CORNUCOPIA, Wis., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter today, the Cornucopia Institute informed the USDA of their intention to file suit in federal district court accusing the agency of ignoring the organic regulations, and the intent of Congress, by their failure to enforce the law.
The impending lawsuit is the latest salvo in a seven-year-long dispute between organic family farmers and the USDA. "A wide cross section of the organic industry has repeatedly petitioned the USDA to crack down on an increasing number of industrial-scale factory-farms that are producing 'organic' milk," said Mark Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst at the Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute.