When Certified Organic Is Not Available, Ask the Right Questions at the Market Source: Corey Templeton As market season kicks into high gear, farm stands beckon shoppers with signs: Local! Organic! Natural! No Spray! Sustainable! Organic is defined by strict federal standards. But what do these other claims really mean, and which are worthy of… Read more »
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Organic Farmers Protest the USDA’s Attempts to Redefine ‘Organic’
Cornucopia’s Take: Farmers across the country have rallied to protest soil-less production, livestock confinement practices, and fraudulent organic grain imports by outfits that continue to label their products ‘organic’ with the tacit approval of the National Organic Standards Board and the USDA. As our Senior Scientist Dr. Linley Dixon states at the beginning of this… Read more »
Will Someone New at the Helm of the USDA’s National Organic Program Steer the Ship Towards Congress’s Intent — Protecting Farmers and Consumers?
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. Included in his resignation letter was… Read more »
Letter to the Editor: Organic Coffee Grower Colehour Bondera Addresses Coffee Labeling
Cornucopia’s Take: One of Cornucopia’s respected farmer members, and past NOSB member, Colehour Bondera, recently wrote to us in response to our Cultivator article on coffee labeling. You will find his letter to us, printed in totality, below. Letter to the Editor by Colehour Bondera Colehour Bondera This is a communication in reply to the… Read more »
DIY Organic Certification: Separating Authentic Food from Phony-Baloney Misrepresentation
New Video Identifies “Free” Benefits Thrown in with Every Bagful of Truly Local Food Source: Corey Templeton As fall harvest bounty kicks into high gear, farm stands beckon shoppers with signs: Local! Organic! Natural! No Spray! Sustainable! Organic is defined by strict federal standards. But what do these other claims really mean, and how can… Read more »
Dr. Linley Dixon’s Testimony Before the NOSB, Spring 2018
I’m Linley Dixon, Senior Scientist with The Cornucopia Institute. I own a 5-acre farm in Durango, Colorado with my husband and brother who both farm full time. In southwest Colorado, there is a strong young farmer movement. We have a local chapter of the National Young Farmers Coalition and Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. The farmers… Read more »
Add-On Label Identifies Real Organic Food
The USDA’s National Organic Program has failed consumers and true organic farmers by refusing to enforce pasture requirements for organic livestock and by allowing hydroponic produce to bear the organic label. As such, add-on labels are emerging to help consumers differentiate between industrial and authentic organic. Cornucopia supports the efforts of the Real Organic Project… Read more »
Raising the Bar
Choosing the Healthiest Organic Snack Bar Brands [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD, Senior Scientist at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock Snack bars are a highly profitable $8 billion industry, posting double-digit annual growth rates. A small, but growing, percentage of the… Read more »
The National Organic Standards Board Votes to Remove Carrageenan, a Potent Inflammatory Agent and Possible Carcinogen, from Use in Organic Food Production
On November 17 at the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in St. Louis, carrageenan was voted to be removed from the National List of approved additives in organic food! Source: José Luis Briz The decision was a big win for consumers, who have been voting with their purchasing power for products without the dangerous additive. Over… Read more »
Denver USDA Meeting Will Help Decide Organic Future
Farmers, Consumers, Nonprofits Challenge Mounting Agribusiness Dominance Will Industrial-Scale Hydroponic (soil-less) Production or Allowing Plastic Contamination of Organic Farmland be Sanctioned? NOSB Deliberations at the Fall 2016 Meeting Advocates for organic food and farming are, increasingly, victims of their own success. Over the past 25 years, this grassroots movement has morphed into a $43 billion… Read more »
