[This comment period is over] Docket No. APHIS–2013–0042 Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD APHIS, Station 3A–03.8 4700 River Road Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737–1238 March 5, 2014 The Cornucopia Institute is a 501(c)(3) public interest organization engaged in farm and food policy research and education. We are proud to represent approximately 10,000 members, who support… Read more »
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Cornucopia Comments to USDA on GE Apple Proposal
The comment period for GE Apples has been extended to 11:59 P.M. ET on December 16. For more, please click here for our action alert. Docket No. APHIS–2012–0025 Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD APHIS, Station 3A–03.8 4700 River Road Unit 118 Riverdale, MD 20737–1238 December 9, 2013 The Cornucopia Institute is a 501(c)(3) public interest… Read more »
USDA Allows Introduction of 2,4-D-Tolerant GE Cotton in Response to Roundup Resistance
Beyond Pesticides Source: Mike Beauregard Despite concerns for human and environmental contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) adds 2,4-D-tolerant cotton, a genetically engineered (GE) crop, to the list of unregulated GE crops, joining 2,4-D resistant corn and soybeans. Last week, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) division of USDA released its decision… Read more »
Azure Standard (DBA of Azure Farms, Inc.)
This brand did not participate in Cornucopia’s survey. Azure Standard is a distributor for multiple brands and has multiple DBAs. They distribute for brands including Blackwing, Thousand Hills, Organic Prairie, Hardgrass, etc. This brand was not transparent in Cornucopia’s investigation. They say: “From our 62,400 square-foot warehouse in Moro, Oregon, we send healthy food and… Read more »
Dairy Groups Giving More to Campaigns
COMPETITION: Sen. Leahy, D-Vt., recently took funds from organization he has harshly criticized Watertown Daily Times By Marc Heller, Washingonton Correspondent WASHINGTON – When Dairy Farmers of America, the nation’s largest marketing cooperative for dairy farmers, was poised to gain 90 percent of the market in New England a few years ago, the loudest objections… Read more »
How Genetically Modified Foods Could Affect Our Health in Unexpected Ways
Yet another reason to test GMOs for safety. AlterNet / By Ari LeVaux Chinese researchers have found small pieces of rice ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the blood and organs of humans who eat rice. The Nanjing University-based team showed that this genetic material will bind to receptors in human liver cells and influence the uptake… Read more »
Why Farmed Salmon Is Losing Its Omega-3 Edge
Civil Eats by Clare Leschin-Hoar Source: Kris Krüg Closing the fish oil gap When Amanda West Reade was pregnant with her now two-year-old son, she started eating farmed salmon. As a vegetarian, she knew that getting enough protein, omega-3s, and folic acid to boost her growing baby’s development might be tricky. “My doctor listed a… Read more »
Independent Farmers Feel Squeezed By Milk Cartel
National Public Radio Behind that pure, wholesome, nourishing glass of milk, there’s an insurgency. The price of raw milk paid to farmers has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years. Dairy farms are going under across the country, and a few dairymen have grown so desperate they’ve taken their own lives. As the crisis… Read more »
The Cornucopia Institute Launches YouTube Channel
Okay, I admit I’m a Luddite. I love newspapers and read many throughout the week (the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, local daily papers and farm publications). But the younger generation here at Cornucopia has convinced me that many folks are now getting the lion share of their news and information off the… Read more »
God’s Red Pencil? CRISPR and the Three Myths of Precise Genome Editing
Independent Science News by Jonathan Latham, PhD CRISPR gene editing involves guide RNA and a protein that can cut DNA. Image source: Georgios Karamanis For the benefit of those parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public relations blitz is at full tilt. It concerns an emerging set of methods… Read more »
