by Kestrel Burcham, JD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Introduction to Organic Livestock and Grazing Requirements How organic livestock are produced is covered by specific regulations—the only such federal regulations concerning a food product that address how the animal was raised and not just the qualities of the final product. The… Read more »
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Organic Grain Imports Threaten Domestic Markets and Standards
Cornucopia’s Take: The flood of cheap “organic” imports of questionable authenticity into the U.S. is pushing American certified organic farmers out of the market. This is a very disturbing development. The Milkweed by John Bobbe The Nakagawa During the third week in May 2016, the Nakagawa — a cargo ship docked in Indiana on Lake… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in St. Louis, MO #NOSB
Last Updated: 11-18-16, 5:30 p.m. CT Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. 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 more »
How the Pesticide Industry Controls What You Eat
Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide reveals how pesticide companies have waged expensive campaigns to shape the narrative about science and our food system, pushing the ideas that pesticides — a term that encompasses insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and more — are safe and that we need them to feed… Read more »
Amid Milk Scare, China’s Elite Eat All-Organic
Government outlet provides safe, special food for the nation’s leaders Associated Press MSNBC.com BEIJING – While China grapples with its latest tainted food crisis, the political elite are served the choicest, safest delicacies. They get hormone-free beef from the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, organic tea from the foothills of Tibet and rice watered by melted… Read more »
Organic Valley
Organic Valley is a farmer-owned cooperative that primarily produces dairy products, but also meat under the Organic Prairie label, and packaged produce.
Let Them Eat Dirt! Our Obsession with Hygiene is Jeopardising our Children’s Health
The Telegraph by Eleanor Steafel Source: Kristi White It’s a nerve-wrecking time to be a parent. Every week, mothers are chastised with the seemingly endless list of chronic childhood illnesses their little ones might contract, from autoimmune diseases like eczema or asthma to nut allergies, dairy intolerances, to behavioural disorders such as ADHD. But what… Read more »
Chase Hill Farm
Chase Hill Farm is a small family farm located in the hills of western Massachusetts near the Vermont-New Hampshire border. This farm produces high quality milk, cheese, and meat from grassfed animals.
The Food Safety Shell Game
By Mark Kastel and Will Fantle What isn’t being discussed in Congress, during the ongoing debate on the broken federal food safety system, is the root cause of the most serious pathogenic outbreaks in our food—the elephant (poop) in the room. The relatively new phenomena of nationwide pathogenic outbreaks, be they from salmonella or E…. Read more »
The Number One Question for Determining the Integrity of Your Organic Dairy
The number of times a day your favorite dairy brand milks its cows speaks volumes about the integrity of its operation. Organic dairy cows are required to have access to pasture for the entire grazing season. The 5 cow dairies on The Cornucopia Institute’s Organic Dairy Scorecard ensure their animals graze well-tended pasture, focusing on… Read more »
