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January 10, 2019

The Best Research Money Can Buy

Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia seeks to help eaters find research on what is healthy and what is not, and the task is harder than you might ...

January 10, 2019

USDA’s “GMO Labeling Law” is a Farce

Cornucopia’s Take: The GMO labeling law crawled out of the swamp in time for Christmas. The USDA will allow QR codes instead of legitimate labeling ...

January 9, 2019

FDA Food Inspections Sharply Curtailed During Shutdown

Cornucopia’s Take: All routine inspections of domestic food-processing facilities have been suspended during the ongoing partial federal government shutdown. A small number of inspectors will ...

January 4, 2019

As Bacteria Grow Resistance, New Antibiotics Become More and More Rare

Cornucopia’s Take: Most of us are familiar with the notion that bacteria treated with antibiotics in hospitals, feedlots, and in the course of normal human ...

January 2, 2019

The Milkhouse Farmers Talk About Authentic Organic Dairying

Cornucopia’s Take: The Real Organic Project, a farmer-driven nonprofit devoted to foundational organic values and practices, is offering videos of authentic organic farming across the ...

December 27, 2018

Danone Trying to Unload the Failing Earthbound Farms from Its Portfolio

Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia is often asked to create an organic vegetable scorecard. There are actually few recognizable fruit and vegetable brands, and nearly every one ...

December 21, 2018

Farm Bill to Address Import Fraud and Fund Tracking System for Organic Shipments

Cornucopia’s Take: The Washington Post article questioning the authenticity of shiploads of “organic” corn and soy from overseas and Cornucopia’s white paper chronicling how a ...

December 20, 2018

French Farmers To Be Off Glyphosate in Three Years

Cornucopia’s Take: While the U.S. government continues to bow to synthetic pesticide industry pressure, some European countries are taking serious steps to reduce the use ...

December 17, 2018

U.S. Not Among Top 10 Most Sustainable Countries

Cornucopia’s Take: A case study developed by The Economist ranked countries according to nutritional challenges, food loss and waste, and sustainable agriculture. Overall, the U.S. ...

December 6, 2018

First Federal Indictment for Dicamba Misuse

Cornucopia’s Take: GMO and conventional farmers are increasingly plagued by weeds that have become resistant to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup), and crop yields ...

December 4, 2018

Frack Water Considered for Irrigation and Drinking in New Mexico

Cornucopia’s Take: Fracking wastewater is notoriously polluted with radiation and numerous chemicals, many of which remain under the cloak of industry secrecy. In New Mexico, ...

December 4, 2018

Pollinators Show Less Interest in Domesticated Flowers and Pollen

Cornucopia’s Take: Domesticated flowering plants have often been bred for high yields and fruit storage life, but it turns out the resultant flowers may not ...