Action Alert: Get Carrageenan Out of Organic Foods!
September 17, 2026
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia applauds this groundbreaking partnership of health professionals and farmers markets for helping to get fresh produce into the kitchens of people who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Seattle launches fresh produce “prescription” program KIRO7 Source: Roger Ward SEATTLE — The city of Seattle, Odessa ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Fred Kirschenmann, interviewed in the article below, is the scheduled keynote speaker at the Chicago Food Tank Summit this November. He converted his family’s farm to organics in 1976, and still manages it today. Kirschenmann is a Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and his ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Max Goldberg takes a look at how the toothless GMO food labeling bill came to pass. He is a respected observer of the organic industry, writing about it regularly in his blog, Living MaxWell. President Obama Signs the Disastrous Federal GMO-Labeling Bill, Putting the Future of Organic in ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Companies eager to sell their products take notice when they receive a lot of complaints on their ingredients, and consumer pressure frequently works far faster than the regulatory system at cleaning up the food industry. Cornucopia recommends you vote with your forks—and also contact companies to let them ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Monsanto keeps its GMO test plots secret, but the wheat has escaped for the third time, contaminating a farmer’s field. This is especially egregious given Monsanto’s litigation against farmers whose fields have been contaminated with their approved seeds. USDA confirms unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state Reuters ...
Cornucopia’s Take: In releasing dicamba resistant seeds prior to EPA approval of use of dicamba itself, Monsanto has created the perfect market for its GMO seeds: farmers whose soybeans have been stunted by neighbors spraying dicamba illegally. The USDA continues to leave the onus for crop damage on the victims. ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Avoiding pesticides in food is not the only reason to buy organic. Conventional farm workers and people living near conventional farms are exposed to pesticides throughout the growing season. Support all our health by buying organic. Living Near Agricultural Pesticides During Pregnancy Linked to Lower IQ for Salinas ...
Criticizes the Organic Trade Association and Some of Its Powerful Members David Bronner Cornucopia’s Take: David Bronner, CEO at Dr. Bronner’s, has been an activist and a leading voice for the real labeling of GMO foods. He also happens to be a long time member of the Organic Trade Association ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The President has decided to ignore the outpouring of citizen opposition to the GMO food (non)labeling bill passed by Congress, and has signed into law a big gift to Monsanto and their biotech allies. President Obama & Ag Secretary Vilsack view the 2012 Iowa drought Source: USDA Statement ...
Cornucopia’s Take: CSAs build a relationship between the customer and the farmer. Money for the season is paid up front to reduce risk for small farmers, and customers enjoy a progression of fresh food. Aggregators, or middlemen, buy food from farmers all over the world and present it as a ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The deadly effects of pesticides on pollinators are legion. Organic farmers don’t use these toxins, and many also plant flowers to help pollinators thrive. Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40%, study shows The Guardian by Damian Carrington Source: Patty O’Hearn Kickham Discovery provides possible explanation for ...
Cornucopia’s Take: With the public increasingly concerned with food quality, sustainability, and food safety, these issues don’t grab much attention from elected officials (outside of GMO labeling and ethanol). But food politics cuts across political lines and may yet provoke more attention from lawmakers. When Will Food Issues Be on ...
