Cornucopia has conducted flyover investigations of numerous “organic” dairies over the years, including Boehning Dairy and Hilltop Dairy. Brian Boehning is the president of these two contiguous operations which use the same mailing address in Earth, Texas. Boehning is also the president of the more well-known County Line Dairy a few miles away (location secured… Read more »
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Walmart Sued for Selling “Organic” Factory-Farmed Eggs
Cornucopia’s Take: Walmart has been sued for selling eggs that purport to come from hens with access to the outdoors when the hens actually only have limited access to cement-floored, screened porches. Cornucopia has filed several formal complaints about operations using these porches as outdoor access. Use our organic egg scorecard to determine which eggs… Read more »
USDA Closes Investigation Into a Massive Organic Farm in Colorado — But What Did It Check?
We couldn’t say it better than the headline from the Denver Post when they ran the story (below) that first appeared in The Washington Post. Cornucopia has filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and will report to the organic community on our findings. Aurora Dairy in Dublin, TX An aerial image… Read more »
Organic Soybean Shortage Squeezes U.S. Producers
Food companies, livestock industry look to other nations to supply needs The Des Moines Register (link no longer available) By Paula LaVigne, Staff Writer Before harvest, New Hampton organic farmer Tom Frantzen will cultivate and till his organic soybean acres at least four times to prevent weeds because he can’t use chemicals to keep his rows… Read more »
Michigan Democrats Stand Up for Factory Farmed “Organic” Eggs
Cornucopia’s Take: Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan helped the Trump administration kill the proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule earlier this year. Stabenow has received almost $30,000 from the behemoth “organic” egg producer Herbruck’s, a massive confinement operation that uses enclosed porches rather than allowing the birds real outdoor access. View images of their… Read more »
Carlsbad Opts for Organic Pest Control
Cornucopia’s Take: Following a ripple of response from cities across the state to rising regulatory and scientific scrutiny of glyphosate and neonicotinoids, Carlsbad, California has now also voted to rely first on organic pesticides and herbicides to tend city property and school athletic fields, in response to resident safety concerns. Councilmembers have chosen voted unanimously… Read more »
Who is Mischa Popoff?
Reigniting Organic Attack by Corporate Agribusiness Interests CORNUCOPIA, WIS: When The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy research group, officially launched in April 2004, one of its primary issue areas was what it referred to as “The Corporate Attack on Organic Agriculture.” At the time, Cornucopia’s focus was on the father and son team of Dennis… Read more »
Complaint concerning violation of the NOP pasture rule by the Case Vander Eyk, Jr. Dairy farm in California
Feb 16, 2005 TO: Eileen Broomell, NOP Compliance, USDA Dear Ms. Broomell, The Cornucopia Institute is filing this complaint with your office concerning alleged violations of the pasture rules for ruminants by the Case Vander Eyk, Jr. Dairy farm near Tipton, California. We are asking that you investigate this complaint and undertake all warranted enforcement… Read more »
Action Alert: Origin of Livestock Rulemaking Re-Opened for Comment
Comment by December 2 [This action alert is over.] Under pressure from organic dairy farmers, farmer and consumer groups, and Congress, the National Organic Program (NOP) recently re-opened the comment period for the 2015 proposed rule on Origin of Livestock. Despite overwhelming support in 2015 for closing this loophole via the proposed Origin of Livestock… Read more »
A Cornucopia Homecoming
Welcoming back a nutrition and food policy expert who helped build Cornucopia A central member of the brain trust that built The Cornucopia Institute is returning as a consultant. Charlotte Vallaeys served as Cornucopia’s director of farm and food policy from 2007 to 2013, helping build Cornucopia’s culture and shape the educational initiatives that turn… Read more »
