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November 8, 2019

What the National Organic Program Doesn’t Say Is Telling

At the October National Organic Standards Board Meeting, National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Chair Harriet Behar identified several troubling issues that have plagued the organic ...
October 23, 2019

Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA #NOSB

Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via live tweet and web updates from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Pittsburgh, ...
October 18, 2019

The Cornucopia Institute Hires Jonathan Rosenthal as Interim Executive Director

The Cornucopia Institute is thrilled to announce the hiring of Jonathan Rosenthal as the new Interim Executive Director. With this hire, Cornucopia is moving confidently ...

October 18, 2019

Fall 2019 NOSB Meeting – Webinars: October 15 & 17

Cornucopia’s director of domestic policy, Kestrel Burcham, JD, attended the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) pre-meeting webinars on October 15 and 17, where the NOSB ...

October 10, 2019

The Cultivator – Fall 2019

The fall 2019 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. ...
October 8, 2019

Renaissance Family

The Prevailing Winds of Weatherbury Farm [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Rachel Zegerius, Assistant ...

October 8, 2019

Certifying Small Farms

The Challenges and How Consumers Can DIY [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] Farmers markets are ...

October 4, 2019

USDA Secretary Perdue Betrays His Disdain for Family-Scale Farmers Again

USDA Secretary Perdue made comments at the World Dairy Expo this week that have inflamed family-scale dairy producers across the country: Small dairies and other ...

October 2, 2019

What’s In Your Pantry?

Cornucopia Wants to Know [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Anne Ross, JD, Director of ...

September 26, 2019

A Decline in Biodiversity

Signals Danger for Native Pollinators [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Kestrel Burcham, JD, Director ...

September 5, 2019

Organic Grain Detectives Raise More Questions for the NOP

New Paper by John Bobbe and Anne Ross, J.D. LL.M.: Potential, Failures, and Pitfalls of the National Organic Program in Getting Control of Organic Grain ...

September 5, 2019

The Cornucopia Institute Rates More than 100 Cottage Cheese Products in New Scorecard

Comprehensive Report Gives Consumers Valuable Tool to Decode Dairy Aisle The Cornucopia Institute, which produces science-based reports that empower consumers to make informed decisions about ...