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April 20, 2020

Natural Prairie Dairy and Texas Department of Agriculture Continue to Act with Impunity

The National Organic Program (NOP) has closed The Cornucopia Institute’s formal complaint regarding alleged violations of the organic standards by Natural Prairie Dairy and their ...

April 14, 2020

Reflections from Farmers and Good Food Advocates

I am a vegetable farmer who has been running my farm for 30 years. Every time I have planted a seed in the last 2 ...

March 10, 2020

New Lawsuit Aims to Remove Soilless Crop Production Systems from Organic

A coalition of organic farmers, certifiers, and NGOs recently sued the USDA for denying a 2019 petition to prohibit hydroponic operations from organic certification. Plaintiffs ...

March 10, 2020

Land Stewardship Project: Build Soil to Capture Carbon and Encourage Climate Health

A recently released white paper written by George Boody of the Land Stewardship Project, Farming to Capture Carbon and Address Climate Change through Building Soil, ...

March 2, 2020

A Chicken in Every Pot

How Industrial Poultry Made the Cornish Cross a Consumer Staple  [This article was previously published in the winter issue of  the Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by ...

February 19, 2020

Cornucopia’s Anne Ross, JD Interviewed About Organic Fraud

Cornucopia’s director of international policy Anne Ross continues to gain recognition for her investigation into fraudulent organic imports on behalf of organic farmers and consumers. ...

February 19, 2020

Taking Back ‘Regenerative’

What Consumers Need To Know Regenerative is the new sustainable. It’s a word that’s simultaneously powerful and completely meaningless—a signifier of innovation employed by truly ...

February 5, 2020

For the Birds: Cornucopia Details the Industrial Takeover of Organic Poultry and What It Means for Consumers

New report uncovers empty assurances of big organic poultry brands and implores consumers to buy from authentic organic farmers A newly published report by The ...

January 29, 2020

The Cultivator – Winter 2019

The winter 2019 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. ...
January 18, 2020

Cornucopia Investigates Global Organic Integrity

The economic impact of fraudulent organic imports is profound. Cornucopia’s director of international policy Anne Ross is focused on ways to reform and strengthen domestic ...

November 22, 2019

Action Alert: Origin of Livestock Rulemaking Re-Opened for Comment

Comment by December 2 [This action alert is over.] Under pressure from organic dairy farmers, farmer and consumer groups, and Congress, the National Organic Program ...

November 8, 2019

Watchdog Cornucopia Remains Committed to Mission

Fueled by organic Equal Exchange coffee and chocolate, the board and staff of The Cornucopia Institute gathered in Minneapolis for three energizing days of staff ...