Beyond Pesticides Despite a massive outpouring of public opposition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it has registered Enlist Duo®, officially putting the rubber stamp of approval on the sale and use of a new wave of genetically-engineered (GE) 2,4-D tolerant crops. Developed by Dow AgroSciences, Enlist Duo® is an herbicide that… Read more »
Why I’m Voting Yes on 105 to Label GMO Foods
Dining Out by Bradford Heap | Chef and Owner, Colterra, Niwot, CO; and SALT, Boulder, CO Source: Martin Cathrae As a Coloradan, chef, and restaurateur committed to farm-to-table quality, integrity, taste, health, and the environment, I join organizations like the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Moms Across America, Conservation Colorado, and others in my support of GMO labeling,… Read more »
No No Nano: Macro-Objections to Micro-Machinations of Industrial Processed Food
The Call of the Land by Steven McFadden “To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.” – Wendell Berry Steven McFadden Steadily, stealthily, corporations are driving the goodness of natural life itself from our food, and cleverly – though unwisely – infesting it with dim bits of microscopic material substance… Read more »
Beef Checkoff ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ Is Better Left Behind
NOTE: The organic farming community is facing a full-court-press by the powerful industry lobby group, the Organic Trade Association. They want to pass a “checkoff” that will tax farmers to fund promotional and research work. The history of these checkoffs leave farmers extremely skeptical, to say the least. Cornucopia, and every organic farming group that… Read more »
The Biggest Manure Spill in Door County History
When Something Fails, Try More of the Same! by John Bobbe My wife and I have lived on the Door Peninsula in the same neighborhood for 36 years. It is the thumb on Wisconsin that sticks out into Lake Michigan. Door County is billed as the “Cape Cod” of the Midwest with over 300 miles… Read more »
Demise of the National Organic Standards Board?
Montana Organic Association by Barry Flamm, Former Chair of the National Organic Standards Board, Board Member of The Cornucopia Institute and MOA Lifetime Member The original and current purpose of the Organic Food Production Act of 1990 (OFPA) is to bring integrity and order to organic food production and marketing by establishing uniform standards. The… Read more »
The F.D.A.’s Blatant Failure on Food
New York Times By Ruth Reichl EVERY year, antibiotic-resistant infections kill at least 23,000 Americans and make another two million sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s why a recent ruling by the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals is so appalling. It allows the federal Food and Drug Administration… Read more »
Don’t Repeat Mistakes That Led to Superweeds
The Des Moines Register by Neil D. Hamilton Palmer Amaranth Credit: USDA The Des Moines Register deserves a hearty thank you for Donnelle Eller’s eye-opening Sunday article on glyphosate-resistant Superweeds. It details a real threat to Iowa agriculture and raises important questions about responsibility and the way forward. Some may believe it too soon or even… Read more »
The Future of Farming Is A Gift From Our Past: Celebrating 90 Years of Biodynamic® Agriculture
Demeter Association, Inc. by Erin Sojourner Agostinelli Ninety years ago this year, Rudolf Steiner addressed a group of farmers at a European farmhouse located in today’s Poland. A well-known scientist and social advocate, Steiner is now best known as the founder of Waldorf education. The farmers asked Steiner for help because they were very concerned… Read more »
California Stung by Lawsuit to Protect Bees
Pesticide Action Network North America by Paul Towers Blue Orchard Bee Credit: USDA They’re in our garden plants, sprayed on orchards throughout the state, and used as seed coatings on commodity crops in California and across the country. After five years of review, California officials have not only failed to complete an evaluation of neonicotinoid… Read more »
