The Cultivator ArchiveCategory:Newsletter Archive

The Spring 2015 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: Is Hydroponics Organic? Commentary: Democracy in the Grocery Aisle? Feature: See No Evil News: Carrageenan Update Yogurt Scorecard FAQ Bienvenue, Jérôme Rigot Farmer Profile: Big Muddy Urban Farm

The Winter 2014 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: Nonprofits Versus Agribusinesses (Again) Yogurt: New Report Released Feature: Aerial Images Expose Factory Farms Kibble Me This: Is Your Pet’s Food Safe? Commentary: FDA Releases New Food Safety Rules News: GMO Losses and Wins Call for Interns:… Read more »

The Fall 2014 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: Eye In the Sky: Cornucopia’s Aerial Photography Investigates Factory Farm Cheating Another Bee-Friendly Burg Commentary: 10 Years, 10,000 Members & 100,000 on Facebook Memoir: My Road to Organics – “The Barefoot Cook,” Amanda Love Feature: Protecting Organic Seed Integrity News: NOSB Voting Scorecard… Read more »

The Summer 2014 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: Turmoil Shakes NOSB Meeting in Texas: USDA Restricts Citizen Board’s Governance and Authority on Organic Standards Good Eggs: Scorecard Update in the Works Commentary: Walmarting Organics Memoir: My Road to Organics – “The Barefoot Cook,” Amanda Love Feature: NOSB… Read more »

The Spring 2014 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: Leaving a Sour Taste: Conventional “Yogurt” Masquerades as Health Food While Organic Keeps It Real FDA Withdraws Controversial Food Safety Rules Feature: The Insidious Effects of Monsanto’s Roundup Commentary: Lessons Learned from GMO Labeling… Read more »

The Winter 2013 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: USDA Power Grab – National Organic Program Guts Synthetic Materials Decision-Making Process Editorial: The Corporate Takeover of the Seed Industry Feature: GE Crops – Why Scientists Are Worried Interview: Inside Washington State’s GMO Vote… Read more »

The fall issue of Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter is now available online. Download it in PDF form: Cultivator Fall 2013 In it you’ll find: Cover story: Food Safety: One Size Does Not Fit All! Editorial: The Ethics of Human Testing to Prove Harm Preview: Fall National Organic Standards Board Meeting News: Aquaculture Standards: Something Fishy Going… Read more »

The Summer issue of Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter is now available online. Download it in PDF form: Cultivator Summer 2013 In it you’ll find: Cover story: State of Fever – Monsanto’s GMO Policy Infecting All Levels of Government Editorial: Profit Over Your Health News: Antibiotic Use in Orchards News: GMO in Infant Formula Feature: Citizen Lobbyists… Read more »

The Spring issue of Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter is now available online. Download it in PDF form: Cultivator Spring 2013 In it you’ll find: Cover story: USDA Organic Program: Schizophrenic? Editorial: Whose “Science” Should We Trust? News: State GMO Actions Multiply After Prop 37 Preview: Carrageenan: The “Natural” Food Additive That’s Making Us Sick Feature: Toxic… Read more »

Our hardcopy newsletter for Fall 2012 is now available online. Download it in PDF form: Cultivator Fall 2012. In it you’ll find: Organic Integrity Upheld at NOSB Meeting Who Owns Organic? Organic Inspector Sued by Nebraska Farmer Organic Dairy Scandal Ends in $7.5M Settlement How Healthy is Organic Food Hamburger Helper GMO Myths and Truths… Read more »