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New York’s Engelbert Family: Cornerstones of American Organic Dairying

[Kevin Engelbert is a board member of The Cornucopia Institute.] This article first appeared in The Milkweed by Paris Reidhead Meet the Englebert family of Nichols, New York L-R: John, Kevin, Lisa, Joe and Kris  On May 2, 2014, I revisited the Engelbert Farm — just outside Nichols, New York. I’ve known these organic dairy farmers since… Read more »

The Future of Chocolate

Unwrap the world of chocolate and things aren’t always sweet. The cacao plant’s legacy is ancient and complex, while the business surrounding it is bitter, messy, and even ruthless. Its future, meanwhile, is both exciting and uncertain. honeycolony.com By Maryam Henein Back in the Mayan age, around 1100 BCE, cacao was recognized as a “super”… Read more »

Attack of the Mutant Rice

America’s rice farmers didn’t want to grow a genetically engineered crop. Their customers in Europe did not want to buy it. So how did it end up in our food? Fortune Marc Gunther, Fortune senior writer (Fortune Magazine) — Back in the spring of 2001, a 64-year-old Texas rice farmer named Jacko Garrett watched a… Read more »

A Game of Chicken

OregonLive by Lynne Terry USDA repeatedly blinked when facing salmonella outbreaks involving Foster Farms Over the course of a decade, hundreds of people from Eugene to Baker City to Portland and Seattle were struck by bouts of food poisoning so severe they fled to their doctors or emergency rooms for treatment. They had no idea… Read more »

That’s Not Natural or Organic: How Big Food Misleads

Major conglomerates claim their food is healthy. But they might have funded the study — and the feds barely care Salon By Gyorgy Scrinis Excerpted from “Nutritionism: The Science and Politics of Dietary Advice” Food Technology is an industry journal that showcases the latest technologically modified and nutritionally engineered foods, offering an array of claimed… Read more »

Follow Cornucopia’s Fall 2024 NOSB Coverage

Read Cornucopia’s Coverage of the Fall 2024 National Organic Standards Board Meeting

Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on October 22-24 below. For background on issues up for discussion at the meeting, see: The NOSB’s Proposals & Discussion Document for Fall 2024… Read more »

Dr. Huber’s Brave Crusade Against Biotech

Prevention by Robyn O’Brien Credit: London Permaculture Dr. Don Huber was hit by a car last night. He is a whistle blower in the food world and someone I have had the honor of knowing. Dr. Huber is Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology at Purdue University, a land grant institution, and has been studying plants for… Read more »

Biotech and Agribusinesses Spending Heavily to Defeat State GMO Food Labeling Votes

Final Infographic Spotlights Dueling Food Brands on Colorado and Oregon Initiatives For the third election cycle in a row, biotech corporations and large agribusinesses narrowly defeated statewide citizen initiatives that would have mandated the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients on food packages. This time the electoral showdowns took place in Oregon, where it was… Read more »

Farmers, Advocates Launch Raw Milk Institute

Food Safety News by Cookson Beecher The much-anticipated Raw Milk Institute has gone live. The brainchild of Mark McAfee, co-owner of Organic Pastures near Fresno, CA, the institute introduced its website — www.rawmilkinstitute.org — on Tuesday. Simply put, the goal of the institute is to use science-based food-safety principles to shore up a strong foundation… Read more »

Spring 2019 NOSB Meeting – Webinars: April 17 & 18

Cornucopia policy staff members attended the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) pre-meeting webinars on April 17 and 18, where the NOSB heard comments from the public. Our notes from this meeting are below. Wednesday, April 17 Fourteen NOSB members present: Source: Alan Clark, Flickr Harriet Behar (January 2016 – January 2020) – NOSB Chair Steve… Read more »