Where a 4 or 5 Rating is the Price of Admission

Erewhon store brand eggs on a shelf

Erewhon, a certified organic retailer in Southern California known for its careful curation of organic food, is hitching its brand to The Cornucopia Institute’s Organic Scorecards. The retailer is in the process of changing its sourcing guidelines for organic chicken eggs; going forward, it will allow only egg brands rated a 4 or 5 on… Read more »

The Cultivator – Fall/Winter 2024

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The Fall/Winter 2023 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly print newsletter, is arriving in mailboxes across the country. Featuring independent journalism and stories you won’t read anywhere else, the  Cultivator is mailed to supporters as a benefit of their gift. For a look at what supporters receive,  check out the Flipbook (see below) or download the PDF here…. Read more »

The Cultivator – Spring/Summer 2024

A hand places a container of Seven Stars Farm yogurt on a table.

The Spring/Summer 2023 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly print newsletter, is arriving in mailboxes across the country. Featuring independent journalism and stories you won’t read anywhere else, the  Cultivator is mailed to supporters as a benefit of their gift. For a look at what supporters receive,  check out the Flipbook (see below) or download the PDF here…. Read more »

Can shopping for food save our future?

An image of the sign in front of Kimberton Whole Foods.

Meet the owner committed to a grocery store with a lofty vision Terry Brett spent a recent fall Friday driving five hours to help a young organic farmer with her ambitious plan to save her family’s organic dairy and other dairies in North Central Pennsylvania — it’s just one in a long list of contributions… Read more »

The Cultivator – Winter 2023

The Winter 2023 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly print newsletter, is arriving in mailboxes across the country. Featuring independent journalism and stories you won’t read anywhere else, the  Cultivator is mailed to supporters as a benefit of their gift. For a look at what supporters receive,  check out the Flipbook (see below) or download the PDF here…. Read more »

Time for a Supermarket Shakedown

An excerpt from Grocery Story by Jon Steinman I remember standing in a tomato field of DiMare Fresh, one of North America’s largest conventional growers and distributors of “fresh” tomatoes. It was here where I really learned how subjective one’s definition of “fresh” could be. If “fresh” is harvesting a rock-hard, pale green tomato and… Read more »

The Cultivator – Fall 2023

The Fall 2023 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly print newsletter, is arriving in mailboxes across the country. Featuring independent journalism and stories you won’t read anywhere else, the  Cultivator is mailed to supporters as a benefit of their gift. For a look at what supporters receive,  check out the Flipbook (see below) or download the PDF here…. Read more »

Hydroponics is the Wrong Direction for Organic

Hydroponic tomatoes growing in a greenhouse

“Hydroponics and aeroponics cannot be classified as certified organic growing methods.” Issued by a coalition of six certifiers, this public statement is an unprecedented rebuke to the National Organic Program (NOP) and the latest tactic in a protracted fight to implore the USDA to stop certifying soilless production. The Cornucopia Institute emphatically agrees — we… Read more »

Building Bridges to Uncover the Risk of Pesticides

A produce section with a large sign that reads "conventional"

The Cornucopia Institute recently sat down with Dr. Charles Benbrook to discuss pesticides. He has spent 50 years researching their impacts on our health and the environment and advocating for change. He worked on the House Committee on Agriculture and for the National Academy of Sciences and played an important role in the Food Quality… Read more »

The Cultivator – Summer 2023

The Cultivator logo appears over an image of ripe raspberries

The Summer 2023 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly print newsletter, is arriving in mailboxes across the country. Featuring independent journalism and stories you won’t read anywhere else, the  Cultivator is mailed to supporters as a benefit of their gift. For a look at what supporters receive,  check out the Flipbook (see below) or download the PDF here…. Read more »