USDA National Organic Program

The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) oversees organic agriculture in the United States. Within the United States Department of Agriculture, the NOP falls under the Agricultural Marketing Service.

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * National Organic Standards Board
 * Dean Foods Company re "Horizon Organic Milk"
 * processed food industry
 * trashing organic foods

Reports

 * "The Dairy Cow Factory Farm" / "Factory Farms", The Humane Society of the United States (accessed April 1, 2006).

Articles & Commentary

 * Rebecca Clarren, "Land of milk and money. Critics say Horizon and other mass-production dairies don't deserve the organic label -- and that the USDA needs to come up with a real definition," Salon, April 13, 2005.
 * "Stop Factory Farm Dairy Feedlots from Labeling Their Products as 'USDA Organic'," Organic Consumers Association, October 25, 2005.
 * "Investors Challenge Dean Foods/Horizon Organic Calling Factory Dairy Farms 'Organic'," Organic Consumers Association, March 2, 2006.
 * Cameron Scott, "Organic Milk Goes Corporate," KRT/Dallas Morning News (Mother Jones), April 26, 2006.
 * Jeff Brady, "Farmers Say Mega-Dairies Milk the Organic System," NPR, May 7, 2006.