Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) received a six-page profile of its background and history in the ''Journal of Agricultural & Food Information'' in 2008.http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10496500802122811#.Uf4zj9LVC1w The group got its start in 1998 when the USDA tried to implement flawed organic standardshttp://books.google.com/books?id=YtldfGaOJ5IC&lpg=PA269&pg=PA269#v=onepage&q&f=false and they fought back with a "Save Organic Standards" campaign that resulted in the USDA getting more comments than any other topic in history.http://books.google.com/books?id=D00xd8qNUvYC&lpg=PA132&pg=PA132#v=onepage&q&f=false  Their notability was established right out of the gate. Then, they achieved international fame in the media when they campaigned against Starbucks in 2001 with a national boycott,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nyYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D9AEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2436%2C9472769 at which time the ''Wall Street Journal'' and other pro-business sources went after them, giving them even more notable coverage.  In 2007, the WSJ called the OCA "one of the leading opponents of rBGH" against its use by Starbucks,  highlighting the notability of their campaign. In 2002, South Africa's ''Mail & Guardian'' cited them as representative of the organic lobbyhttp://www.mg.co.za/article/2002-01-01-labelled-organic-foods-branded-as-misleading and the 2007 book ''The Debate over Corporate Social Responsibility'' cited their 2003 campaign as one of the best examples of armchair activism.http://books.google.com/books?id=wrDJpCuodNwC&lpg=PA245&ots=5aZqtOG2Xd&pg=PA245#v=onepage&q&f=false For the last decade, publications like ''USA Today'' and ''The New York Times'' cite the OCA regularly regarding  boycotts and lawsuits. The group received an enormous amount of coverage in 2005 when they (along with Bronner's Magic Soap) filed a lawsuit against the USDA over the right to use the organic label,http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2005-08-24-organic-usat_x.htm and their "Coming Clean Campaign" made it into the history books.http://books.google.com/books?id=Vat73WaVnmoC&lpg=PA84&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=aaVW5dk8GkMC&lpg=PA135&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q&f=false  The debate over the definition of organic food used by the USDA led to a lawsuit by organic farmer Arthur Harvey which resulted in significant coverage of the OCA's role in the debate.http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/food_fight/http://books.google.com/books?id=ZhzoTTqwUSoC&lpg=PA246&pg=PA246#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Chemical Week''  cited the OCA as a source on the 1,4-dioxane controversy back in 2008. (March 24, 2008, p. 50)  The group has also become one of the largest backers of GMO labeling laws, with ''Biotech Week'' saying in 2012 that  "The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has been a key funding and organizing driver of the GMO labeling effort" for Proposition 37. (September 5, 2012 p. 168)  Even their biggest critics recognize this role.http://books.google.com/books?id=Qbn0Scfw1gQC&lpg=PA15&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false The OCA are also one of the largest critics of GMO foods and Monsanto, and they appear as public interest representatives in the major news media virtually every day.  Just last week alone, they were quoted by the ''New York Times'' on the GMO issue,  and ''Russia Today'' conducted an entire segment with their spokesperson. Many news media sources also refer to the OCA as an authoritative source on organic products.http://www.nj.com/homegarden/homestories/index.ssf/2008/04/aborga19.html  Both the ''Wall Street Journal'' and ''Western Farm Press'' (February 19, 2011) have vilified the organization and its spokespeople, giving them additional notability.  Writer Harry Cline of ''Western Farm Press'' dedicated his entire column to attacking the group. ''The Humanist'' listed the OCA as a group whose "top priorities" include "efforts to push back against corporate rule by denying corporations the same rights as people". (February 19, 2011, p. 4)  The ''Food Safety'' reference book confirms this claim in a spotlight piece on OCA's national director and the group.http://books.google.com/books?id=D00xd8qNUvYC&lpg=PA132&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=D00xd8qNUvYC&lpg=PA132&pg=PA132#v=onepage&q&f=false Their fight against child labor was also covered by ''Pediatrics Week''. (December 24, 2011 p. 81)  These sources are a very small sample (and only a few campaigns are mentioned here) from an enormous number of sources about this organization, and one look at Google Books and Google Scholar shows that the OCA is cited in virtually every academic journal article and/or book on the subject of organic food certification.  Based on this very small sample of sources supporting the article on this group, I am curious how the nominator could argue that it doesn't meet .  Perhaps he has not heard of 
— User:Viriditas, 12:10, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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