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January 11, 2018

Carlsbad Opts for Organic Pest Control

Cornucopia’s Take: Following a ripple of response from cities across the state to rising regulatory and scientific scrutiny of glyphosate and neonicotinoids, Carlsbad, California has ...

January 8, 2018

Who Owns the Farmland in the U.S.?

Cornucopia’s Take: Wealthy investors have been purchasing productive land over the last decade, seeking to protect their assets from the volatility of the marketplace. This ...

January 4, 2018

Organic Milk Woes, Factory Farms Drowning Small Dairies

Cornucopia’s Take: In our opinion, the current organic milk glut is largely created by giant, opportunistic industrial dairies looking for fast profits—violating both the spirit ...

January 3, 2018

Millennial Grocery Shopping Influencing Retail Offerings

Cornucopia’s Take: USDA researchers have been looking at how the largest living generation impacts food choices and selections in the grocery aisles. The good news ...

January 2, 2018

Poor Nutrition and Pesticides More Harmful Than Either for Animal Health

Cornucopia’s Take: A recent study of honeybees showed that the combination of poor nutrition and pesticides in the diet were up to 50% more lethal ...

December 27, 2017

Monsanto GMO Seeds Dominate Market

Cornucopia’s Take: GMO farmers have seen big crop losses as weeds have increasingly become resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup. Monsanto has pushed its dicamba resistant soy ...

December 26, 2017

Family Farm Defenders in Japan

Cornucopia’s Take: Our friends at Family Farm Defenders recently visited a family operated dairy farm in Japan. We thought you might enjoy this account of ...

December 22, 2017

Organic Fraud Harms Organic Farmers

Cornucopia’s Take: Organic grain farmers in the U.S. have seen their price per bushel fall off and their market share dwindle since 2015. Cheaper imported ...

December 21, 2017

Congress to Consider Doubling National Organic Program Funding

Cornucopia’s Take: The reputation of “USDA Organic” has suffered enormously this year. The Washington Post has run a series of investigative stories, detailing the fraud, ...

December 19, 2017

Organic Animal Welfare Thrown Out by Trump Administration

Cornucopia’s Take: For over seven years, organic farmers and advocates have worked to improve organic animal welfare. While Cornucopia thought the proposal was weak, it ...

December 18, 2017

Farm Group Challenges Rollback of Rules Protecting Farmers, Ranchers from Abuses by Big Agriculture

Cornucopia’s Take: In its zest to cut regulations, the Trump administration has sided with powerful corporations annoyed that a regulation may change their practices. Prudent ...

December 7, 2017

Controversial EU Decision on Glyphosate Under Challenge

Cornucopia’s Take: The approval by the European Union to give Monsanto a five-year authorization for continued use of its flagship pesticide glyphosate is meeting with ...