Cornucopia’s Take: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Nestlé for allegedly misleading consumers with a “No GMO Ingredients” label of its own creation. Lawyers contend the company’s label has no meaning, since products bearing the label contain dairy from GMO-fed cows. Several experts contend the suit has a difficult road forward, particularly since the… Read more »
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Origin of Livestock: A Step Toward Organic Integrity
After decades of pressure from Cornucopia and its colleagues in organics, USDA is moving forward with the long-overdue final rule on Origin of Livestock. The final rule underscores a key value of authentic organic dairy: the cost and care necessary to raise organic calves on farms. Unbeknownst to many consumers, “organic” factory dairies have been… Read more »
2018 Farm Bill May Include “NOSB Reforms” Benefiting Industrial Organics
Cornucopia’s Take: Natural Grocers’ Alan Lewis recently visited Capitol Hill to discuss the upcoming Farm Bill with lawmakers. He shares his experience, insight, and disturbing commentary below about what this may mean for organic food and agriculture. Will Coming “Reforms” at the USDA Spell the End of Organic? LinkedIn by Alan Lewis Source: Douglas Simkin… Read more »
Guest Post – Safety Rules Cloud Beginning Farmers’ Futures
National Young Farmers Coalition Posted by Wes This summer we’ve started taking a closer look at the new food safety laws that are hurtling toward us from the FDA. (Alright, hurtling might be an exaggeration, but the November 16th deadline for comments is coming quick.) The more we read, the more it becomes clear that… Read more »
Proposed Organic Animal Welfare Rule Comment Period Extended to July 13, 2016
The USDA has extended the comment period for the proposed organic animal welfare rule on organic livestock and poultry practices until July 13, 2016. Cornucopia and a number of other organizations and elected officials had asked for an extension. Cornucopia has significant concerns about portions of the complex rule. Please see our action alert for… Read more »
Michigan Democrats Stand Up for Factory Farmed “Organic” Eggs
Cornucopia’s Take: Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan helped the Trump administration kill the proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule earlier this year. Stabenow has received almost $30,000 from the behemoth “organic” egg producer Herbruck’s, a massive confinement operation that uses enclosed porches rather than allowing the birds real outdoor access. View images of their… Read more »
Democracy in the Grocery Aisle?
Commentary by Will Fantle Source: iStock One of the more interesting takeaways from the state-based battle to enact GMO food ingredient labeling has been the deluge of money that Monsanto, their biotech allies, and Big Food corporate interests have been willing to spend to drown out your right-to-know about what you are putting in your… Read more »
If the Food’s in Plastic, What’s in the Food?
The Washington Post By Susan Freinkel In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three-day diet of food that hadn’t been in contact with plastic. When they compared urine samples before and after the diet, the scientists were stunned to see what a… Read more »
Farmers Market Producers Fear Proposed FDA Rules Could Put Them Out of Business
Ravilli Republic (MT) By Rob Chaney Farmers market producers across Montana fear proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations could put them under the same scrutiny as big corporate farms, and drive many of them out of business in the process. “It would be pretty disastrous for a lot of small producers in Montana,” said… Read more »
FDA’s Proposed Produce Rule: A War on Farmers
Food Safety News By Daniel B. Cohen The deadline for comments on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Produce Safety Rule is Nov. 15, 2013. This was probably supposed to be the easiest and most straightforward of the rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). It may be that FDA fell into the… Read more »
