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October 17, 2017

An Update on Frey Vineyards

Cornucopia’s Take: The Frey family has been a longtime leader in the organic and Biodynamic communities. They were an important voice in responding to powerful ...

October 16, 2017

NODPA’s Ed Maltby: Organics Under Attack

Cornucopia’s Take: This article first appeared in the NODPA News, published by the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, and is written by its executive director ...

October 2, 2017

More Pesticides Build More Resistance in Weeds

Cornucopia’s Take: Recent surveys across the nation show that some weeds are showing resistance to dicamba, an older pesticide which has recently been reformulated for ...

September 17, 2017

Will Someone New at the Helm of the USDA’s National Organic Program Steer the Ship Towards Congress’s Intent — Protecting Farmers and Consumers?

by Linley Dixon, PhD, Senior Scientist and Mark A. Kastel, Codirector, The Cornucopia Institute Miles McEvoy Source: USDA On September 10, Miles McEvoy resigned from ...

August 31, 2017

Climate Change Moving Faster Than U.S. Ag Policy

Cornucopia’s Take: Long time agricultural writer Alan Guebert shares his concerns below about how climate change and technological advances are outpacing agricultural policy in this ...

August 11, 2017

Monolithic Grocers Sell Monolithic Labels

Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia strongly supports co-ops and other independent grocers who stock truly local and organic food, pay their staff a fair wage, and grow ...

July 27, 2017

Does Your Favorite Ice Cream Contain Glyphosate?

Cornucopia’s Take: Longtime organic dairy farmer Will Allen wrote this piece below about Ben & Jerry’s empty promises to farmers and consumers. Because Ben & ...

July 25, 2017

Hydroponic Lobby Seeks to Rewrite Organic Rules

Cornucopia’s Take: Giant “organic” hydroponic growers, alongside “organic” CAFO operators, are pressing for relaxed regulations. They have called for technological advancements in organics while they ...

July 13, 2017

2018 Farm Bill May Include “NOSB Reforms” Benefiting Industrial Organics

Cornucopia’s Take: Natural Grocers’ Alan Lewis recently visited Capitol Hill to discuss the upcoming Farm Bill with lawmakers. He shares his experience, insight, and disturbing ...

May 10, 2017

NODPA Responds to Washington Post Article on Fake Organic Milk

Cornucopia’s Take: Ethical family-scale organic dairy farmers are concerned that the Aurora Dairy scandal will tarnish, in the eyes of consumers, the organic milk they ...

May 5, 2017

Agroecology May be the Big Answer

Cornucopia’s Take: Farm incomes are likely to drop again this year, while concerns about water pollution, soil loss, and soil contamination grow. Cornucopia supports diversified ...

May 1, 2017

A Farmer’s View of the NOSB Meeting in Denver

Cornucopia’s Take: Dave Chapman of Long Wind Farm in Vermont attended the recent National Organic Standards Board meeting. We share his thoughts on events there, ...