In honor of National Co-op Month, we’re shining a light on Equal Exchange, a worker-owned business that has been building long-term, economically just partnerships with small-scale organic farmer cooperatives around the world for the past four decades. The organization was founded to create an alternative trade model that puts power back in the hands of farmers… Read more »
VIROQUA — Sept. 15, 2025 — The Cornucopia Institute, a national nonprofit watchdog, is celebrating National Organic Month by joining “We the Soil,” a campaign that offers a tangible way to support a more hopeful food future. “Farmers are the caretakers of our soil, our food, and our future,” said Cornucopia Executive Director Melody Morrell…. Read more »
By Kestrel Burcham, JD, Policy Director The organic and environmental conservation communities have lost one of our leaders and great advisors: Dr. Barry Flamm passed away recently at 91 years old. Barry was a wonderful friend and ally in Cornucopia’s work to protect organic integrity – and he knew firsthand the environmental benefits of growing… Read more »
When you have the opportunity to talk to someone as wise and honest as Joan Dye Gussow, you try your best to stretch out the time. Joan, the matriarch of the organic, locavore, and small-farm movement who died this month at age 96, sustained us with her words. The Mary Swartz Rose Professor Emeritus of… Read more »
Join our Executive Director Melody Morrell at Organicology on March 12-14, 2025 in Portland, Oregon, along with contributors, advocates and change-makers from across the organic trade to revolutionize food, agriculture and economic models for the better. Organicology brings together people from all corners of the organic world to foster skill development, celebrate successes, and tackle… Read more »
Late 2024 brought rumblings about a recall of organic carrots. The story behind this story requires a nuanced examination of the forces at play in our food system. Together, Grimmway and Bolthouse sell 60-80% of the carrots in the US, both organic and chemically grown. Because they supply so many carrots across the country, any contamination can have a wide… Read more »
Anne Ross, Cornucopia’s Organic Investigator, has been elected to the North America board of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). Together with affiliates across more than 100 countries and territories, IFOAM speaks out on behalf of the organic food and farming community and raises awareness about the urgent need to make organic agriculture… Read more »
Disrupting the food system requires commitment and perseverance – and we can’t do it alone. Our partnerships with farmers and and regional organizations are essential to our work. On June 22, our Deputy Director Michele Marchetti will be a featured speaker at Farm Fest on Long Island. This celebration of regional organic food will take… Read more »
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on October 25, 26, and 27 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB or by simply following our stream…. Read more »
VIROQUA, Wis., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dairy may be divisive, but eaters are still buying milk — not to mention slices of cheese for their equally controversial burger. Avoiding dairy that comes from feedlot cows requires homework. But Cornucopia’s new Local Organic Dairy Map identifying authentic organic dairy takes the guesswork out of your grocery… Read more »
