Food Consumer By Martha Rosenberg The Iowa attorney general called him a “habitual violator” of state laws. Labor Secretary Robert Reich called his farms “atrocious.” A federal investigator said it was “inconceivable” he didn’t know his farms’ conditions. Now, after decades of harming animals, workers and the environment, the Teflon Chicken Don, Austin “Jack” DeCoster,… Read more »
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Dirtying Up Our Diets
New York Times By Jeff D. Leach Over 7,000 strong and growing, community farmers’ markets are being heralded as a panacea for what ails our sick nation. The smell of fresh, earthy goodness is the reason environmentalists approve of them, locavores can’t live without them, and the first lady has hitched her vegetable cart crusade… Read more »
Keeping Bees Safe: It’s A Ruff Job, But This Doggy Detective Gets It Done
The Salt – NPR by Jodi Helmer Source: USDA The newest apiary inspector at the Maryland Department of Agriculture has four legs, golden fur and a powerful sniffer. Mack, a 2-year-old yellow Lab, joined the team last fall to help his mom, chief apiary inspector Cybil Preston, inspect beehives for American foulbrood — AFB —… Read more »
My Road to Organics: Cycling to Health, Vitality and Purpose
[This story originally appeared in the Summer 2014 issue of The Cultivator, The Cornucopia Institute’s quarterly print publication available to members and online.] Many of us have had an aha! moment or moments that sparked our decision to farm, garden or eat organically. In this issue, Cornucopia board member Amanda Love tells how a cross-country journey… Read more »
Largest Organic Milk Bottler Accused of Misrepresenting Products
Consumers Cautioned to Choose Organic Milk without Dubious, Illegal Ingredients Cornucopia, Wis.—The Cornucopia Institute filed a formal request with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today, asking for an investigation into Dean Foods’ advertisements for its Horizon milk with Omega-3 DHA, alleging the nation’s largest dairy conglomerate with consumer fraud in misrepresenting the nutritional benefits of… Read more »
6 Ways Your Gut Controls Your Health
Rodale News by Julia Westbrook Source: Foto Nerd Your gut isn’t just where you shovel in the grub. It’s also a delicate, micro-ecosystem that keeps your whole body healthy. To get your health on track, look no further than your gut. The digestive tract does more than just process your breakfast, lunch, and dinner, according… Read more »
New Report Puts Farmers Back in Charge of Organic Certification
USDA Has “Willfully Failed” on Congressional Mandate to Prevent Fraud When farmers lobbied Congress to pass the Organic Foods Production Act in 1990, their intention was to create a level playing field in the market and to affirm the credibility of organic labeling in the eyes of consumers. Unfortunately, according to a newly released report… Read more »
Agribusiness Interests and the USDA Scramble Organic Eggs
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 »
Egg Comes First in Fight Over What It Means to Be Organic
Bloomberg by Deena Shanker An aerial photo from August 2014 shows six hen houses, several with two floors, and a seventh under construction at the Green Meadow site in Saranac Big Agriculture may see a broader threat in new government regulations. Congress comes to the rescue. A decade-plus effort by organic farmers, animal welfare advocates, and consumer… Read more »
IAFP 2015: Interview with Mitchell Weinberg, CEO of Food Fraud Firm INSCATECH
Food Safety News by James Andrews Food Safety News recently sat down with Mitchell Weinberg at IAFP 2015 in Portland, OR, to discuss the extent of global food fraud and how we can combat it. Weinberg is the founder, president and CEO of INSCATECH, a food fraud investigation firm. Watch the video interview here or find… Read more »
