Mark Kastel is co-founder of The Cornucopia Institute and director of its Organic Integrity Project. He worked for agribusiness giants International Harvester and J.I. Case before making the paradigm shift to sustainable farming. He lives on a 160-acre organic farm in the rugged hills of southwestern Wisconsin, near the tiny burg of Rockton.
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USDA Secrecy and Corporate Agribusiness: Why Should Organics be Different?
Mark Kastel
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