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iowafarmer.com - 1/29/2009
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For the last eight years, Bush administration officials at the USDA have been widely criticized for "monkeywrenching" the National Organic Program. They have been accused of not enforcing the law and, among other improprieties, allowing giant factory farms to produce organic milk, meat, and eggs.
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