States Look to Ban Efforts to Reveal Farm Abuse
The New York Times By A. G. SULZBERGER Undercover videos showing grainy, sometimes shocking images of sick or injured livestock have become a favorite tool of animal rights organizations to expose what they consider illegal or inhumane treatment of animals. Made by animal rights advocates posing as farm workers, such videos have prompted meat recalls, […]
Watchdog Claims Organic Valley, Herbruck’s Violating Federal Organic Standards
Factory Farm Egg Production, without Mandated Outdoor Access, Challenged CORNUCOPIA, Wis. The Cornucopia Institute announced it has filed a formal legal complaint with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), alleging that one of the nation’s largest industrial egg producers, Michigan-based Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, is violating the federal organic standards by confining their laying hens […]
“Ecoterrorists” Fighting Toxic Sludge Demand Apology from Sewage Disposal Industry
Practice Explicitly Banned in Organics but Legal and Conventional Food Food Rights Network John Stauber, Senior Adviser, Food Rights Network Sally Brown and BioCycle Magazine, Supporters of Growing Food in Sewage Sludge, Call Organic Food Advocates “Ecoterrorists” Organic Consumers Association and Food Rights Network Demand Retraction at April 12 BioCycle Conference (Brown Headlining) SAN DIEGO–Leading […]
The Cornucopia Institute’s Official Comments to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
Cornucopia’s comments pursuant to the agenda for their upcoming semiannual NOSB meeting, April 26-29 in Seattle, Washington. Please click on this link to review Cornucopia’s comments on new animal welfare regulations that would either pave the way for factory farming or maintain the organic regulations as the “gold standard” in livestock agriculture. This link will […]
GM Maize ‘Has Polluted Rivers Across the United States’
Independent.co.uk By Steve Connor, Science Editor An insecticide used in genetically modified (GM) crops grown extensively in the United States and other parts of the world has leached into the water of the surrounding environment. The insecticide is the product of a bacterial gene inserted into GM maize and other cereal crops to protect them […]
(ALERT OVER) Stop the Corporate Takeover of Organics
Send Your Comments to the National Organic Standards Board – Comments Due April 10! – The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), which advises the Secretary of Agriculture on organic policy and rulemaking, is considering several changes to the USDA’s organic standards that would water down organics, catering to corporate interests. We cannot allow corporate-backed members […]
