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[NOTE: Click here to view the New York Times slideshow of images from the article below.] The New York Times by Stephanie Strom Source: Martin de Witte CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — A decade ago, a couple running a dairy business in Northern California visited a Mennonite farm where the owner had used a flock of… Read more »
Organic Valley egg farm accused of keeping hens in factory conditions Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel By Karen Herzog A Wisconsin farmer-owned cooperative – the nation’s largest name-brand marketer of organic eggs – is misleading consumers about the living conditions of some of its hens and violating federal organic standards, according to a watchdog group. A California farm… Read more »
The Guardian by Marc Gunther Source: Joyce S. Lee, Flickr Governments, activists and big brands like McDonald’s and Nestle are putting increased pressure on egg producers to raise their hens more sustainably Americans eat about 265 eggs per person per year, according to the American Egg Board, and roughly nine in 10 are laid by… Read more »
Lobbyists Conspired to Confine Chickens to Factory Farms Consumers Fight Back through Marketplace Activism Reacting to the close of a 90-day public comment period on July 13, the nation’s preeminent organic industry watchdog harshly criticized the USDA for what they called a “giveaway” to factory farm interests masquerading as organic. The Cornucopia Institute suggested that… Read more »
Earlier this year, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed suit against Trader Joe’s for misleading images on cartons of cage-free eggs. The images show chickens roaming freely in an idyllic barnyard setting. However, “cage-free” means only that the laying hens do not live in battery cages. In reality, these chickens spend their lives, wing-to-wing, jam… Read more »
Family Farmers Face Unfair Competition from “Organic” Factory Farms CORNUCOPIA, WI — An independent report has been released that focuses on widespread abuses in organic egg production, primarily by large industrial agribusinesses. The study profiles the exemplary management practices employed by many family-scale organic farmers engaged in egg production, while spotlighting abuses at so-called factory… Read more »
Family Farmers Face Unfair Competition from “Organic” Factory Farms Just as Americans are reacting to new medical literature encouraging the consumption of “healthy” fats, including eggs, an independent report has been released that focuses on widespread abuses in organic egg production and marketing, primarily by large industrial agribusinesses. The study, conducted by The Cornucopia Institute,… Read more »
by Rebecca Thistlethwaite Credit: Maggie Yount In 2010, The Cornucopia Institute published a report on organic egg production titled Scrambled Eggs: Separating Factory Farm Egg Production from Authentic Organic Agriculture. We also developed the web-based Organic Egg Scorecard to give consumers and wholesale buyers a more complete story behind the organic egg carton. This year… Read more »
VIROQUA, Wis., May 31, 2023/PRNewswire/ — Don’t be fooled by the clever packaging: Most of the eggs in your grocery store are produced on factory farms. The Cornucopia Institute’s most popular tool — the recently updated Organic Egg Scorecard — is the resource you need to successfully sidestep this industrial model. The result of two… Read more »
