Cornucopia’s Take: Three Nebraska farmers sold their conventional as organic grain to a Missouri man who subsequently marketed it as organic—to the tune of $140 million. The farmers are awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in October. Randy Constant, the grain marketer and alleged leader of the scheme, was charged with wire fraud and is due in… Read more »
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U.S. Organic Sales and Organic Operation Numbers Rise
Cornucopia’s Take: After years of flatlining, the number of domestic organic farms has finally started to rise. And while organic food accounts for about 5% of all food sales in the U.S., organic farms still only account for about 1% of total farm acreage. Yet many organic family farmers are facing intense pressure from cheap… Read more »
Sikkim is India’s First Organic State
Organic-Market.info Traditional Meal in Sikkim, India Source: ButForTheSky.com All of Sikkim’s farmland has been certified organic under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) regulations by the end of 2015. “Sikkim has already achieved that feat of living in harmony with nature, and is therefore a model of development which also protects nature,” Prime Minister… Read more »
Are Secret, Dangerous Ingredients in Your Food?
The Washington Post by Kimberly Kindy Food manufacturers are routinely exploiting a “legal loophole” that allows them to use new chemicals in their products, based on their own safety studies, without ever notifying the Food and Drug Administration, according to a new report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group. Natural Resources Defense Council identified 56 companies… Read more »
Whole Foods: (Ir)responsible, GMO Laboratory Errors, Shining Light on the Dark Act, and more…
Democracy in the Grocery Aisle?
Commentary by Will Fantle Source: iStock One of the more interesting takeaways from the state-based battle to enact GMO food ingredient labeling has been the deluge of money that Monsanto, their biotech allies, and Big Food corporate interests have been willing to spend to drown out your right-to-know about what you are putting in your… Read more »
Monsanto vs. the Monarchs: The fight to save the world’s most stunning butterfly migration
North America is on the verge of losing one of its most spectacular phenomena, Chip Taylor tells Salon Salon by Lindsay Abrams Credit: Captain Tucker Monarch butterflies are pretty impressive insects: Aside from that whole metamorphosis thing, they’re famous for their annual winter migration, an up to 3,000-mile journey across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. The breathtaking spectacle… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Washington, DC #NOSB
Last Updated: 4-27-16, 5:00 p.m. ET Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Washington, D.C. We will be sharing the play by play with our Twitter followers under #NOSB or simply follow our stream. If you’re not already following us on Twitter, please do so here. Read… Read more »
Cornucopia De-Codes Egg Labels
Egg cartons are increasingly cluttered with third-party certification claims and a myriad of potentially misleading statements. Some of these are meaningful to egg buyers, and some of them are nothing more than marketing gimmicks. Source: polaristest The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the agency responsible for ensuring the truthfulness and accuracy in… Read more »
That Weed Free Lawn Comes at a High Price
Cornucopia’s Take: The commonly coveted weed free lawn rarely exists in present-day yards without the use of chemicals which insistently claim to be safe when applied as directed. But it turns out 2,4-D, an active ingredient in many herbicides sold for grass is more easily absorbed into skin treated with sunscreen or insect repellent. Cornucopia… Read more »