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March 3, 2016

Ethan Allen would be Smiling

by Paris Reidhead Ethan Allen statue, Montpelier, VT Source: Mark Goebel In the News Notes section of the Winter 2015-16 issue of The Natural Farmer, ...

February 10, 2016

The Food Movement is Small? Not from Where We Sit, It Isn’t.

The Washington Post by Chellie Pingree and Anna Lappé Source: USDA In her latest column for The Washington Post, “The surprising truth about the ‘food ...

February 8, 2016

No More Exposés in North Carolina

The New York Times by The Editorial Board Source: Mike Licht Factory farm operators believe that the less Americans know about what goes on behind ...

February 1, 2016

Going Back to the Future: Is Biodynamic Agriculture the “Newest” Trend in Organic?

by Elizabeth Candelario, Demeter Co-Director Source: Harmony Farm in Tipp City, OH In the early 1920’s a growing group of European farmers were increasingly concerned ...

January 29, 2016

Why is Cornell University Hosting a GMO Propaganda Campaign?

The Ecologist by Stacy Malkan Source: Erik Jaeger Cornell, one of the world’s leading academic institutions, has abandoned scientific objectivity, writes Stacy Malkan – and ...

January 21, 2016

The Facts About The USDA’s AMS Grassfed Marketing Claim Recission

American Grassfed Association On January 12, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service rescinded the standards for the grassfed marketing claim. These were the minimal standards behind the ...

January 19, 2016

Final NOP’s Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation Guidance is Raising the Bar to a Higher Level, but Did Not Go Far Enough

Wild Farm Alliance by Jo Ann Baumgartner NOP guidance did not clearly stop degradation of lands with Conservation Reserve Program improvements when converted to organic ...

January 5, 2016

Biotechnology Proponent’s Recipe to Defend GMOs Produces a Stew Blending Orwellian Rhetoric with Sheer Demagoguery

by Mark A. Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Mark Kastel A commentary in the December 29 edition of the Wall Street ...

December 23, 2015

Are You Eating Frankenfish?

The New York Times by Tom Colicchio Source: Danielle Helm This month, Congress may decide whether consumers are smart enough to be trusted with their ...

December 14, 2015

A Secret Weapon to Fight Climate Change: Dirt

The Washington Post by Debbie Barker and Michael Pollan Cover crops in small grain stubble Source: NRCS, South Dakota Debbie Barker is the international programs ...

December 4, 2015

Tell Consumers What They Are Eating

The New York Times by the Editorial Board Source: Prachatai In approving genetically engineered salmon as safe to eat and safe for the environment, the ...

November 25, 2015

Owner of Vermont Organic Dairy Farm and Harvard Biology Graduate Educates the NOSB on the Meaning of “Organic”

Greg Jackmauh holds a Harvard degree in biology and owns a Vermont organic dairy farm. He’s a longtime member of The Cornucopia Institute. Greg Jackmauh ...