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July 20, 2012

Rotten to the Core

Let the USDA here your comments: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=APHIS-2012-0025-0001. Comment deadline closes September 11. Help make this link viral! For more information on the proposed GMO apple, ...

July 19, 2012

Landmark Family Farmers Lawsuit Grows

Prominent Allies Join Effort to Reinstate Challenge to Monsanto Patents Washington, D.C. — Eleven prominent law professors and fourteen renowned organic, Biodynamic®, food safety and ...

July 16, 2012

Nation’s Largest Corporate Dairy Sues Organic Farmer-Owned Cooperative

Dean Foods/Horizon Alleges Marketplace Misconduct by Organic Valley Cornucopia, WI – The nation’s two biggest suppliers of organic milk are embroiled in a lawsuit. An ...

July 12, 2012

Organic Industry Watchdog Expands Membership Base and Staffing

The Cornucopia Institute Adds Pamela Coleman, Ph.D. as Policy Analyst CORNUCOPIA, WIS: The Cornucopia Institute announced that it has added to its staff Dr. Pamela ...

July 5, 2012

Family Farmers Charge Ahead in Battle Against Monsanto

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms filed a brief today with the United States ...

June 21, 2012

Organic Industry Watchdog Challenges USDA’s Lack of Transparency

Flawed Appointments Have Led to Corrupt Oversight System WASHINGTON DC: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today formally announced it is seeking nominations for ...

June 14, 2012

The Anti-GMO Labeling Crowd in California

The mis- and/or under-informed, the lackeys and the malevolent actors opposing the California GMO labeling ballot initiative are announcing their opposition to the food labeling ...

June 7, 2012

Eminent Scientist Addresses Impact of Carrageenan in Food

[Prior to the last meeting of the National Organic Standards, Medical Researcher Dr. Joanne Tobacman provide the board with expert testimony detailing her independent research ...

June 7, 2012

Farmers, Ranchers and Consumers Fight USDA Animal ID Scheme

View Agribusiness-Friendly Proposal as Threat to Free Commerce Washington, DC: A coalition of agriculture and consumer organizations from across the nation is challenging the U.S. ...

May 31, 2012

Wildfires Rage at New Mexican Organic Meetings

Farmers, Consumers and Public Interest Groups Square off Against Corporate Interests ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Passions flared at the semiannual meeting of the USDA’s National Organic Standards ...

May 31, 2012

Shopping Guide to Avoiding Organic Foods with Carrageenan

Always read ingredient lists carefully. Carrageenan may be present in the final product but not listed on the ingredients label when it is used as ...

May 18, 2012

The Organic Watergate: Advocates Condemn Corruption and USDA’s Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in Organics

[This action alert is over.] Cornucopia, WI — The nation’s leading organic farming watchdog, The Cornucopia Institute, is challenging what it calls a “conspiracy” between ...