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October 13, 2017

Organic Apples are in Season

Cornucopia’s Take: Organic apples are healthy for your family and the planet – and you may be able to buy them from a local farmer! ...

October 13, 2017

Explosive New Book Exposes Monsanto’s Corrupt Science

Cornucopia’s Take: Carey Gillam has been reporting on agricultural pesticides and Monsanto for two decades. Her new book, Whitewash, is the culmination of her years ...

October 12, 2017

Agrobiodiversity is Key to Nutrition and Sustainability

Cornucopia’s Take: Bioversity International’s new report describes how biological diversity of food can help nourish the world, rather than just feed the world. This distinction ...

October 12, 2017

Chemical Merchant of Doubt Endorsed for EPA Safety Chief

Cornucopia’s Take: Michael Dourson was grilled at his Senate confirmation hearing last week. It remains to be seen whether he will be confirmed in a ...

October 11, 2017

San Francisco Tells Meat Producers to Disclose Antibiotic Use

Cornucopia’s Take: The city of San Francisco is poised to require grocery stores to publish antibiotic use in the meat and poultry brands they sell ...

October 10, 2017

NCAT’s Organic Grower Survey: Help Level the Crop Insurance Playing Field

Cornucopia’s Take: Crop insurance rules can disadvantage organic farmers. The National Center for Appropriate Technology is offering a survey for commercial growers and ranchers to ...

October 5, 2017

Monsanto Banned from European Parliament

Cornucopia’s Take: New rules at the European parliament ban Monsanto lobbyists from meeting MEPs, attending meetings, and using digital resources on the premises. Monsanto’s choice ...

October 4, 2017

How Healthy is a Diet Based on Fish?

Cornucopia’s Take: A recent study on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in yellowfin tuna is drawing attention to chemicals people consume when they eat fish. More ...

October 3, 2017

Glyphosate Used to Kill and Prepare Crops for Harvest

Cornucopia’s Take: Glyphosate is not allowed in organic agriculture, but it is widely used in conventional wheat, oats, and other crops to kill the crop ...

October 2, 2017

Saving Heirloom Rice in India

Cornucopia’s Take: The new varieties of rice pushed in India for decades now are tasteless, provide less nutrition, require high inputs of pesticides and fertilizer, ...

September 29, 2017

USDA Closes Investigation Into a Massive Organic Farm in Colorado — But What Did It Check?

We couldn’t say it better than the headline from the Denver Post when they ran the story (below) that first appeared in The Washington Post. ...

September 27, 2017

U.S. Organic Sales and Organic Operation Numbers Rise

Cornucopia’s Take: After years of flatlining, the number of domestic organic farms has finally started to rise. And while organic food accounts for about 5% ...