Cornucopia’s Take: Contract meat producers have historically had little to no recourse against the companies providing their stock and feed if the big companies behave unfairly. A proposed rule by the Obama administration had given small farmers grounds to sue the company if they believed they were wronged. The Trump administration has thrown that rule… Read more »
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Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in Landmark Case
Realfarmacy.com A French farmer who can no longer perform his routine farming duties because of permanent pesticide injuries has had his day in court, literally, and the perpetrator of his injuries found guilty of chemical poisoning. The French court in Lyon ruled that Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller formula, which contains the active ingredient alachlor, caused Paul… Read more »
USDA Secretary to Organic Farmers: Get the Hell Out!
Cornucopia’s Take: That’s a real public servant! Bring legitimate complaints about cheating in organics to the USDA, and the Secretary of the agency suggests that you are a crybaby-socialist and should move out of the country. – Mark A. Kastel Trump’s USDA Is Killing Rules That Organic Food Makers Want Bloomberg by Andrew Martin and Shruti… Read more »
Nonprofit David Cuts Down Agribusiness Goliaths
Dean Foods, Target Stumble—Being Forced to Correct Deceptive Practices CORNUCOPIA, WIS: An investigation by the USDA’s National Organic Program has determined that Target Corporation wrongly used the image of a certified organic product when promoting the sale of a conventional product to consumers. The investigation was triggered by a complaint filed by The Cornucopia Institute…. Read more »
Cutting Food Waste to Feed the World
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Over a billion tonnes squandered each year Rome – Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — gets lost or wasted, according to an FAO-commissioned study. The document, Global Food Losses and Food Waste,… Read more »
Fall 2019 NOSB Meeting – Webinars: October 15 & 17
Cornucopia’s director of domestic policy, Kestrel Burcham, JD, attended the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) pre-meeting webinars on October 15 and 17, where the NOSB heard comments from the public. Our notes from this meeting are below. Tuesday, October 15 NOSB members present: Harriet Behar (January 2016 – January 2020) – NOSB Chair Steve Ela… Read more »
Iowa Farmers Union Leads Coalition Asking for Changes to Pesticide Rules
Farmers seek better protections and resources to deal with pesticide drift. Iowa Farmers Union DES MOINES (Jan. 20, 2015) – The Iowa Farmers Union (IFU), along with Pesticide Action Network (PAN), today announced their request to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) to improve the reporting and response process and the agency… Read more »
Farm Group Challenges Rollback of Rules Protecting Farmers, Ranchers from Abuses by Big Agriculture
Cornucopia’s Take: In its zest to cut regulations, the Trump administration has sided with powerful corporations annoyed that a regulation may change their practices. Prudent regulations are needed to protect farmers and ranchers from the economic clout wielded by the powers in Big Ag. This particular regulation was carefully reviewed and debated for several years… Read more »
You Are What You Grow
The New York Times By Michael Pollan A few years ago, an obesity researcher at the University of Washington named Adam Drewnowski ventured into the supermarket to solve a mystery. He wanted to figure out why it is that the most reliable predictor of obesity in America today is a person’s wealth. For most of… Read more »
Close the Loophole Allowing Conventional Cows on Organic Farms
The comment period is closed. [UPDATED] Comment by July 27 Origin of Livestock – Proposed Rule One of Aurora’s “organic” dairies, each managing many thousands of cows (producing private label milk for Walmart, Costco, Target and others) In April 2010, the USDA National Organic Program’s new director, Miles McEvoy, promised that releasing a tightened set… Read more »
