New York Times By Andrew Martin The latest battle over what can be called organic involves beer and gelatin, food colorings and casings for sausage. The Department of Agriculture, the final arbiter of all things organic, is poised to approve a list of nonorganic ingredients that can be used in food stamped with its green-and-white… Read more »
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Will Leafy Greens Safety Regulations Hurt Small Farmers?
2006 was not a good year for the spinach industry Vermont Digger by Craig Idlebrook In September 2006, a virulent strain of E.coli infected spinach that was marketed nationwide; the E. coli strain was traced back to one California spinach farm. The resulting outbreak killed three people and sickened 199 in 26 states. Nearly half… Read more »
ACTION ALERT: Proxy or Not, Here’s a Way to Amplify Your Voice in Defense of our Safest Farms/Food
(This Action Alert is Over) FDA Food Safety Comment Deadline is Nov. 15 Your Electronic Voice Can Help Save the Family Farms Producing Our Nation’s Best Food You can make a difference! It’s the 11th hour. Please comment directly on the FDA’s food safety web page to help save our nation’s organic/local produce farmers from… Read more »
SNAFU — Food Safety Public Comment Update
(This Action Alert is over.) If you are trying to comment on the FDA’s food safety rules, and are receiving an error message from the Regulations.gov web page — this is very frustrating! You have at least two options. You can continue to try commenting online using these two links: The Produce rule: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FDA-2011-N-0921-0199 The… Read more »
Senate Agriculture Committee: Notes from May 26
Should Corporate Agribusiness Lobbyists and Money Drive Organic Policy? Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) & Pat Roberts (R-KS) Source: USDA Representatives of the largest trade associations in the beef, pork, turkey, and egg industries testified before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. They told Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and ranking minority member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) absolutely… Read more »
The Crisis in Organic Dairy
Consumers Unite! [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Kestrel Burcham, JD, Director of Domestic Policy at The Cornucopia Institute and Melody Morrell, Operations Director Source: AdobeStock Family-scale organic dairies are struggling to make ends meet. Many have already lost their farms and businesses, some of… Read more »
NEWS RELEASE: FDA Food Safety Rule Webpage Crashes in Face of Comment Deadline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Will Fantle, 715-839-7731 FDA Food Safety Rule Webpage Repeatedly Crashes in Advance of Important Public Comment Deadline Individuals and Organizations Unable to Enter Feedback as November 15 Deadline Looms — Cornucopia Requests Extension https://www.cornucopia.org/2013/11/fda-food-safety-rule-webpage-repeatedly-crashes-advance-important-public-comment-deadline/ CORNUCOPIA, WI: Family farm and consumer advocates have been working for weeks to ensure meaningful public comment on… Read more »
Food Irradiation Rules May Be Relaxed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government proposed Tuesday relaxing its rules on labeling of irradiated foods and suggested it may allow some products zapped with radiation to be called “pasteurized.” The Food and Drug Administration said the proposed rule would require companies to label irradiated food only when the radiation treatment causes a material change to… Read more »
For the Birds: Cornucopia Details the Industrial Takeover of Organic Poultry and What It Means for Consumers
New report uncovers empty assurances of big organic poultry brands and implores consumers to buy from authentic organic farmers A newly published report by The Cornucopia Institute uncovers troubling poultry farming and production practices represented as organic under the USDA seal. For the Birds: How to Recognize Authentic Organic Chicken and Turkey shows how the… Read more »
Battling BPA
Controversies Over Its Use in Organic Food [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Anne Ross, JD, Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock The basic principle of organic food and farming is one of health, whether it be in promoting health… Read more »
