Cornucopia’s Take: A U.S. State Department trade-policy specialist recently traveled to Africa to encourage officials to ease restrictions against, and encourage the use of, GMO seeds. The work of trade representatives is to develop and coordinate U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy. This trip benefits the biotech industry in the U.S., down to… Read more »
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Organic Agriculture Key to Feeding the World Sustainably
Science Daily Source: Washington State University Source: Suzie’s Farm Study analyzes 40 years of science against 4 areas of sustainability Washington State University researchers have concluded that feeding a growing global population with sustainability goals in mind is possible. Their review of hundreds of published studies provides evidence that organic farming can produce sufficient yields,… Read more »
Industrial Agriculture to Blame in Bird Flu Outbreak
Green Bay Press Gazette by Michael Greger Source: USDA Avian influenza is sweeping the Midwest with outbreaks in 12 different states. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker declared a state of emergency in Wisconsin, enlisting the help of the National Guard to contain the disease. Last month, an outbreak struck a Jefferson County egg facility that confines… Read more »
Back to Basics: Breeding Plants for Organic Agriculture
CSA News by Nancy Maddox Source: USDA Around 10,000 BC, the dawn of the Agricultural Revolution, human societies began domesticating wild plants. For the next 12,000 years, farming relied exclusively on natural inputs, such as animal manure and compost. The first synthetic fertilizers and pesticides were developed only about 100 years ago but quickly became… Read more »
Community Supported Agriculture: How Big Is Too Big?
WEMU89.1 By Grace Hood The peak of the summer harvest is approaching, which means that if you have a community supported agriculture share, you may be receiving a daunting amount of fresh produce to cook every week. In recent years, the CSA model has been attracting thousands of new farmers and consumers. Farmers like CSAs… Read more »
World Over-Using Underground Water Reserves for Agriculture
Reuters By Chris Wickham (Reuters) – The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the Netherlands. The researchers, from McGill University in Montreal and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, combined groundwater usage data from around the globe with computer models of… Read more »
Africa: Benefits of Organic Agriculture in the Continent
All Africa – Times of Zambia (this link no longer available) By Gethsemani Mwizabi and Annie Sampa EXPANDING Africa’s shift towards organic farming will be good for the continent’s nutritional needs, the environment, farmers’ incomes, African markets and employment. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Deputy Secretary-General Petko Draganov said this recently at the… Read more »
Future of Organic Food and Agriculture at Risk
Use of Synthetic Preservatives, Genetically Mutated Ingredients and Weak Animal Welfare Standards Headed for Vote by USDA Panel Cornucopia, WI—The Cornucopia Institute, one of the nation’s leading organic industry watchdogs, is urging members of the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), in formal testimony, to vote to preserve the integrity of organic food and farming… Read more »
Community Supported Agriculture Provides Links to Healthy Foods
Consumers buy ‘shares,’ get fresh local produce Fort Wayne News Sentinel By Lauren Caggiano Local consumers have discovered another way to avoid the middleman when it comes to buying fresh produce. Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has emerged as an alternative to buying grocery store produce. In short, CSA makes it… Read more »
Organic Animal Agriculture Threatened by Genetically Engineered Alfalfa
by Jim Munsch The Cornucopia Institute By now many farmers producing organic milk or meat from ruminants have seen the news about the federal court ruling that the USDA violated the law by failing to conduct a full Environmental Impact Study before approving Monsanto’s genetically engineered alfalfa trademarked Roundup Ready®. The judge’s latest ruling in… Read more »
