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August 5, 2014

Good Eggs: Scorecard Update in the Works

by Rebecca Thistlethwaite Credit: Maggie Yount In 2010, The Cornucopia Institute published a report on organic egg production titled Scrambled Eggs: Separating Factory Farm Egg ...

July 28, 2014

Debunking the Latest Attempt to Defend Agrichemicals at the Cost of the Greater Good: Evidence Mounts that Neonicotinoid Insecticides Harm Bees and Beneficial Insects

Dr. Henry Miller’s July 22 Wall Street Journal opinion piece entitled “Why the Buzz About a Bee-pocalypse is a Honey Trap” argues that bees are ...

July 25, 2014

The Open Source Seed Initiative: Challenging the Corporate Control of Our Food System

by Linley Dixon, PhD Seed diversity is undeniably essential to life. Scientists have only scratched the surface in identifying the millions of genetic traits stored ...

July 23, 2014

Lack of Transparency Fuels Corruption Allegations in Organic Governance

USDA Asked to Make Public All Nominations to National Organic Standards Board Industry Watchdog Releases List of Known NOSB Applicants The Cornucopia Institute has called ...

July 22, 2014

Walmarting Organics: Will the Growth of “Big Organic” Lower Food Quality, Weaken Standards, and Destroy Farmers’ Livelihoods?

Commentary by Mark Kastel As Yogi Berra said, “It seems like déjà vu all over again.” In 2006 The Cornucopia Institute released a report accusing ...

July 18, 2014

Monsanto Wants You

Female bloggers that is. The GMO and pesticide giant is seeking to (mis)inform you about their impact on food and the environment. In addition to ...

July 16, 2014

WHITE HOUSE PETITION: President Obama, Please Reverse USDA Coup Undermining Organics

[This petition is now closed] WHITE HOUSE PETITION: Ask President Obama to Reverse USDA Coup Undermining Organic Governing Board and Shifting Power to Agribusiness Lobbyists ...

June 27, 2014

Protecting Organic Seed Integrity

by Pamela Coleman, PhD Organic seed should be free of genetically engineered (GE) DNA, because organic regulations prohibit genetic engineering. Unfortunately, organic crops are threatened ...

June 19, 2014

Robo-Calls Bother Organic Farmers During Spring Planting:

Latest Push for Check-off by Powerful Organic Lobby Group The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has launched the next phase of its push for an organic ...

June 17, 2014

Citizen Groups Challenge USDA’s Power Grab “Threatening” Organic Integrity

Contact: Aimee Simpson, 202-543-5450 asimpson@BeyondPesticides.org, www.beyondpesticides.org Abigail Seiler, 443-854-4368 aseiler@centerforfoodsafety.org, www.centerforfoodsafety.org Will Fantle, 715-839-7713 wfantle@cornucopia.org, www.cornucopia.org Legal Petition Filed to Restore Organic Board’s Independent Authority ...

June 5, 2014

Organic Food Shows Lower Levels of Pesticides than Conventional

by Pamela Coleman, PhD Credit: USDA Consumers often choose organic food because of the perceived health benefits—particularly the reduced exposure to pesticides—but is that a ...

May 23, 2014

A Response to The Wall Street Journal article: “Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable”

Linley Dixon, PhD Cornucopia Farm Policy Analyst The Wall Street Journal opinion piece “Organic Farming Is Not Sustainable” published May 15, 2014 by Dr. Henry ...