As one of the stalwart leaders of the environmental and good food movement, Barry Flamm, PhD has an urgent message: “The enormous effects of climate change, loss of biodiversity, and farm-source pollution require the organic community to join forces with other organizations dealing with environmental programs to provide special expertise in how organic can and… Read more »
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GE Salmon Caught, Temporarily, in a Net of Regulation
Cornucopia’s Take: Genetically engineered (GE) salmon by AquaBounty have yet to hit U.S. markets, in part because the FDA has yet to come out with their GE labeling law. Funding behind the GE salmon appears to be nearly infinite, and AquaBounty is determined to wait out legislators and policies. While it is likely that these… Read more »
Give Your Input to USDA on GMO Labeling
Cornucopia’s Take: USDA is asking for stakeholder input on key issues of the GMO labeling law set to go into effect in 2018. We believe the most important issue here is to ensure that the USDA includes all gene-editing technologies in this labeling law. All Forms of Genetic Engineering Must Require Labels Organic Insider by… Read more »
No No Nano: Macro-Objections to Micro-Machinations of Industrial Processed Food
The Call of the Land by Steven McFadden “To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.” – Wendell Berry Steven McFadden Steadily, stealthily, corporations are driving the goodness of natural life itself from our food, and cleverly – though unwisely – infesting it with dim bits of microscopic material substance… Read more »
The Farm Bill is Headed to Conference, Where Members of Congress Will Work to Combine the House and Senate Versions of the Bills
[This alert is over. President Trump signed the Farm Bill on December 20, 2018.] With Two Very Different Bills Hitting the Editing Desk, Congress Needs Your Continuing Input Update August 7, 2018 The House and Senate conference committee members have been appointed, and are now in recess. This is a very good time to intensify… Read more »
When Enough Is Enough and We Stand for Our Rights
A voice from Benton County, OR by Harry MacCormack Harry MacCormack There is a disturbance on the Land, in our intestinal tracts, and in our cells and genes. It is not a new terror. It has been deteriorating life quality for over four generations. Wreaking havoc daily at subtle, mostly unseen levels, the devastation is… Read more »
Rural Water Across America Poisoned by Agricultural Runoff
Cornucopia’s Take: Conventional and GMO crop farming and concentrated animal feeding operations create runoff of excess pesticides and fertilizers into watersheds and, ultimately, wells in rural America. The runoff contains nitrates from manure, bacteria from sick animals, and a host of toxic chemicals and antibiotics. Learn more about the crisis below. Sustainable farming practices prevent… Read more »
Industry Watchdog Calls for Independent Investigation of USDA’s National Organic Program
Asserts the Will of Congress/Organic Law is Being Violated In a letter to the USDA’s Office of Inspector General, The Cornucopia Institute has requested an independent audit of the National Organic Program (NOP), charging a multiplicity of illegal actions and inactions. The Wisconsin-based farm policy research group alleges that the National Organic Program has failed… Read more »
Legal Challenge to EPA’s Approval of Monsanto’s Newest Dicamba Products
Cornucopia’s Take: Despite the agency’s own findings of likely harm to endangered species, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency approved Monsanto’s XtendiMax pesticide. Further, the EPA refused to seek guidance from other federal agencies and denied any risks at all from the dicamba-based product. Six public interest and environmentalist groups have stepped forward to challenge the EPA… Read more »
A Way Out of the Two Crop Cycle
Cornucopia’s Take: The 2018 Farm Bill presents an opportunity for improving sustainability for farmers – both environmentally and financially. Read the story below to hear what a fourth-generation Iowa farmer has to say. Editorial: To clean up our water, go ‘nuts’ like this Iowa farmer The Des Moines Register Source: Rich Herrmann Shifting from two-crop… Read more »
