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August 4, 2009

USDA Secretary Vilsack at Organic Dairy Emergency Rally—Commits to Fairness/Enforcement Crackdown on Factory Farms

Bottled water at four times the price of milk??? Witness organic dairy farmers, sometimes tearfully, pleading their case to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack …. and ...
July 30, 2009

Make Selection of Key National Organic Advisors Transparent

CORNUCOPIA, WI — The US Department of Agriculture should publicly release the names of applicants for its expert advisory panel on organic food and agriculture ...

July 17, 2009

Organic Dairy Farmers’ Rally — USDA Secretary Asked to Vigorously Enforce Organic Laws

Vilsack: Changes Being Made at National Organic Program West Salem, WI: An estimated 150-200 organic dairy farmers, and their supporters, from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa ...

July 13, 2009

Organic Dairy Farmers to Rally July 16, Meet with USDA Secretary Vilsack

Symbolic Milk Dump Planned as Tidal Wave of Milk from Factory Dairies Drowns Family Farmers WEST SALEM, WIS: A glut of organic milk, fueled by ...

July 6, 2009

Message to Obama: Please Fix the USDA’s Organic Mess Overhaul of Management and Culture Needed

Washington Post investigative story a scathing indictment of Bush Administration tenure at the National Organic Program Cornucopia, WI – President Obama and Secretary of Agriculture ...

July 2, 2009

Profit over Organics: Nation’s Largest Dairy Marketer Sets Up Competing Market Category

Dean Foods Creates “Natural” Dairy Products Using Conventional Milk BOULDER, CO: A division of Dean Foods, the organic industry’s largest namebrand manufacturer, rocked the organic ...

June 30, 2009

Mark Kastel’s Recent Radio/Video Interview With Michael James

Mark Kastel’s recent radio/video interview with Michael James, host of the live radio show broadcast from Chicago’s venerable Heartland Cafe, provides a glimpse into the ...

June 29, 2009

View the Organic Soy Scorecard: Find your favorite organic soy food brands and see how they rate

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June 25, 2009

New Soy Participants – Vitasoy and Nasoya

Please note that Vitasoy and Nasoya have now fully participated in the Cornucopia organic soy research project and have received a three-been and four-bean rating, ...

June 16, 2009

USDA Report Indicates American Organic Farmers Being Sold Out

Domestic Producers Hurt by Growing Corporate Imports On the heels of the release of The Cornucopia Institute’s study exposing the import-dependent organic soy industry, a ...

June 9, 2009

Scandal Fuels Meltdown in Organic Dairy Industry

Farmers Seek Justice from Obama, USDA; Consumers Headed Back to Court St. Louis, MO – A slowdown in the sales of organic milk and dairy ...

May 21, 2009

National Organic Standards Board Votes on Soy Lecithin De-Listing

The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), at its recent May meeting, had its first ever opportunity to remove a conventional food ingredient from the “National ...