When so-called ‘organic’ dairies cheat, real organic dairy farmers and consumers
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[[link removed]]ADD YOUR NAME! Stop fake organic dairies from ‘cow flipping.’



Dear Supporter,



Good news! The National Organic Program (NOP) is revisiting a proposal that
would help organic dairy farmers who play by the rules by making it harder for
organic imposters to cheat the system—and ultimately cheat consumers.

The proposal is called the Origin of Livestock rule. But we call it the “cow
flipping” rule.

The NOP needs to hear today from consumers: It’s time to close the “cow
flipping” loophole in organic dairy that lets the biggest farms produce dirt
cheap “organic” milk using dirty tricks.

SIGN THE PETITION: Tell the National Organic Program: No more cow flipping!
Finalize the Origin of Livestock Rule and close the loopholes that let Big
Organic dairies cheat family farmers and consumers.

TAKE ACTION
[[link removed]]Here’s the deal. Under organic regulations, certified organic milk must come
from cows that have been continuously managed under organic practices for at
least one year.

The Origin of Livestock Rule allows conventional dairy farmers who want to
transition to organic to bring their entire (young and old animals) conventional
herd under organic practices. Once the cows have been managed organically for
one year, the milk can be certified organic.

The Origin of Livestock Rule was intended to allow farmers to make this
transition once.

But some organic certifiers are “interpreting” the rule differently—and allowing
dairies to continually transition, by taking calves out of organic management
(because it costs less to raise them conventionally) and then transitioning them
back to organic when they’re old enough to be milked.

In other words, “flipping” them out of organic, then back into organic.

Conventional dairy farmers have been in crisis for awhile now. Largely because
industry consolidation—the big getting bigger—has made it hard for family
farmers to compete against factory farm dairies that benefit from economies of
scale.

Organic dairy farmers used to fare better, because they could charge a premium
for certified organic milk.

But then consolidation
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cutting corners—and undercutting the prices that authentic organic dairies had
to charge.

Now, both conventional and organic small dairy farmers are being forced to sell farms
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As for consumers, they’re getting an inferior product, produced by factory
farm-style organic dairies that skirt the rules.

It’s time to clean up organic dairy by setting—and enforcing—the same high
standards for all organic dairies, large or small.

SIGN THE PETITION: Tell the National Organic Program: No more cow flipping!
Finalize the Origin of Livestock Rule and close the loopholes that let Big
Organic dairies cheat family farmers and consumers.

TAKE ACTION
[[link removed]]Thank you!

Alexis, for the OCA team.

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