Cornucopia’s Take: As our climate changes, many species are disappearing from their native habitat, and sugar maples are one that is in danger. Sap farmers are tapping other trees for syrup now, including the more hardy red maple. Many people are planning adaptations to the changing climate, and more...
Cornucopia’s Take: Judith Schwartz’s book, Cows Save the Planet, and Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth, is based on real-life solutions to loss of top soil and desertification. She champions holistic management and describes a method of livestock management that actually helps build top soil...
Cornucopia’s Take: One third of food is wasted worldwide, representing a tremendous loss of natural resources and money used to grow and transport the food. It also fails to address the needs of the hungry across the planet. This informative video by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia petitioned the National Organic Program for more rigorous certification, oversight, and testing of imports in July due to the lax enforcement we were then aware of at the U.S. border. Cornucopia has been digging into the import fraud issue for 10 years. USDA’s Office of Inspector...
The Fall 2017 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online.
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 the position of Deputy Administrator at the USDA, running the National Organic Program. He has held the post since early in the Obama administration. ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The UN’s recent report, Global Land Outlook, names industrial agriculture as the primary destroyer of fertile soil on the planet, and suggests we collectively move toward more sustainable farming techniques and rehabilitate the land. Organic, sustainable agriculture is proven to rehabilitate soil, and Cornucopia believes that additional...
Cornucopia’s Take: Organic dairy farmers work hard to earn enough to keep their doors open and provide high quality dairy products. This article highlights one of the brands doing exactly that. Visit Cornucopia’s organic dairy scorecard to see which brands are providing high-integrity dairy. Building a Brand that Stands...
Cornucopia’s Take: While there are likely many reasons wild bee colonies are declining, pesticide exposure remains one of the factors that humans can control. Neonicotinoids are not allowed in organic agriculture, but continue to be used in conventional and GMO agriculture despite considerable research pointing to their damaging effects...
Cornucopia’s Take: Monsanto is ironically claiming the ban on dicamba is not based on scientific consensus and throwing shade at prominent Arkansas weed scientists for lack of objectivity. The company continues to blame farmers for misapplying the highly volatile herbicide. Monsanto fights to sell Arkansas farmers herbicide linked to...
Cornucopia’s Take: With more than half of all U.S. farmworkers being undocumented immigrants, a new report suggests over 1,000 farms in New York could close or significantly reduce operations if deportations continue. Farmers across the country are concerned about their shrinking workforce and consumers should be similarly concerned about...
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia Codirector Mark Kastel and OFARM Executive Director John Bobbe talk to Marketplace about how the organic standards are being abused by large companies seeking to spend and do less while profiting off of increasing consumer demand for certified organic products. As Customers Buy More Organic Food,...
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