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December 16, 2013

CSA in the USA: The Next Quarter Century

[A version of this story originally appeared in The Cultivator, The Cornucopia Institute’s quarterly print publication available to members and online.] Image Courtesy of Stonebridge ...

December 13, 2013

Saving Seed

[A version of this story originally appeared in The Cultivator, The Cornucopia Institute’s quarterly print publication available to members and online.] Image Courtesy of Matthew ...

December 13, 2013

Linley Dixon Joins Cornucopia Policy Staff

Cornucopia is pleased to welcome farmer and soil scientist Linley Dixon, PhD to our team as Food and Farm Policy Analyst. Linley owns a vegetable ...

December 11, 2013

Cedar Summit Farm Third-Generation Dairy

[A version of this story originally appeared in The Cultivator, The Cornucopia Institute’s quarterly print publication available to members and online.] My Road to Organics ...

December 10, 2013

Cornucopia Comments to USDA on GE Apple Proposal

The comment period for GE Apples has been extended to 11:59 P.M. ET on December 16. For more, please click here for our action alert. ...

December 4, 2013

How Did Carrageenan Get into Your Organic Food Anyway?

The following is excerpted from The Cornucopia Institute’s report “Carrageenan: How A Natural Food Additive is Making Us Sick.” Organic foods should be a safe ...

November 29, 2013

Genetically Engineered Crops – Why Scientists are Worried

Novel DNA Spreads into the Environment, Livestock and Humans By Pamela Coleman, PhD Farm and Food Policy Analyst The Cornucopia Institute The food in grocery ...

November 27, 2013

Roger Blobaum Recognized for Lifetime Contribution to Organic Agriculture

Roger Blobaum, a widely respected pioneer in organic farm policy and one of the first two members of The Cornucopia Institute’s formal Policy Advisory Panel, ...

November 27, 2013

Members of Congress Weigh in on FDA Food Safety Draft Rules

Just as thousands of farmers and consumers urged the FDA to change its draft proposals concerning the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act, members ...

November 15, 2013

FDA Grants Comment Extension on Food Safety Rules

(This Action Alert is Over.) The FDA announced late this morning that they are extending the public comment period on the draft rules for the ...

November 11, 2013

FDA Food Safety Rule Webpage Repeatedly Crashes in Advance of Important Public Comment Deadline

(This Action Alert is Over.) Individuals and Organizations Unable to Enter Feedback as November 15 Deadline Looms — Cornucopia Requests Extension Family farm and consumer ...

November 11, 2013

SNAFU — Food Safety Public Comment Update

(This Action Alert is over.) If you are trying to comment on the FDA’s food safety rules, and are receiving an error message from the ...