The Cultivator ArchiveCategory:Newsletter Archive

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 »

The summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly print newsletter, is now available online. Please share it widely. Knowledge is power! Let’s keep growing the good food movement. Look for these great stories inside: USDA-Agribusiness Collusion Groups Appeal Monsanto’s Gene Patent Lawsuit Carcinogen Approved for Use in Organic? Temra Costa on “Farmer Janes” Farmers Wary… Read more »