Consumer Reports Source: USDA Consumer Reports’ new produce guidelines show you how to make the best choices for your health and for the environment Across America, confusion reigns in the supermarket aisles about how to eat healthfully. One thing on shopper’s minds: the pesticides in fruits and vegetables. In fact, a recent Consumer Reports survey of 1,050 people found… Read more »
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Do-Gooders Who Could Do Better
Barrons Online By Bill Alpert ETHICAL CONSUMERISM IS IN. Sales have reached tens of billions of dollars for coffee, milk, lumber and other products grown organically. Or in an environmentally sustainable way. Or by farmers who got a fair piece of the action. The movement has spurred sales for Whole Foods Markets, Green Mountain Coffee… Read more »
The Co-op Safety Net
Values-based solutions in a time of need [This article was previously published in the spring issue of the Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] “Concern for community” is one of the seven guiding principles of cooperatives. It’s also at the core of the responses and solutions offered by co-ops throughout the country as they keep their owners and… Read more »
Charlie Munford’s Flying M Farm Pioneers Organics in Mississippi
Proving natural foods have a home in the Deep South Plenty Magazine By Eleanor Barkhorn When Charlie Munford took over his family’s Mississippi farm two years ago, he had one goal: to show that organic farming could succeed in his home state. “It was a proof of concept thing for me,” says Munford, standing in… Read more »
Family Farmers Fear Being Run over by Food Safety Juggernaut
Organic and Local Farmers Seek Protections in Washington CORNUCOPIA, WI: Momentum is building in Congress for new food safety reforms aimed at addressing the growing cycle of food contamination outbreaks. But concerns are also being raised cautioning legislators not to trample organic farmers, backyard gardeners, and consumers of fresh local foods in the rush to… Read more »
Cornucopia Institute Requests Full USDA Investigation of Alleged Organic Violations at Texas Factory Dairy Farm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2000 CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN: The Cornucopia Institute has filed a formal legal complaint with the USDA requesting a full investigation into allegations of multiple violations of federal organic regulations at the Aurora Organic Dairy, located near Dublin, Texas. With a herd of 3000—5000 animals, the Aurora facility, one of the… Read more »
Panorama Organic
Panorama is the nation’s largest producer of 100 percent grass-fed and grass-finished organic beef. Panorama Organic Grass-Fed Meat recently launched the largest market-based partnership with the National Audubon Society’s Audubon Conservation Ranching initiative to preserve nearly 1 million acres of organic grasslands. Every ranch in the network will have a specific habitat management plan and… Read more »
Farmers Markets: Transparency is Our Model
Civil Eats By Stacy Miller of the Farmers Market Coalition On October 15th, the trade publication The Packer reported on an issue of growing concern for farmers market vendors and shoppers: grocery chains are copy-catting farmers markets by using “farmers market” signs outside of their stores. The Wall Street Journal had previously reported on the… Read more »
New Report Exposes Deceptive Marketing in $9 Billion-Dollar Snack Bar Industry
Decoding Granola/Protein/Energy Bar Labels: Avoiding Hexane-Extracted Ingredients Scorecard Separates Gimmicky Junk Food from True Organic/Nutrient Dense Brands A new report exposes misleading marketing practices by food industry giants that market candy-like snack and energy bars as wholesome and nutritious. Issued by The Cornucopia Institute, a non-profit food and farm policy research group, the report further exposes… Read more »
From One Biotech Governor of the Year to Another: Welcome to the USDA
Cornucopia’s Take: Tom Vilsack, USDA Secretary during the entire Obama administration, recently met with Sonny Perdue, the Trump administration nominee for Secretary of the USDA. Under the Bush administration the USDA monkey-wrenched the organic program (mostly through numerous delaying tactics in terms of rulemaking and enforcement). But under the Obama/Vilsack administration they perfected the game… Read more »
