Growing a Fresh Start Rockside Ranch is farming with intention — and helping those in crisis along the way By Patrick Myers Rockside Ranch in northern California is one operation with two objectives. The newest addition to Cornucopia’s Organic Poultry Scorecard, Rockside is in part a ranch, specializing in the sale of organic poultry. But… Read more »
Is this the year that the food movement finally enters politics? The New York Times By MICHAEL POLLAN One of the more interesting things we will learn on Nov. 6 is whether or not there is a “food movement” in America worthy of the name — that is, an organized force in our politics capable… Read more »
New York Times By KEVIN GRANVILLE Of all the changes coming to Francisco Baez’s cramped corner grocery store in Newark’s North Ward, he is most excited about the new scanner system at the two checkouts. But Newark officials, who are paying for the new equipment, are most interested in the new refrigeration units that will… Read more »
Published on Saturday, March 4, 2006 by the Inter Press Service by Stephen Leahy TORONTO, Canada—Organic foods protect children from the toxins in pesticides, while foods grown using modern, intensive agricultural techniques contain fewer nutrients and minerals than they did 60 years ago, according to two new scientific studies. A U.S. research team from Emory… Read more »
When Certified Organic Is Not Available, Ask the Right Questions at the Market Local farm stands, CSAs, and farmers markets give access to some of the freshest and healthiest seasonal food, while providing an opportunity to directly support the people who produce it. Cornucopia always recommends certified organic local farms first, but if one is not… Read more »
Source: USDA, Flickr Despite recent news that studies show organic food is worse for the environment due to land-use concerns, real organic farming is based on regenerative principles. Researchers at the Rodale Institute have shown that if all farms and ranches used regenerative organic techniques (practices premised on supporting soil health), global carbon emissions could… Read more »
Consumers and Independent Producers Lose if Big Ag Wins on Animal Tracking For more information, contact: Judith McGeary, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, 512-484-8821 Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA, 406-252-2516 Patty Lovera, Food & Water Watch, 202-683-2465 Gilles Stockton, Western Organization of Resource Councils, 406-366-4463 Mark Kastel, The Cornucopia Institute, 608-625-2000 WASHINGTON,… Read more »
Cornucopia’s Take: The unfolding tragedy of deaths by suicide among American farmers is incredibly distressing and painful. One of the reasons Cornucopia was founded was to protect the economic lifeline that organic agriculture offered family farmers who were facing increased economic stress from the get big or get out mentality pervading conventional agriculture. And now,… Read more »
Connecting to Southern Agriculture in Charleston [Previously printed in Acres USA] By Julie Ann Fineman Co-authored by J. Lee Glenn Photography courtesy of Julie Ann Fineman Around the world people are waking up to the negative impacts of our industrialized food system as alarming stories continue to flood the news: a loss of biodiversity, degraded… Read more »
WhatsOnMyFood.org now includes baby food for first time in national sampling, underscores need to protect children from hazardous pesticides Pesticide Action Netowrk North America Contact:Paul Towers, PAN, 916-216-1082 Oakland, CA – Just in time for summer, and in response to increased public attention to how food is grown, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) released an update toWhatsOnMyFood.org,… Read more »
