This brand did not participate in Cornucopia’s survey. Mint Creek Farm offers bulk beef, pork, lamb, & goat meat. They offer a CSA and their products are available at local farmers’ markets, select grocery stores, and co-ops in the Chicago area. Cornucopia’s investigation found some information about this brand and associated farming practices, but was… Read more »
This brand did not participate in Cornucopia’s survey. Horodyski’s White Barn Farm sells beef that is certified organic and certified grass fed by the American Grassfed Association. They offer “meat boxes” along with other retail cuts on their website. Cornucopia’s investigation found some information about this brand and associated farming practices, but was not able… Read more »
Global Food Safety Monitor by Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Source: Paolo For alternative proposals that could strengthen food safety measures in trade agreements to get any traction, you first need to know what’s on the negotiating table. You need to know the existing draft text to figure out where to adjust and insert your… Read more »
The New York Times By PAUL VOOSEN of Greenwire (First in a series.) These days, there is no rarer commodity in farming than trust. Take Oregon’s Willamette Valley, which for generations has been the germ of the U.S. sugar beet industry, producing nearly all the country’s seeds. Such breeding is complicated when neighbors grow genetically… Read more »
The future of cattle lies in its genetic diversity By Marianne Landzettel Ninety-nine percent of the roughly nine million Holstein dairy cows in the US can be traced back to two bulls that were born in the ‘60s, according to researchers at Pennsylvania State University. Synonymous with milk, the Holstein is favored for its “high… Read more »
“Our Raw Milk in Jeopary” Says Lawyer The Complete Patient By David Gumpert Despite my disparaging view of the prosecution in the Alvin Schlangen case, the six-person jury had its own view, and it wasn’t the same as mine or others on this blog. After nearly four hours of deliberation on Thursday, it convicted the… Read more »
Examiner.com Seattle Pet Laws Examiner: Jean-Pierre Ruiz In testimony before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Dr. Dean Wyatt testified as to how the agency supports unhealthy practices at the national slaughterhouses and endangers the nation’s meat food supply. Dr. Wyatt, a public health supervisory veterinarian with the USDA’s Food and Safety Inspection… Read more »
Newsday.com By Delthia Ricks Antibiotic use in poultry processing has been controversial for decades, but researchers now say workers who handle “broiler chickens” in manufacturing plants are at risk of contracting drug-resistant E. coli and spreading it in communities. Public health investigators at Johns Hopkins University estimate that workers in poultry factories in the United… Read more »
Cornucopia’s Take: While Ben & Jerry’s is planning to stop using ingredients made with crops that have been desiccated with glyphosate, it changes nothing about the conventional milk upon which their ice cream is based. Conventional milk comes from cows fed GMO feed crops sprayed with toxic chemicals. The cows live in CAFOs, where they… Read more »
Eat Drink Better by Jill Ettinger Source: Samantha Celera A few weeks ago, I received an email from a PR person identifying herself as writing on behalf of Monsanto, the multinational biotech company that’s so vilified, there’s an annual “March Against Monsanto” event. Today, the company is best/worst known for its genetically modified seeds like corn,… Read more »
