The Cornucopia Institute has submitted dozens of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests over the years in an effort to shine a light on the inner workings of the National Organic Program. Over and over we have seen the same response from the USDA: frequent delays far beyond what is permitted by federal law, overuse… Read more »
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NODPA’s Ed Maltby: Organics Under Attack
Cornucopia’s Take: This article first appeared in the NODPA News, published by the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, and is written by its executive director Ed Maltby. His essay is a comprehensive overview of the current environment in organic agriculture. As Ed notes below, if we work together and educate ourselves, we can more effectively… Read more »
A Brief History of Parity Pricing and the Present Day Ramifications of the Abandonment of a Par Economy
By Kevin Engelbert, Organic Dairy Farmer, Nichols, NY The basic premise of parity pricing is the belief that the selling price of a product or produce should go up or down in the same amount as the prices of the inputs used in its production. Another way to phrase the idea of parity price: the… Read more »
North Dakota Oil Extraction Leaves the Land Lifeless
Cornucopia’s Take: Fracking for oil in North Dakota farm fields has left a stain of salt, heavy metals, and radioactivity in the soil which extraction companies are not interested in cleaning up. The salted earth is rendered dead and incapable of crop production. Clean-up involves removal of the contaminated soil, an expensive project that simply… Read more »
Can the Bacteria in Your Gut Explain Your Mood?
The New York Times Magazine by Peter Andrey Smith Source: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The rich array of microbiota in our intestines can tell us more than you might think. Eighteen vials were rocking back and forth on a squeaky mechanical device the shape of a butcher scale, and Mark Lyte was beside himself with… Read more »
Appearance by Agribusiness Executive at Organic Conference Stirs Controversy
Dean Foods, WhiteWave, Accused of Damaging Farmers and Organic Reputation LA CROSSE, WIS: Regardless of the weather, the heat has been turned up at the La Crosse Center, which will host the largest organic farming conference in the United States, starting February 27. A prominent organic industry watchdog, The Cornucopia Institute, has called on event… Read more »
Record Number of American Farmer Suicides
Cornucopia’s Take: The unfolding tragedy of deaths by suicide among American farmers is incredibly distressing and painful. One of the reasons Cornucopia was founded was to protect the economic lifeline that organic agriculture offered family farmers who were facing increased economic stress from the get big or get out mentality pervading conventional agriculture. And now,… Read more »
Why is Cornell University Hosting a GMO Propaganda Campaign?
The Ecologist by Stacy Malkan Source: Erik Jaeger Cornell, one of the world’s leading academic institutions, has abandoned scientific objectivity, writes Stacy Malkan – and instead made itself a global hub for the promotion of GM crops and food. Working with selected journalists and industry-supported academics, Cornell’s so-called ‘Alliance for Science’ is an aggressive propaganda… Read more »
Who Owns Organic?
The success of the organic sector has not escaped the notice of corporate giants, which have been buying up organic brands and investing serious money into getting them into your carts. Cornucopia believes you have a right to know who owns these companies. That’s why we have updated our popular Who Owns Organic? graphic, informed… Read more »
Researcher Bias and the Carrageenan Controversy
Is carrageenan bad for you? When considering the answer to that question, it’s useful to follow the money. For example, industry consultant TOXpertise, LLC has painted research pointing to the potential health risks of this controversial food additive as faulty science. However, the company’s analyses were funded by FMC Corporation, which has “over 60 years of experience in the development and production of carrageenan products…” Yet in… Read more »
