Cornucopia’s Take: Hawaii’s governor recently signed a bill restricting pesticide use within 100 feet of schools and banning chlorpyrifos outright by 2023. Chlorpyrifos, used widely ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Although reports of less dicamba drift damage to crops in the 2018 season seem promising, many farmers are planting dicamba resistant (GMO) crops ...
Cornucopia’s Take: In 2013, Wendy’s refused to join the Fair Food Program to protect farmworkers in tomato fields from abuses and ensure they earn at ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Sikkim, a small state in India, passed legislation to practice only organic agriculture in 2003. In 2014, the use of chemical pesticides and ...
Cornucopia’s Take: After two years of litigation, Handsome Brook, a marketer of certified organic and conventional eggs, and Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) have reached ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The importance of the human microbiome is poorly understood. Studies underway indicate ties to immune system and mental health and further indicate that ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan helped the Trump administration kill the proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule earlier this year. Stabenow has ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The FDA has determined that no health claims can be made for Golden Rice, the genetically engineered (GE) rice meant to contain beta-carotene. ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The Cornucopia Institute believes that people should have access to the healthiest and most nutritious food, and that the family farmers who produce ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere are causing a decrease in protein, micronutrients, and vitamins available in rice around the world. As rice ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Countries around the world are importing food and animal feed at lower and lower costs, forcing domestic farmers to grow other crops in ...
Cornucopia’s Take: U.S. consumers typically think of genetically engineered food as “GE” or “GMO,” but the proposed logos to identify such products on grocery shelves ...
