Action Alert: Get Carrageenan Out of Organic Foods!
September 17, 2026
By Will Fantle After a formal request, from The Cornucopia Institute, the USDA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has spent the last couple of years focusing on the question of whether certified organic dairy farms are following the federal organic standards. An additional focus of their research has been to ...
Associated Press By Mary Esch SCHAGHTICOKE, N.Y. (AP) – Justine and Brian Denison say they adhere to all the growing practices required for organic certification, yet if they label their beans and tomatoes “organic” at the farmer’s market, they could face federal charges and $20,000 or more in fines. Because ...
How a Harvard scientist, a sixth-generation bee whisperer, and a retired entrepreneur joined forces to rescue an embattled insect and save the American food supply The Boston Globe Magazine By Scott Helman CHENSHENG LU hardly cuts the profile of a provocateur. He dresses business casual and wears silver-rimmed glasses. He ...
Scientists Suspect Livestock-Feed Additives Are Behind Distress Wall Street Journal By Jesse Newman and Kelsey Gee A growing number of cattle arriving for slaughter at U.S. meatpacking plants have recently shown unusual signs of distress. Some walked stiffly, while others had trouble moving or simply lay down, their tongues hanging ...
Forbes By Beth Hoffman On Saturday, Mark Bittman of the New York Times wrote an interesting article about a trip he took to the Sacramento Valley to witness large scale tomato production. There he found committed farmers growing tomatoes in a way that tries to ensure the fiscal stability of ...
For whom will government food safety rules make organic eggs safe? This Saturday at 9am Pacific, the Food Chain Radio show with Michael Olson hosts farmers Christian & Stephanie Alexandre, and The Cornucopia Institute’s farm policy analyst Mark Kastel, for a conversation about proposed government food safety rules for eggs. ...
NPR by Eliza Barclay Fortunately for those of us who are suckers for novelty, every year fruits and vegetables seem to come in more bewitching colors, shapes and flavors. Lately, we’ve been tickled by the cotton candy grape and the vibrant Turkish eggplant orange . (Egg yolks can be ghostly ...
Lincoln Journal Star (NE) Evrett Lunquist of Raymond has won a summary judgment in a civil dispute involving production of organic crops. Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt’s dismissal of a multi-million dollar complaint filed against Lunquist, an organic inspector, by organic producer Paul Rosberg of Randolph could be the ...
Neonicotinoids: A Billion Dollar Industry! The Organic View By June Stoyer There has been a huge debate over the impact of Neonicotinoids, which are a class of systemic pesticides with a common mode of action that affects the central nervous system of insects, causing paralysis and death. Neonicotinoids are often ...
National Young Farmers Coalition Posted by Wes This summer we’ve started taking a closer look at the new food safety laws that are hurtling toward us from the FDA. (Alright, hurtling might be an exaggeration, but the November 16th deadline for comments is coming quick.) The more we read, the ...
Crop Scientists have discovered a gene in rice that could significantly improve its resistance to drought, according to new research. International Center for Tropical Agriculture by Neil Palmer The DEEPER ROOTING 1 (DRO1) gene makes the roots of rice plants grow downwards instead of outwards, enabling them to reach water ...
Restoration Seeds By Chuck Burr An open pollenated (OP) seed is a seed of value, it can grow a plant true to the plant is was saved from. OP seeds are fertilized naturally by insects, birds, wind or their structure. Many of our seeds are called heirlooms who can trace ...
