They write: “We offer our customers beef and chickens and eggs. We tend our animals with respect and gratitude. We believe that meat raised on our farm is the best you can find anywhere. We feed certified organic grain to our chickens and never give any animal hormones or antibiotics. The animals enjoy a “natural”… Read more »
The Summer 2014 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: Turmoil Shakes NOSB Meeting in Texas: USDA Restricts Citizen Board’s Governance and Authority on Organic Standards Good Eggs: Scorecard Update in the Works Commentary: Walmarting Organics Memoir: My Road to Organics – “The Barefoot Cook,” Amanda Love Feature: NOSB… Read more »
Clover eggs can be found at Safeway and Albertsons stores in California. Brands with this rating are generally produced on industrial-scale operations that grant no meaningful outdoor access. This brand lacks transparency with both Cornucopia’s investigators and the public at large. While “greenwashing” and “humanewashing” may occur in the brand’s marketing, the information they provide… Read more »
Country Hen supplies eggs to Whole Foods and other major grocery chains. Brands with this rating are generally produced on industrial-scale operations that grant no meaningful outdoor access. This brand lacks transparency with both Cornucopia’s investigators and the public at large. While “greenwashing” and “humanewashing” may occur in the brand’s marketing, the information they provide… Read more »
Company: St. Brigid’s Meadows Market Area: Wisconsin Location: Coon Valley, WI Web site: www.stbrigidsmeadows.com Phone: None They Write: St. Brigid’s Meadows is located near Coon Valley in the beautiful driftless region of southwestern Wisconsin. We offer genuine 100% grass-fed beef, lamb, organic pastured heritage pork, and Organic free-range eggs and broilers and an abundance of… Read more »
The Winter 2015 Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter, is now available online. Download the PDF here. In it you’ll find: Cover story: Scrambled Eggs? Commentary: NOP Leader Subject of Ethics Investigation Feature: The Truth about Pet Food News: California Dream Faces Stark Reality Legal Update Choices for Charitable Giving FDA Rolls Out Food Safety Rules Farmer Profile: Singing the Song… Read more »
Horizon’s organic eggs are sourced from multiple distributes and other producers. One of their suppliers is Hidden Villa Ranch. Brands with this rating are generally produced on industrial-scale operations that grant no meaningful outdoor access. This brand lacks transparency with both Cornucopia’s investigators and the public at large. While “greenwashing” and “humanewashing” may occur in… Read more »
A wild orchard hugs the driveway. The sleepy sugar shack awaits syrup season. And large round bales, set to sustain the herd of Guernsey cows until the growing season, stack high against the calf barn. Strafford Organic Creamery exudes a charm that is quintessentially Vermont. Second-generation dairy farmer Earl Ransom explains, “We strive to grow… Read more »
Company: Apple Creek Farm Market Area: Maine Location: Brunswick, ME Web site: www.applecreekfarm.me Phone: 207-409-2035 They write: The farm was established by the Galle family in 1985 and is now run by the second-generation. Jake Galle and Abby Sadauckas co-own and operate the farm utilizing a variety of sustainable farming practices, including multi-species grazing. The… Read more »
Newly Released Report, and Associated Organic Dairy Brand Scorecard, Enables Defrauded Consumers and Wholesale Buyers to “Vote with Their Pocketbooks” When commercialized in the 1980s, the organic dairy movement was viewed by many farmers as opting out of a rapacious agricultural marketing system that had already driven the majority of dairy farm families off the… Read more »
