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October 10, 2018

Pro-technology Think Tank Claims Non-GMO Campaign “Deceives Consumers”

Cornucopia’s Take: The innocuously named industry think tank, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), has filed a Citizen Petition [PDF] with the FDA to request ...

October 8, 2018

Max Goldberg Interviews USDA Sec. Perdue on Organic Issues

Cornucopia’s Take: Organic Insider’s Max Goldberg interviewed USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue regarding the agency’s decision to allow hydroponic growers to label their produce “organic.” Perdue ...

October 8, 2018

FSMA Gets Clearer, But Your Comments are Still Needed

Cornucopia’s Take: New guidance has been released to help farmers make sense of the Food Safety Modernization Act, and we think NSAC’s blog post below ...

October 5, 2018

Will Trump’s “New NAFTA” Spread the American Dairy Catastrophe to Canada?

Cornucopia’s Take: Canadian dairy farmers operate under supply management, meaning farmers manage their production so it coincides with forecasts of demand for dairy. This ensures ...

October 3, 2018

Grants for Livestock & Poultry Farmers – Apply Now!

Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) is accepting applications for three types of grants for livestock and poultry farmers who wish to attain humane certification, build ...

October 2, 2018

Iowa’s Polluted Water Begins to Rise Above Politics

Cornucopia’s Take: Rural Iowa Senator, David Johnson, in concert with Bill Stowe, the head of public utility Des Moines Water Works, is calling for stricter ...

September 28, 2018

Perdue Praises DOJ for Stepping in to Keep Toxic Pesticide in Our Food

Cornucopia’s Take: Chlorpyrifos is dangerous to human health, notably to the brain development of children. Industry research, unsurprisingly, disagrees with that finding. But independent and ...

September 21, 2018

How Does Your Go-To Organic Milk Stack Up?

Cornucopia’s Take: We are pleased that authoritative sources for cooking and food ingredients have taken note of our investigation into organic dairying. This type of ...

September 20, 2018

The Realities of Starting a Farm

Cornucopia’s Take: Although the couple in this film are atypical of new farmers—they had enough resources to acquire land and a solid consultant—the documentary they ...

September 19, 2018

Trump Administration Pressing Africa to Adopt GMO Agriculture

Cornucopia’s Take: A U.S. State Department trade-policy specialist recently traveled to Africa to encourage officials to ease restrictions against, and encourage the use of, GMO ...

September 14, 2018

GMO Salmon is Being Sold as Sushi

Cornucopia’s Take: Although AquaBounty, the makers of engineered fast-growing salmon, have refused to tell the public where their product is being sold, their CEO recently ...

September 13, 2018

Biopesticides Show Promise for Modern Agriculture

Cornucopia’s Take: Medical cannabis use has brought more attention to the issue of pesticide residues. People with compromised health want to ensure they are not ...