Scientists Tied to Tobacco Industry Propaganda, and Funding from Monsanto, Turn Attention to Organic Food Cornucopia, Wis. – A recent study by Stanford University researchers made international headlines when it claimed that organic foods are no more safe or nutritious than conventional foods. Organic researchers, farmers and advocacy groups immediately recognized the study as woefully… Read more »
Bush Era Organic Scandal Ends in $7.5 Million Settlement
Aurora Dairy, Walmart, Costco, Target and Others Said to Have Misled Consumers BOULDER, CO:What has been billed the largest scandal in the history of the organic industry has now resulted in a court settlement on behalf of consumers against Aurora Dairy, a giant factory farm operator with industrial-scale operations in Colorado and Texas. Aurora has… Read more »
Thinking Outside the Processed Foods Box—Health and Safety Advantages of Organic Food
I have enjoyed a virtually exclusive organic diet for the past 30 years. But I was deeply unsettled by a September 4 New York Times article and a similar Associated Press story casting doubt on the value of an organic diet. In terms of the extra cost and value of eating organically, I have always… Read more »
Agribusinesses Owning Natural/Organic Brands Betray Customers: Fund Attack on GMO Labeling Proposal in California
The Cornucopia Institute releases shopper’s guide: pro/con prop 37 brands CORNUCOPIA, WI: Proposition 37, a citizen’s initiative on the ballot on November 6 in California, would mandate clear labeling of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients on food packages. It has become a battleground pitting consumer and farmer advocates against multi-billion-dollar agribusiness corporations. Recent polling indicates almost… Read more »
Survey Shows Strong Voter Support for Labeling GMO Foods in California.
A new voter opinion survey shows strong support for the California November ballot initiative that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods. Released by the California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University, supporters for the measure, known as Proposition 37, outnumber its opponents by nearly three-to-one. “Consumers deserve the right to know what is in… Read more »
Corporations Sneak Synthetic Preservatives into Organic Food
Organic Watchdog Files Formal Legal Complaint with USDA CORNUCOPIA, WI: The Cornucopia Institute, a not-for-profit policy research organization based in Wisconsin, filed a formal legal complaint with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) against several infant formula manufacturers that are adding two synthetic preservatives to certified organic infant formula. The Organic Foods Production Act,… Read more »
USDA Organic Audit: Procedures for Approving Synthetics Followed, Allegations of Corruption Unexamined
WASHINGTON, DC: The Office of the Inspector General (OIG), at the USDA, released a brief report yesterday outlining their review of serious allegations of collusion with corporate agribusiness, conflicts of interest, illegal appointments and false information tainting the decision-making on the part of the National Organic Standards Board, the expert panel created by Congress to… Read more »
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, check out this recent NY Times story.
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 consumer non-profit organizations have filed separate briefs with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit arguing farmers have the right to protect themselves from being accused of patent infringement… Read more »
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 employee responsible for milk procurement with Horizon Organics (a part of WhiteWave Foods, owned by the $13-billion dairy giant Dean Foods) quit his job in May 2012 and took a… Read more »
