Food Safety News by Cookson Beecher Like a persistent mosquito that keeps coming back no matter how many times you bat it away, the controversial issue of mandated labeling for genetically engineered foods in the United States just won’t go away. The latest example of that persistence is legislation proposed in Washington state that would… Read more »
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Why the United States Leaves Deadly Chemicals on the Market
Independent Science News by Valerie Brown and Elizabeth Grossman Source: Kate Ter Haar Scientists are trained to express themselves rationally. They avoid personal attacks when they disagree. But some scientific arguments become so polarized that tempers fray. There may even be shouting. Such is the current state of affairs between two camps of scientists: health effects… Read more »
The Case for Soil in Organic Agriculture
Cornucopia’s Take: Organic soil-based farmer Dave Chapman of Long Wind Farm offers this update on keeping the soil in organic. Public comments to the USDA are due by 11:59PM (ET) this Thursday, March 30. The Battle for Soil in Organic Agriculture Long Wind Farm by Dave Chapman Dave Chapman testifies at the spring 2016 NOSB… Read more »
Planet-Profit Report: Organics Vs. Local
Dairy’s battle reflects conflicting views as organic ‘locavore’ movement gains ground Colorado Biz Today By Mike Taylor Forty miles north of Denver where residential real estate has yet to completely overrun agriculture, Mark Retzloff shows a visitor around his 400-acre Platteville facility. It’s the hub of Aurora Organic Dairy’s operations even though only about 1,000… Read more »
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
New York Times Magazine By Michael Moss On the evening of April 8, 1999, a long line of Town Cars and taxis pulled up to the Minneapolis headquarters of Pillsbury and discharged 11 men who controlled America’s largest food companies. Nestlé was in attendance, as were Kraft and Nabisco, General Mills and Procter & Gamble,… Read more »
The Adventure of Organic Farming
Eliot Coleman has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of organic farming, including field vegetables, greenhouse vegetables, rotational grazing of cattle and sheep, and range poultry. He is the author of The New Organic Grower, Four Season Harvest, and the Winter Harvest Handbook. He produces year-round vegetable crops, even under harsh winter… Read more »
The GM Lobby and Its ‘Seven Sins Against Science’
The Ecologist By Peter Melchett The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the ‘scientific high-ground’ by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated ‘anti-science’ luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables. Powerful forces in Western society have been promoting genetic engineering (now usually genetic… Read more »
Living With GMOs
[This action alert is now closed] The Letter From America An open letter to the citizens, politicians, and regulators of the UK and the rest of the EU about the hazards of genetically modified crops We are writing as concerned American citizens to share with you our experience of genetically modified (GM) crops and the… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in La Jolla, CA #NOSB
Last Updated: 4-30-15, 3:22 p.m. PT Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in La Jolla, California. 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… Read more »
Michael Pollan: The Mighty Rise of the Food Revolution
Alternet Michael Pollan Until very recently, food was invisible as a political issue. Something is stirring. Pollan reviews five books that address the heart of the food movement. Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front by Joel Salatin, Polyface All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America? by… Read more »
