Organic Scorecards
How does your organic food rate? Cornucopia evaluates organic egg, dairy, beef, poultry, plant-based beverage, and other food category brands to help you put your money where your heart is.
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Who Owns Organic?
Massive corporations are buying up organic brands. Learn where your money goes.
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Independent Organic Brand List
Which brands are not owned by Goliath companies? These innovative, organic-only companies offer you a true alternative in the aisles.
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Cultivator Newsletter
Our quarterly print newsletter features independent food journalism that you won’t find anywhere else! Stay in the know and learn more about your food with every issue.
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The Cornucopia Institute is a non-profit consumer education and watchdog organization. We research brands and investigate the industry to identify and elevate authentic organic foods and farmers, while we scrutinize the USDA National Organic Program’s enforcement and application of the organic law. Our donors provide us with the resources and the moral authority to strengthen the good food movement. Whether you're a consumer, a farmer, or a change maker, your actions propel our work.
December 20, 2023
Independence Matters
Cornucopia offers this list of nationally available, organic brands that are currently independently owned. (Scroll down for list.) These brands are committed to selling only certified organic products. A dwindling number of organic brands are independent—most are owned by large conglomerates. Once acquired by a major food processing company, organic brands tend to become diluted…. Read more »
Flyover Galleries
The Cornucopia Institute works diligently to expose widespread fraudulent activity from "factory farms." View our flyover galleries that led to one of the largest fraud investigations in the history of the organic industry.
