Below, please find the roster of all those who testified at the National Organic Standards Board’s webinar/teleconference on Thursday, November 3. These notes were prepared by Kestrel Burcham, a policy analyst and attorney on our staff. The leadership at the USDA’s National Organic Program, with concurrence from members of the NOSB, have cut down the… Read more »
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Carrageenan Questionnaire
Please fill out this questionnaire if you have eliminated carrageenan from your diet and noticed changes in your health. Your identity and personal information will be held in strict confidence and never made public. For research purposes, the results are shared with the medical researchers who helped create this questionnaire, in order to better understand… Read more »
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5 Surprising Ingredients Allowed in Organic Food
Mother Jones By Tom Philpott Sunday’s New York Times piece on the corporatization of organics (which I commented on here) got me to thinking: What are the weirdest additives the USDA allows in food labeled “organic”? Here are five. 1. Carrageenan Made from seaweed and used as a thickener and stabilizer for certain dairy products… Read more »
Behind the Dazzling Smile
Toxic Chemicals in Your Toothpaste? [This article was previously published in the spring issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Jérôme Rigot, PhD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Dollar Photo Club Toothpastes, even “natural” toothpastes, vary greatly in the ingredients they contain, some of which are questionable or potentially toxic. This… Read more »
Astroturf Groups
What’s In a Name? [This article was previously published in the winter issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock Who wouldn’t want to support organizations with names like “CropLife America,” “Coalition for Sustainable Organics,” or “Food Science Matters?” But,… Read more »
Help Remove Carrageenan From Organic
At its fall 2021 meeting, the NOSB decided to keep carrageenan on the list of substances allowed in organic food for another five years. This vote came despite the additive’s known health impacts and the inability of consumers to reliably identify or avoid it in organic food (since it need not always appear on labels)…. Read more »
Organic Industry Watchdog Challenges USDA’s Lack of Transparency
Flawed Appointments Have Led to Corrupt Oversight System WASHINGTON DC: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today formally announced it is seeking nominations for an opening on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), a 15-member panel set up by Congress responsible for approving all non-organic/synthetic materials in organics and recommending regulatory policy. Past appointments… Read more »
Wildfires Rage at New Mexican Organic Meetings
Farmers, Consumers and Public Interest Groups Square off Against Corporate Interests ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Passions flared at the semiannual meeting of the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the federal advisory panel approved a number of synthetic ingredients for use in organics, over the objection of the majority of… Read more »
A Cornucopia Homecoming
Welcoming back a nutrition and food policy expert who helped build Cornucopia A central member of the brain trust that built The Cornucopia Institute is returning as a consultant. Charlotte Vallaeys served as Cornucopia’s director of farm and food policy from 2007 to 2013, helping build Cornucopia’s culture and shape the educational initiatives that turn… Read more »
