If your local National Public Radio station does not carry the Diane Rehm show, which broadcasts live from Washington DC every weekday, please click on the link above. The show will be broadcast at 11 AM (Eastern). In addition to Miles McEvoy and Mark Kastel, New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal, who covered industrial-scale organic… Read more »
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(ALERT OVER) Tell President Obama to Reject Approval of GE Alfalfa
USDA Poised to Approve Genetically Engineered Alfalfa On December 16, the USDA released its Final Environmental Impact Statement on Monsanto’s genetically engineered Round-up Ready Alfalfa. Alfalfa is the fourth most widely grown crop in the U.S. and a fundamental source of livestock forage for dairy and beef farmers. Alfalfa is a perennial crop that is… Read more »
Farmers Hen House
They write: “FARMERS HEN HOUSE is family owned and has been operated by the Miller family since 2000. We manage small, family farms – most within 30 miles of our processing facility. Almost all are owned by Amish and Mennonite farmers. Their businesses are family affairs and many harvest their eggs by hand.Farmers Hen House… Read more »
Full Moon Farm
Full Moon Farm Inc. is a ROP (Real Organic Project) and VOF (Vermont Organic Farmers)-certified, successful, organic farm, run by us, the husband and wife team of David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt. In 1999, David started Full Moon Farm in Burlington’s Intervale, shortly before meeting his farming-loving, future wife, Rachel, who joined him in 2000…. Read more »
Eight Mile Creek Farm
In 2005, Pam Schreiber moved her three young children to Westerlo, New York and set out to build her own diversified agricultural business. A former cardiorespiratory therapist and nutritionist who was overwhelmed and frustrated by the long-term impacts of smoking and poor diets on her patients, Schreiber turned her life’s work to disease prevention. Eight… Read more »
Grain Report and Buyer’s Guides
Grain Buyer’s Guides Full Report Press Release The Cornucopia Institute’s report, Against the Grain: Protecting Organic Shoppers against Import Fraud and Farmers from Unfair Competition, provides organic consumers, farmers and ranchers, and ethical business interests with background information to understand how cheaper, fraudulently labeled imports of “organic” soybeans and “organic” corn have crossed U.S. borders. It… Read more »
USDA Rejects Organic Checkoff Proposal
The No Organic Checkoff coalition has prevailed in their fight to prevent the creation of a tax on organic farmers and other organic entities through a USDA administered commodity checkoff program. The controversial proposal had been long sought by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and was scuttled today in an announcement by the USDA. “We… Read more »
DIY Organic Certification
When Certified Organic Is Not Available, Ask the Right Questions at the Market Local farm stands, CSAs, and farmers markets give access to some of the freshest and healthiest seasonal food, while providing an opportunity to directly support the people who produce it. Cornucopia always recommends certified organic local farms first, but if one is not… Read more »
Stop Genetically Engineered Alfalfa!
[This Action Alert is Over] Despite the risks, the USDA has now made it clear that they are not interested in regulating Monsanto’s GE Alfalfa. They approved it January 27th for planting this spring by farmers with no restrictions. Tell President Obama that you don’t want organic and conventional agriculture contaminated by GE Alfalfa, and… Read more »
One Way to Beat a Bug That’s Destroying Florida’s Citrus? Get Them High.
The Washington Post by Darryl Fears Source: Mark Yokoyama It’s an understatement to say the Asian citrus psyllid is bugging Florida and California citrus growers. Since its discovery a few miles south of Miami eight years ago, the critter has destroyed half of Florida’s orange groves. As they chow down on citrus trees, they carry… Read more »
