Organic Dairy: Make an Informed Choice
September 11, 2026
Cornucopia’s Take: Eaters are increasingly concerned with where food comes from, and farmers markets link us personally to the people growing our food. Farmers’ markets play a vital role in America’s changing economy Sustainable Food Trust by Daniel Matthews Source: USDA, Natalie Maynor Drive across America today, and there’s one ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Center for Food Safety hosted a conference for ranchers in Hawaii, “Healthy Soils, Healthy Ranching.” Ranchers and experts gathered to network and learn from one another, and to begin carbon monitoring. Cornucopia supports this and other initiatives on sustainable farming that recognize the importance of soil and its ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Many of us in the good food movement are deeply concerned about the potential consequences of GMOs escaping into the environment. A research team from Rice University in Texas has developed a device to detect GMOs in water. New Device Could Detect GMOs That Have Escaped Into Environment ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Agriculture in Haiti has been in recovery from destructive hurricanes, an earthquake, and prolonged drought. When Hurricane Matthew recently took fruit trees, fishing nets, and homes, it became clear once more that any humanitarian response will need to help repair Haiti’s agriculture. Hurricane Matthew leaves the farmers and ...
Cornucopia’s Take: It has long been thought that the first farmers came from one place and spread out across the world. Recent DNA evidence shows the first farmers sprang up separately and in the same timeframe across the Fertile Crescent. Farming continues to evolve today. How the First Farmers Changed ...
Cornucopia’s Take: One of the biggest owners of organic branded products is in hot water over its accounting practices. The company has used acquisitions of smaller companies to greatly expand its organic footprint over the years. How these accounting issues will play out on grocery store shelves is unclear. SEC ...
[This alert is over – and we won! The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted in November 2016 to remove carrageenan from the National List for use in organics. It will be some time before all organic products are carrageenan free. Until then consult Cornucopia’s buying guide.] The National Organic ...
Secret Documents Released: Reading Room Established for Material Obtained from USDA through Federal Lawsuits The Cornucopia Institute has delivered to the USDA more than 5,000 individually signed letters from farmers and consumers calling for new management of the National Organic Program (NOP). The Wisconsin-based organic food and farm policy research ...
Groupe Danone/WhiteWave Would Dominate the Organic Dairy Market [This article was previously published in the fall issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Kestrel Burcham, JD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Certified Organic Factory Farms (Above) Hilltop LLC, Boehning Dairy in Earth, TX (May 17, ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Monsanto’s GMO seeds and Bayer’s pesticides have already come together in joint projects. The companies’ merger can only mean more toxic products with perhaps better PR. Monsanto-Bayer: The Year of Merging Dangerously Truthout by Maryam Henein Source: Liz West The Big Ag tech giants Monsanto — maker of ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Organic farms bring jobs, as well as healthy food, to their communities. A recent report by Penn State Agricultural Economist Dr. Edward Jaenicke details the benefits organics bring to local economies. Organic: Improving lives by improving the economy The Organic Report by Maggie McNeil Source: Damanhur Research shows ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Unusual crops are not widely available in the industrial farming paradigm, although they often have great value in terms of increasing biodiversity, growing crops locally, and providing nutrition. Surprising Health Benefits Of Purple Carrots Rodale’s Organic Life by Denise Foley Source: Deidre Woollard They have all the good ...
