Organic Dairy: Make an Informed Choice
September 11, 2026
The Cornucopia Institute Releases Report Formally Requests Removal of Carrageenan from List of Allowed Additives Cornucopia, WI – The Cornucopia Institute formally requested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) remove the common additive carrageenan from the US food supply. Last year the FDA rejected a 2008 citizen petition, which ...
[This Action Alert is Over] Sneaking Synthetics into Organics Close the Loophole – Submit a Comment to the National Organic Standards Board Comments due Tuesday, March 19, 2013 (11:59 pm EST) Think you’re avoiding synthetic ingredients like sodium benzoate and polysorbate 80 by choosing organic? Unfortunately, that’s not always the ...
[This action alert is over] UPDATE: The Senate has yet to vote on the resolution, and may not until Monday. If you haven’t called yet, you still have time to make your voice heard. Speak up for farmers and good food! Monsanto and agribusiness companies have managed to insert two ...
The Independent By Michael McCarthy Britain’s health system could slip back by 200 years unless the “catastrophic threat” of antibiotic resistance is successfully tackled, the Government’s Chief Medical Officer warns today. In her first annual report, Dame Sally Davies says the problem of microbes becoming increasingly resistant to the most ...
ETC Group A report released today by ETC Group warns that 6 multinational Gene Giants control the current priorities and future direction of agriculture research worldwide. Syngenta, Bayer, BASF,[i] Dow, Monsanto and DuPont control 59.8 % of commercial seeds and 76.1 % of agrochemicals. The same 6 companies account for ...
The Atlantic Cities By RomanGaus On an early June morning in 2010, I stood outside the Aquaponics research facility at the University of Applied Sciences, perched on a green hilltop in Wädenswil, Switzerland, 20 minutes outside Zurich. The lab director, Andreas Graber, had finally given in to my persistent calls ...
New York Times By Stephanie Strom Whole Foods Market, the grocery chain, on Friday became the first retailer in the United States to require labeling of all genetically modified foods sold in its stores, a move that some experts said could radically alter the food industry. A. C. Gallo, president ...
The Complete Patient By David Gumpert Maybe the citizens of tiny Sedgwick on the Maine coast were listening to the calls of Dave Milano, Ken Conrad, and others for more trust and community, and less rigid one-size-fits-all food regulation. On Saturday morning, Sedgwick became likely the first locale in the ...
Joint Letter Says Comment Period Too Short for Complex 1,200-Page Proposal AUSTIN, Texas – Over 270 organizations, food businesses and farms requested an extension today of the comment period for two major proposed food safety rules. The groups seek more time to assess the effects of the 1,200 pages of ...
FDA aims to sterilize our food through the Food Safety Modernization Act Food Riot Radio By Brad Jordan After two years of delay, the Food Safety Modernization Act is finally about to go into effect. The FDA is moving forward with rules that are supposed to make food in the ...
It found those who ate the most increased their risk of dying prematurely by 44 percent WebMD By Steven Reinberg Grilled hot dogs and sausages may be tasty treats at ball games and picnics, but a new study of nearly 450,000 people finds that eating too much processed meat might ...
University of Colorado – Boulder We’ve all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder suggests some plants are altruistic too. The researchers looked at corn, in ...
