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October 7, 2011

USDA Agrees to Lengthen Public Comment Period On Animal ID Rule — Farmer/Rancher Groups Appealed to Vilsack for Extension

For more information, contact: Judith McGeary, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, 512-484-8821 Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA, 406-252-2516 Mark Kastel, The Cornucopia Institute, 608-625-2000 USDA Extends ...

August 31, 2011

Dust Flying in Countryside Over USDA Animal ID Proposal

Contact: Judith McGeary, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, 512-484-8821 Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA, 406-252-2516 Gilles Stockton, Western Organization of Resource Councils, 406-366-4463 Mark Kastel, The ...

August 9, 2011

USDA and Corporate Agribusiness Continue to Push Animal ID Scheme

Consumers and Independent Producers Lose if Big Ag Wins on Animal Tracking For more information, contact: Judith McGeary, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, 512-484-8821   ...

August 8, 2011

International Organic Scandal: Major Canadian Grain Exporter’s Certification Suspended

Organic Industry Watchdog Says “System Working as Designed, Albeit Too Slowly” CORNUCOPIA, WI – After two years of speculation by U.S. and Canadian organic farmers, ...

July 21, 2011

The USDA’s Regulatory Hammer Finally Comes Down on Promiseland Livestock

One of the Largest Scandals in the Organic Industry’s History is Over We are proud of The Cornucopia Institute’s role in bringing this scofflaw to ...

July 15, 2011

Organic Spies — Lifting the Veil on Corporate Agribusiness in Organics

The three videos from Organic Spies cast a spotlight on disturbing and unseemly developments in the organic food industry. In particular, they examine how corporate ...

June 20, 2011

USDA and Corporate Agribusiness Continue to Push Animal ID Scheme

Consumers and Independent Producers Lose if Big Ag Wins on Animal Traceability WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to issue ...

June 14, 2011

Latest Kastel Speech

Local, Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems: Hyperbole or Sensation? How the Choices We Make in the Grocery Impact Our Health, Our Environment, and the Economic Vitality ...

June 14, 2011

Who is Mischa Popoff?

Reigniting Organic Attack by Corporate Agribusiness Interests CORNUCOPIA, WIS: When The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group, officially launched in April 2004, one of ...

June 6, 2011

NEWS ADVISORY: 90% Sprout Contamination Conventional, Not Organic (Linked to Factory Farm Livestock Production)

AP 6-6-11: “In a surprising U-turn, German officials said initial tests published Monday provided no evidence that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany ...

May 31, 2011

Family Farmers Amplify Legal Complaint Against Monsanto’s GMOs

Biotechnology Giant Fails to Provide Binding Legal Protection; Farmers Threatened by Contamination from Genetically Modified Organisms NEW YORK: New threats by Monsanto have led to ...

May 24, 2011

The Changing of the Guard at Cornucopia

Economic Justice Watchdog in Agriculture Announces New Leadership CORNUCOPIA, WIS: The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group dedicated to promoting economic justice in the ...