Cornucopia’s Take: Dave Chapman of Long Wind Farm in Vermont attended the recent National Organic Standards Board meeting. We share his thoughts on events there, and the history leading to them, below. Is healthy soil important? by Dave Chapman Dave Chapman testifies at the NOSB meeting in Denver “Finally, the soul of organics is at… Read more »
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Scrambled Eggs: Report Contrasts Widespread Industry Fraud and USDA Complacency with True Heroes in Organics
Family Farmers Face Unfair Competition from “Organic” Factory Farms Just as Americans are reacting to new medical literature encouraging the consumption of “healthy” fats, including eggs, an independent report has been released that focuses on widespread abuses in organic egg production and marketing, primarily by large industrial agribusinesses. The study, conducted by The Cornucopia Institute,… Read more »
North Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Protect CAFOs
Cornucopia’s Take: Big Ag seeks legislation to minimize so-called “nuisance lawsuits” brought forth by neighbors of huge factory farms who are finding their wells, air, health, and property values adversely affected by pollution from the facilities. N.C. BILL TO SHIELD CAFOS’ LIABILITY WOULD CURB LEGAL RIGHTS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS EWG (original article contains all images)… Read more »
Monsanto Plans Big Expansion in Chesterfield
St. Louis Post-Dispatch By Tim Logan CHICAGO • In one of the biggest corporate expansions the St. Louis region has seen in years, Monsanto said Tuesday that it would add 675 jobs and invest more than $400 million at its research facility in Chesterfield. The plant science giant will add laboratories, greenhouses and plant growth chambers over… Read more »
Passion and Some Tense Moments at the USDA National Organic Standards Board Meeting
Agribusiness and the Organic Community Come Together in the End on Most Issues The Cornucopia Institute The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) concluded its four-day semiannual meeting in Madison, Wisconsin on Thursday with votes and decisions on several issues impacting the organic industry. The meeting began on Monday with a comprehensive progress report by USDA… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Washington, DC #NOSB
Last Updated: 4-27-16, 5:00 p.m. ET Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Washington, D.C. 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… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Stowe, VT #NOSB
Last Updated: 10-29-15, 4:27 p.m. ET Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Stowe, Vermont. 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 »
Open-Sourcing Chicken: Breaking Free from Corporate Genetics
National Geographic by Maryn McKenna By now, I suspect, most people concerned with the provenance of meat have a clear mental image of what concentrated production looks like. Take chicken, the meat we Americans eat more than any other: industrial chicken lives out its life in walled houses with tens of thousands of other birds,… Read more »
Raw Milk and Food Rights reach the Wisconsin Supreme Court
NOTE: Although a number of Cornucopia staff members purchase raw milk for their families (in one form or another the sale of raw milk is legal in about half the states) Cornucopia is neutral in terms of the health attributes/risks of consuming raw milk. However, The Cornucopia Institute is adamantly on record supporting the consumer’s… Read more »
Monsanto Accused of Ghost-Writing Research on Glyphosate’s Cancer Risk
Cornucopia’s Take: Accusations deepen against EPA official Jess Rowland. It seems Rowland colluded with Monsanto to provide a less-than-rigorous safety analysis of glyphosate, and that Monsanto officials may have even ghost-written part of a toxicological report on glyphosate used by the EPA. Science and health must stand independent of corporate influence and bottom-line self-interest. EPA… Read more »
