Category:Cornucopia News

We no longer trust these imports to feed our pets They have no place in organics Cornucopia, WI: Tremendous growth in the organic soy foods industry has occurred over the last two decades as consumers seek healthy dietary alternative sources of protein. Many companies touting their “natural” or “organic” soy brands have found favor in… Read more »

Giant Factory Farms Exploiting Federal Regulatory Loopholes CINCINNATI, OHIO: Organic farmers from around the country, and cooperatives and advocacy groups that represent them, converged on southern Ohio over the past two weeks to plead with federal regulators to close loopholes being exploited by a handful of giant factory farms. They argued that these mega-dairies were… Read more »

Hello – In the battle between the generations at our organization, we want you to know that the hip, edgy and creative folks at Cornucopia won. The Cornucopia Institute is now on Twitter. You can expect to receive alerts, observations, and breaking news , where food and social/economic justice intersect – with emphasis on the… Read more »

Organic and Local Farmers Seek Protections in Washington CORNUCOPIA, WI: Momentum is building in Congress for new food safety reforms aimed at addressing the growing cycle of food contamination outbreaks. But concerns are also being raised cautioning legislators not to trample organic farmers, backyard gardeners, and consumers of fresh local foods in the rush to… Read more »

The Cornucopia Institute The dismissal, on technical grounds, by a federal court judge on Monday of a lawsuit challenging the USDA’s raw almond pasteurization mandate will likely not end the controversy. “The court’s decision sidestepped the merits and substance of the lawsuit,” said Will Fantle of The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based family farm research group… Read more »

Overhaul of Management and Culture Needed Appointment of Kathleen Merrigan as Deputy Secretary: First Sign of “Change” Cornucopia, WI – President Obama and new USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack are being urged to take immediate action to repair the USDA’s increasingly dysfunctional National Organic Program (NOP). Suspect imports of grains, nuts, and vegetables from China and… Read more »

Excerpted from The Milkweed Mark Kastel The state of the (organic) dairy nation is not good. That shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since the entire dairy industry, and general economy, is in freefall. But for many of us who have been involved in building the organic dairy sector over the last two decades,… Read more »

Obama Administration Challenged to Clean up Bush’s Organic Mess WASHINGTON, DC: As former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack begins his confirmation hearings in Congress, a controversy is brewing in the organic food and farming industry concerning his appointment. For the last eight years, Bush administration officials at the USDA have been widely criticized for “monkeywrenching” the… Read more »

Strong Consensus on Dairy Provisions, Cracking down on Factory Farms, Could Be Jeopardized CORNUCOPIA, WI: Some organic policy experts are asking the USDA to separate new regulations addressing the management of organic beef cattle and organic dairy cows when their final rule comes out updating the organic livestock standards. After many years of wrangling in… Read more »

The National Organic Program (NOP) announced on December 19 that they have revoked the accreditation of California Crop Improvement Association. Auditing of the organic certifier had identified 10 deficiencies, of which CCIA was able to correct only four in the past year. “We are pleased that the NOP is taking its oversight of the nation’s… Read more »