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November 16, 2017

Organic Pioneers Consider Leaving the Label

Cornucopia’s Take: A spokesperson for hydroponic organics from the Recirculating Farms Coalition is quoted in the article below, describing the lack of vote against hydroponic ...

November 13, 2017

California Seeks to Protect Children at School from Pesticides

Cornucopia’s Take: A new law in California prohibits agricultural chemical spraying within a quarter mile of any school from 6AM to 6PM during school days, ...

November 13, 2017

Eat Your Organic Spinach (But Avoid Conventional)

Cornucopia’s Take: The USDA recently retested conventional spinach for pesticides, having last tested it in 2008. In the last decade there has been a sharp ...

November 10, 2017

UK Supports Ban on Neonicotinoids

Cornucopia’s Take: The European Union is preparing to vote on a neonicotinoid pesticide ban, likely in December. As more research shows the enormous harm to ...

November 10, 2017

Monsanto’s Glyphosate License Not Renewed in the EU

Cornucopia’s Take: The European Union decided not to renew the license for glyphosate use, the flagship Monsanto pesticide that is also suspected of being a ...

November 9, 2017

Find the GMO Apples!

Cornucopia’s Take: Our colleagues at the Organic Consumers Association are looking for help in finding the GMO apples released into Midwest grocery stores. The apples ...

November 9, 2017

Black Farmers Seek Justice from Trump

Cornucopia’s Take: The federal government paid out over $1 billion to settle a class-action suit based on discriminatory USDA policies in the 80s and 90s. ...

November 8, 2017

WHO Calls for Antibiotic Restrictions in Food Animals

Cornucopia’s Take: “Superbugs” have become a threat to human health, caused largely by the abuse of antibiotics in our healthcare and food systems. The World ...

November 8, 2017

A Brief History of Wood Pulp in Food

Cornucopia’s Take: Cellulose from wood pulp has no nutritional benefit, but it is used in many foods as a filler or to keep cheese shreds, ...

November 7, 2017

Corporate and Foreign Grassfed Hold Exclusive Imports Meeting

Cornucopia’s Take: Will Harris, President of the American Grassfed Association and owner of White Oak Pastures, wrangled permission to attend this meeting of mostly foreign ...

November 6, 2017

Rule Protecting Small Meat Farmers Tossed by Trump

Cornucopia’s Take: Contract meat producers have historically had little to no recourse against the companies providing their stock and feed if the big companies behave ...

November 6, 2017

Monsanto and EPA (Allegedly) Collude About Glyphosate Safety

Cornucopia’s Take: The article below gives the history of glyphosate toxicity testing and the uncomfortably cozy relationship between EPA management and Monsanto. Monsanto has apparently ...