal Care and Household Cleaning Brands Reveal Significant Improvements in Levels of Carcinogenic 1,4-dioxane
- 12/17/08 - OCA: Vilsack Not "Change We Can Believe In"
- 12/16/08 - OCA & 35 Other Farm, Food & Public Interest Groups & Businesses Launch Nationwide Domestic Fair Trade Association
- 11/18/08 - OCA Testimony to the NOSB on National Organic Standards (Nov. 17, 2008)
- 10/22/08 - Government's Drug War Test Kits Give False Positives on Organic and Natural Products
- 10/13/08 - Round One Legal Victory for Organic Consumers and Dr. Bronner's against "Organic Cheater" Personal Care Brands and Certifiers
- 09/30/08 - OCA and Teamsters: "Whole Foods, Be Fair to Beef Workers!"
- 09/08/08 - 'Battle In Seattle' Movie Opens Depicting 1999 Historic Shut Down of WTO Meetings--OCA & Other Green Groups Continue the Battle
- 06/10/08 - California Files Lawsuit Against Whole Foods, Avalon, and Others Whose Products Tested Positive for Carcinogenic 1,4-Dioxane in OCA Study
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