"Testing for residues is not common in American organic regulation. The real difference, then, between a ton of organic soybeans and a ton of conventional soybeans is the story you can tell about them."
The Great Organic-Food Fraud newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
The Great Organic-Food Fraud newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
"Organic farming has since it was codified in 1990 been vulnerable to scammers, schemers, and con artists. The story of Randy Constant is perhaps the ultimate example..."
The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Organic Farm Scams in History modernfarmer.com/2020/01/the-in…
The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Organic Farm Scams in History modernfarmer.com/2020/01/the-in…
August 19, 2019
"...scheme involved at least $142,433,475 in grain sales, and the vast majority of those sales were fraudulent."
Field of Schemes Fraud Results in Over a Decade in Federal Prison for Leader of Largest Organic Fraud Case in U.S. History
justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/f…
"...scheme involved at least $142,433,475 in grain sales, and the vast majority of those sales were fraudulent."
Field of Schemes Fraud Results in Over a Decade in Federal Prison for Leader of Largest Organic Fraud Case in U.S. History
justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/f…
August 20, 2019
"Police officers found Constant dead in a vehicle in his garage at his home in hours after federal investigators held a news conference to highlight the prison sentence..."
Coroner: Leader of large organic food scheme dies by suicide
apnews.com/article/mo-sta…
"Police officers found Constant dead in a vehicle in his garage at his home in hours after federal investigators held a news conference to highlight the prison sentence..."
Coroner: Leader of large organic food scheme dies by suicide
apnews.com/article/mo-sta…
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