Free Pocket Guide Helps Minimize Pesticide Dietary Risks NPI.Center BOULDER, CO. — Do you know that the greatest risks from pesticides in the diet come from eating conventionally produced fruits and vegetables? A new complimentary pocket guide can help consumers avoid the highest-risk fresh produce during both the summer season and winter, when a significant… Read more »
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Leading Wisconsin Farm Group Rejects Industry-Led “Organic Check-off”
Grassroots Farmers Rebuff “Robin Hood in Reverse” Proposal from Corporate Lobby Group Wisconsin Farmers Union members overwhelmingly voted no on the proposed organic check-off program at their recent annual convention, held in Eau Claire, Wis. The scheme, being advocated by the industry’s largest lobby group, the Organic Trade Association (OTA), would create a mandatory tax… Read more »
Comments on the 2009 Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Programs and WIC
by Charles Benbrook, PhD Chief Scientist The Organic Center These comments are submitted on behalf of The Organic Center, a nonprofit organization carrying out research on the consumer health benefits of organic food and farming. We strongly support reauthorization and strengthening of the Child Nutrition Programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants… Read more »
USDA Appoints New Members to the National Organic Standards Board
Agricultural Marketing Service – USDA Soo Kim WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture appointed five new members to the National Organic Standards Board today, adding significant depth of experience and a wide range of perspectives to the advisory organization. “As the board serves a critical role in the direction of the… Read more »
Mother Nature Network By Tom Odor A cookie or an apple? French fries or sweet potato wedges? Healthy eating choices may get easier for children in New Jersey, Hawaii and California this summer. Pending funding from AmeriCorps, FoodCorps hopes to add those three states to the 12 states where the group currently operates, giving it… Read more »
Global Organic Foods & Beverages Market to Exceed $86 Billion by 2009
San Jose, CA — The global organic foods and beverages market is delivering strong double-digit annual growth as health and well-being moves up high on the consumer’s priority list. Outbreak of recent food scares, rising awareness of the long-term health impact of pesticidal residues in food, unhealthy ingredients such as carbohydrates, fat, calories and hydrogenated… Read more »
Stop the USDA Political Bureaucrats and Corporate Lobbyists from Hijacking the Independence of the National Organic Standards Board
This Action Alert is over. [See Cornucopia’s comprehensive analysis, including a side-by-side comparison of the new draft and existing PPM] Act by 11:59 PM (Eastern) this Thursday, April 14 Fall 2015 NOSB Meeting Tell NOSB members to table changes to their policy and procedures manual (PPM) The National Organic Standard Board’s (NOSB) Policy and Procedures Manual (PPM) was… Read more »
Institute Compost Powers Conversion of USDA’s New Organic People’s Garden Along National Mall
Despite grumbling in the background by Chemical Ag defenders, Vilsack gives small demonstration plot big symbolic importance. By Greg Bowman Rodale Institute (link no longer available) About the time that Chemical Ag spokespeople were chiding Michelle Obama for promoting home-grown organic food with her White House garden, compost from the Rodale Institute farm was landing on… Read more »
Republicans and Democrats Introduce New Bill To Aid Beginning Farmers
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 addresses major barriers to starting a farming career TIVOLI, NY – Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa and Representative Tim Walz of Minnesota announced the introduction of the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The two identical bills… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Louisville, KY #NOSB
Last Updated: 10-30-14, 3:38 p.m. ET Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. 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 »
