Factory Farm Egg Production, without Mandated Outdoor Access, Challenged CORNUCOPIA, Wis. The Cornucopia Institute announced it has filed a formal legal complaint with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), alleging that one of the nation’s largest industrial egg producers, Michigan-based Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, is violating the federal organic standards by confining their laying hens… Read more »
The Cornucopia Institute’s Official Comments to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)
Cornucopia’s comments pursuant to the agenda for their upcoming semiannual NOSB meeting, April 26-29 in Seattle, Washington. Please click on this link to review Cornucopia’s comments on new animal welfare regulations that would either pave the way for factory farming or maintain the organic regulations as the “gold standard” in livestock agriculture. This link will… Read more »
Farmers and Seed Producers Launch Preemptive Strike against Monsanto
Lawsuit Filed To Protect Themselves from Unfair Patent Enforcement on Genetically Modified Seed Action Would Prohibit Biotechnology Giant from Suing Organic Farmers and Seed Growers If Innocently Contaminated by Roundup Ready Genes NEW York: On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed suit today against… Read more »
Two North Carolina Grocers Split on Organic Approach
Harris Teeter Accused of “Selling-Out” Values of Movement DURHAM, NC: North Carolina has been a hotbed of the organic farming movement since it started to achieve commercial success in the 1980s. Now that the industry has grown to almost $28 billion of annual sales, it’s fitting that the state is in the center of a… Read more »
Industry Watchdog “Dumbfounded” by USDA’s Failure to Enforce Organic Law
USDA Continues Bush-era Policy of Allowing Unapproved Synthetic Additives March 21, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2000 Charlotte Vallaeys, 978-369-6409 Cornucopia, WI—The Cornucopia Institute, one of the nation’s leading organic industry watchdogs, condemned the position of the United States Department of Agriculture that it will allow products containing unapproved synthetic additives to be… Read more »
Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Approval
“Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Contact: George Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety: (571) 527-8618 Paul Achitoff, Earthjustice: (808) 599-2436 Mark A. Kastel, Cornucopia: (farming/organic questions) (608)-625-2000 San Francisco, CA – Today, attorneys for the Center… Read more »
Organic Hero Passes
I received a phone call this morning from Bill Welsh’s son Mike letting me know that he passed away last night. Bill, from Lansing, Iowa, was a pioneer in the organic farming and livestock in the Midwest. He certified his family’s Lansing, Iowa, farm organic back in 1980. The operation was the classic organic diversified… Read more »
New Organic Milk Contains Illegal Synthetic Additive
Nation’s Largest Corporate Dairy Violates USDA Ruling, Acts as if it’s above the Law CORNUCOPIA, Wis. A prominent organic industry watchdog filed a formal legal complaint today alleging that a newly introduced product, by the giant dairy conglomerate Dean Foods, includes a synthetic nutritional oil that is prohibited in organics. The product, Horizon Fat-Free Milk… Read more »
Peace Cereal Illegally Misleading Consumers?
Prominent Brand Representing “Natural” Foods as Organic Organic Industry Watchdog Files Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Cornucopia, Wis. – The Cornucopia Institute filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that Hearthside Food Solutions, which manufactures Peace Cereal, is misleading consumers by suggesting that its “natural” breakfast cereals are grown and processed without… Read more »
Systemic Problems with Organic Labeling and Signage: Widespread Market Place Misrepresentation
Formal rule change request by The Cornucopia Institute will address problem CORNUCOPIA, Wis. An investigation by The Cornucopia Institute found numerous stores in several states that carried “organic” signs on shelves of non-organic breakfast cereal, and bulk bins with non-organic granola that had “organic” bin labels. One specific company, Golden Temple, which manufactures bulk granola… Read more »
