Search Results for: Carrageenan

Veteran Organic Grower Questions What Technologies are Appropriate in Organics

Steve Sprinkel is a certified organic farmer from Ojai, California, where he also operates the Farmer and the Cook, a restaurant and market serving organic fare. He has held numerous leadership positions in the organic movement, including having acted as the board chair of The Cornucopia Institute. He currently sits on Cornucopia’s formal policy advisory… Read more »

Astroturf Groups

What’s In a Name? [This article was previously published in the winter issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock Who wouldn’t want to support organizations with names like “CropLife America,” “Coalition for Sustainable Organics,” or “Food Science Matters?” But,… Read more »

Mark Kastel & Dr. Linley Dixon Live from the NOSB Meeting

Facebook Mark Kastel, Co-Director of The Cornucopia Institute, and Dr. Linley Dixon, lead scientist at Cornucopia, broadcast live from the NOSB meeting in St. Louis. They offer highlights from the three-day meeting, including the removal of carrageenan from the National List.

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 »

New York Times Ramps up Pressure on NOSB as Meeting Opens

On the eve of the National Organic Standards Board Meeting, The New York Times published a story focusing on the debate between traditional organic farmers, growing in soil, and high-tech “organic” corporate interests hydroponically producing fruits and vegetables in water/liquid fertilizer. The Times story should ramp up the pressure on the USDA’s National Organic Standards… Read more »

Will Corporate Interests Water Down the Meaning of Organic Food/Farming?

Federal Organic Panel Meets This Week to Vote on Controversial Topics Agribusiness industry interests have been working for years to woo organic influencers: NOP Staff Director Miles McEvoy touring a hydroponic greenhouse in California, Archi’s Acres, owned by one of the principal hydroponic activist/lobbyists. Image Source: USDA When the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meets… Read more »

NOSB Webinar — Recap of Public Comments (and Postmortem)

Below, please find the roster of all those who testified at the National Organic Standards Board’s webinar/teleconference on Thursday, November 3. These notes were prepared by Kestrel Burcham, a policy analyst and attorney on our staff. The leadership at the USDA’s National Organic Program, with concurrence from members of the NOSB, have cut down the… Read more »

FOIA Reading Room

The Cornucopia Institute has submitted dozens of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests over the years in an effort to shine a light on the inner workings of the National Organic Program. Over and over we have seen the same response from the USDA: frequent delays far beyond what is permitted by federal law, overuse… Read more »

Triclosan Banned by FDA from Soaps but Still OK in Toothpaste

[Read Cornucopia’s letter to the FDA.] Scorecard Identifies Brands without Toxics The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog, has sent the FDA a letter requesting that the agency ban a possible carcinogen, triclosan, from toothpastes, as they have recently done for hand soaps. The agency prohibited the use of the chemical in hand soaps on… Read more »

Big Sugar has been Manipulating Scientific Views since the 1960s

Cornucopia’s Take: It’s become an all too common practice for industries to fund science seeking results that they want.  According to documents found in a Harvard library’s basement, big sugar has been doing this since the 1960s. We are seeing this happen with the carrageenan industry and regulation today. Independent research is crucial to public… Read more »