USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this afternoon that the agency will fully deregulate Monsanto’s controversial genetically engineered alfalfa. The choice was favored by the biotech ...
The American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) voted at its annual meeting on January 7 in Galveston, TX to oppose the controversial deregulation of Monsanto’s genetically engineered ...
We have received several inquiries about the artificial sweetener Neotame, and the Internet rumor that this synthetic additive is allowed in certified organic foods. Neotame, ...
UPDATE! Blomberg Businessweek Mary Clare Jalonick A procedural snafu may hold up action on food safety legislation that passed the Senate Tuesday. The Senate bill ...
Solvents Banned in Organics all too Common in “Natural” Food Production CORNUCOPIA, WI—Since 2009, when research by The Cornucopia Institute exposed “the dirty little secret” ...
Illegal Practice Damaging Family Farmers and Defrauding Consumers CORNUCOPIA, WIS: A Wisconsin-based farm policy research group, The Cornucopia Institute, announced this week that it is ...
Steve Gilman NOFA Policy Coordinator In the Senate it’s well understood that the only safe place for proposed legislation to be for a Floor vote ...
Over 125 national, state, and grassroots organizations are notifying members of the United States Senate that an amendment proposed by Sen. Jon Tester (MT) and ...
Agribusiness and the Organic Community Come Together in the End on Most Issues The Cornucopia Institute The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) concluded its four-day ...
Family Farmers Face Unfair Competition from “Organic” Factory Farms CORNUCOPIA, WI — An independent report has been released that focuses on widespread abuses in organic ...
Organic Farmers Celebrating Victory over Corporate Agribusiness CORNUCOPIA, WI — It’s not often that family-scale farmers can go toe-to-toe with a $12 billion agribusiness and ...
By Mark Kastel and Will Fantle What isn’t being discussed in Congress, during the ongoing debate on the broken federal food safety system, is the ...
