Beyond Pesticides Source: Mike Beauregard Despite concerns for human and environmental contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) adds 2,4-D-tolerant cotton, a genetically engineered (GE) crop, to the list of unregulated GE crops, joining 2,4-D resistant corn and soybeans. Last week, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) division of USDA released its decision… Read more »
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Tom Willey, of T&D Willey Farms, Testifies at Leafy Greens Hearing
TESTIMONY OF TOM WILLEY, OWNER, T & D WILLEY FARMS, Madera, California at the hearing on the proposed National Leafy Green Marketing Agreement, Monterey, California. My wife and I own and operate a 75-acre, certified organic truck farm just outside of Madera in the central San Joaquin Valley. We grow over fifty vegetable crops, including… Read more »
“Fauxganic” Takeover in Full Swing
Finding and Protecting Real Organic Food Going Forward [This article was previously published in the spring issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD, current Associate Director of the Real Organic Project The Country Hen is one example of a certified organic industrial-style egg producer. Their porches, shown here, are approved as “outdoor… Read more »
New USDA Rules Establish Strong Organic Standards for Pasture and Livestock
Family Farmers Call Rule a Victory for Integrity of Organic Food and Agriculture Swift and Judicious Enforcement of Abuses Now Expected by Obama Administration WASHINGTON, DC — After over 10 years of lobbying, family farmers across the country, who produce organic milk, are celebrating the release of strict new USDA regulations that establish distinct benchmarks… Read more »
Stand Up for Authentic Soil-Based Organic
Industrial Hydroponics Poised to Take Over Testify at Florida NOSB meeting/attend farmer rally The semi-annual National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting begins October 31 in Jacksonville, Florida, with a focus on the controversy swirling around hydroponics and organics. At issue is the rise of soil-less hydroponic production, much of it imported and on a gargantuan… Read more »
Going Back to the Future: Is Biodynamic Agriculture the “Newest” Trend in Organic?
by Elizabeth Candelario, Demeter Co-Director Source: Harmony Farm in Tipp City, OH In the early 1920’s a growing group of European farmers were increasingly concerned about what they were witnessing on their farms. Their soil was depleted, their seeds weren’t germinating, their crops’ quality was declining, and their animals were suffering. The overall life and… Read more »
‘Pink Slime’ Returns to School Lunches in 4 More States
Politico By Bill Tomson and Helena Bottemiller Evich Kids are going back to school and so is the ground beef filler dubbed “pink slime.” Thousands of schools across the U.S. rushed last year to stop feeding their students meat that contained the ammonia-treated beef, known by industry as lean finely textured beef. Their action followed… Read more »
Local Slaughterhouses Come Back to Life
The Washington Post By Samuel Fromartz HARRISONBURG, VA. — Huddled in a small pen in the slaughterhouse, the four sheep and two goats were quiet and still. A few men nearby in thick rubber aprons cut away at still-warm carcasses hanging on hooks. “They don’t seem to know what’s going on,” a visitor remarked. “Oh,… Read more »
Nebraska Farmers Caught, as Part of a Wider Conspiracy, Selling GMO Grain as Organic
Cornucopia’s Take: These farmers and their accomplices who marketed and sold the GMO grain as organic, over eight years, were thankfully caught and are on the hook for almost $11 million. While that is a substantial sum, fraud in U.S.-grown crops is a much smaller business than import fraud. Domestic organic fraud of this kind… Read more »
New York’s Engelbert Family: Cornerstones of American Organic Dairying
[Kevin Engelbert is a board member of The Cornucopia Institute.] This article first appeared in The Milkweed by Paris Reidhead Meet the Englebert family of Nichols, New York L-R: John, Kevin, Lisa, Joe and Kris On May 2, 2014, I revisited the Engelbert Farm — just outside Nichols, New York. I’ve known these organic dairy farmers since… Read more »
