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December 14, 2006

So, What if Wal-Mart Made a Mistake?

by Jim Goodman That was the question asked by the host on a recent Public Radio call-in show. Her question to her guest from the ...

November 29, 2006

Back to the Future: “Organic, Inc.” Provides the Information for Us to Steer a Clear Path

A Book Review by Kathie Arnold It’s been years since I’ve read any fiction books — the last time was when our kids were young ...

November 28, 2006

The Organic Conversation Begins Anew (again)

GreenMoneyJournal.com By Bob Scowcroft Consider the word “organic.” I suspect that readers of this journal would conjure up an incredibly wide range of images. Maybe ...

September 21, 2006

Leafy Green Sewage

Op-Ed Contributor The New York Times By Nina Planck FARMERS and food safety officials still have much to figure out about the recent spate of ...

September 6, 2006

We Want Real Food

telegraph.co.uk Britain’s once fertile soil has been systematically stripped of its crucial minerals by industrial farming, leaving our fruit and vegetables tasteless and a nation ...

June 5, 2006

Mass Natural

The Way We Live Now The New York Times By MICHAEL POLLAN “Elitist” is just about the nastiest name you can call someone, or something, ...

May 3, 2006

Save Family Farms, Save America

By Willie Nelson As one of the founders of Farm Aid, I have watched with admiration and a good amount of satisfaction the growth of ...

January 30, 2006

USDA Secretary Challenged for Kowtowing to Corporate Organic Interests

You might recall that we helped organize upwards of 40,000 contacts to the USDA Secretary last fall requesting that he intervene, and overrule the NOP, ...

September 26, 2005

The Fractured State of the Organic Community

An Open Letter From Jim Riddle (Mr. Riddle is an organic farmer, inspector and current Chair of the NOSB) Dear friends and colleagues, I am ...

August 9, 2005

Antibiotic Abuse

Editorial The Boston Globe August 8, 2005 THE GREAT, life-saving medical advance of the 20th century was the discovery of antibiotics. Now, in the 21st ...

December 28, 2004

Letter to the Editor from Anna Blythe Lappe

Letter to the Editor from Anna Blythe Lappé, Small Planet Institute A good friend of Cornucopia, Anna Blythe Lappé, Food and Society Policy Fellow, WK ...