Cornucopia Institute » Video Gallery http://www.cornucopia.org Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:55:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Farmer and the Cook http://www.cornucopia.org/2010/03/farmer-and-the-cook/ http://www.cornucopia.org/2010/03/farmer-and-the-cook/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:43:22 +0000 The Cornucopia Institute http://www.cornucopia.org/?p=2647

Longtime organic farmer, journalist, Inspector, community leader, and raconteur, Steve Sprinkel (and Cornucopia board member) makes a cameo appearance on CNN as the farmer, along with his wife,, Olivia Chase, in the up-and-coming restaurant the Farmer and Chef, in Southern California. Sure does look good to us Northerners in the winter!

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Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK48CZWnQw8
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewctwJQhpsw

]]> http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/11/video-mark-kastels-speech-at-wedge-co-op/feed/ 0 USDA Secretary Vilsack at Organic Dairy Emergency Rally—Commits to Fairness/Enforcement Crackdown on Factory Farms http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/08/usda-secretary-vilsack-at-organic-dairy-emergency-rally-commits-to-fairnessenforcement-crackdown-on-factory-farms/ http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/08/usda-secretary-vilsack-at-organic-dairy-emergency-rally-commits-to-fairnessenforcement-crackdown-on-factory-farms/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:42:16 +0000 admin http://www.cornucopia.org/?p=1826

Bottled water at four times the price of milk??? Witness organic dairy farmers, sometimes tearfully, pleading their case to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack …. and the Secretary appears at the rally and directly responds. Powerful!

The rally took place on July 16 at the La Crosse County Fairgrounds in West Salem, Wisconsin.

Vilsack was gracious in his response to the farmers and went on the record committing to leveling the playing field for small and medium-size producers, enforcing the organic standards and bringing in new management at the National Organic Program that shares our values. Now it is incumbent upon us to make sure that the Department follows through—on an immediate basis—this is a legitimate emergency!

Please blast this blurb and link (http://www.cornucopia.org/category/video-gallery/) out to family, friends and colleagues. We hope it will motivate farmers and consumers to stand in support with organic dairy farmers, many of whom face the loss of their land and farms due to a glut of milk from illegal factory dairies milking as many as 7200 cows each.

In the world of YouTube the more hits we can generate on this video, the higher the ranking, and the more people will be exposed to this crisis. Hopefully we will generate more patronage for organic dairy brands that exclusively buy their milk from family farmers as opposed to the factory farm scofflaws.

Our thanks to Greta Wing-Miller and Aarick Beher, of DowntownDailies.com, for the dynamic, professionally-produced video production.

We must stand in solidarity with the hard-working dairy families whose livelihoods are now at risk.

Thanks very sincerely for your support!

Mark A. Kastel
Senior Farm Policy Analyst
The Cornucopia Institute

]]> http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/08/usda-secretary-vilsack-at-organic-dairy-emergency-rally-commits-to-fairnessenforcement-crackdown-on-factory-farms/feed/ 0 Recession Touches Organic Dairy Farming http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/07/recession-touches-organic-dairy-farming/ http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/07/recession-touches-organic-dairy-farming/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:43:23 +0000 The Cornucopia Institute http://www.cornucopia.org/?p=1584 Excellent video of organic dairy farm in Vermont with Brent and Regina Beidler discussing the current economic challenges they face that have already driven some out of business. The one element that the reporter missed in covering this issue is a tremendous quantity of milk being produced by factory farms owned by Aurora, horizon and others. Making up an estimated 30-40% of the market these corporations have used this oversupply to force prices down and met his squeezing some family farmers Jan the breaking point

Click here to watch the video.

]]> http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/07/recession-touches-organic-dairy-farming/feed/ 0 Mark Kastel’s Recent Radio/Video Interview With Michael James http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/06/mark-kastels-recent-radiovideo-interview-with-michael-james/ http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/06/mark-kastels-recent-radiovideo-interview-with-michael-james/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:34:45 +0000 admin http://www.cornucopia.org/?p=1574 mark_kastelMark Kastel’s recent radio/video interview with Michael James, host of the live radio show broadcast from Chicago’s venerable Heartland Cafe provides a glimpse into the fight against the corporate takeover of organic agriculture.  Kastel was in Chicago for a speech at the annual Green Festival with 20,000 participants at Navy Pier.  Michael James is a long-time political activist in Chicago.  Many luminaries have appeared at the Heartland including our current president.

Mark Kastel of the Cornicopia Institute on Live from the Heartland Radio  5/16/09
from Loyola University’s Community Radio Station, WLW 88.7 fm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iilSkzIwj5k&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAEY4JiRKk8&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-d2h0n35Q4&feature=channel

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]]> http://www.cornucopia.org/2009/05/video-hexane-contamination-of-soy-protein-and-soy-products/feed/ 0 Rest in Peace Vander Eyk Organic Dairy http://www.cornucopia.org/2008/01/rest-in-peace-vander-eyk-organic-dairy-2/ http://www.cornucopia.org/2008/01/rest-in-peace-vander-eyk-organic-dairy-2/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:56:45 +0000 admin http://www.cornucopia.org/?p=692

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