Keep Organics a Safe Haven from Unsafe/Unnecessary Synthetics
[This Action Alert is Over] Protect Babies/Children’s Health—View Video—Sign the Petition Organic foods provide a refuge from the toxins, synthetics, and chemically processed ingredients that masquerade as food in the conventional food supply. Through corruption at the USDA some questionable ‘nutrient’ ingredients—produced by Martek Biosciences Corporation’s (DHA/ARA oils from algae and soil fungus) — have […]
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 […]
Farmers and Seed Producers Launch Preemptive Strike against Monsanto
Lawsuit Filed To Protect Themselves from Unfair Patent Enforcement on Genetically Modified Seed Action Would Prohibit Biotechnology Giant from Suing Organic Farmers and Seed Growers If Innocently Contaminated by Roundup Ready Genes NEW York: On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed suit today against […]
Two North Carolina Grocers Split on Organic Approach
Harris Teeter Accused of “Selling-Out” Values of Movement DURHAM, NC: North Carolina has been a hotbed of the organic farming movement since it started to achieve commercial success in the 1980s. Now that the industry has grown to almost $28 billion of annual sales, it’s fitting that the state is in the center of a […]
Industry Watchdog “Dumbfounded” by USDA’s Failure to Enforce Organic Law
USDA Continues Bush-era Policy of Allowing Unapproved Synthetic Additives March 21, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2000 Charlotte Vallaeys, 978-369-6409 Cornucopia, WI—The Cornucopia Institute, one of the nation’s leading organic industry watchdogs, condemned the position of the United States Department of Agriculture that it will allow products containing unapproved synthetic additives to be […]
(ALERT OVER) Keep Questionable Synthetic Additives Out of Organics!
Protect Babies’ and Children’s Health March 21, 2011 In conventional foods, the government allows the use of toxic pesticides, genetically engineered crops, and novel synthetic additives that have not been tested for safety. As organic consumers, we say: “No thanks, we’d rather not be part of this huge uncontrolled experiment!” Organic foods offer an alternative, […]
Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Approval
“Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Contact: George Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety: (571) 527-8618 Paul Achitoff, Earthjustice: (808) 599-2436 Mark A. Kastel, Cornucopia: (farming/organic questions) (608)-625-2000 San Francisco, CA – Today, attorneys for the Center […]
