Cornucopia’s Take: While Cornucopia is as happy as anyone that this large tract of land will be spared the spraying harmful pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, we do have to wonder how mono-cropping on this scale is truly organic. Biodiversity in the field prevents the spread of disease and the proliferation of pests. Monocropping creates an environment… Read more »
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Congress Sends Food Safety Bill to President’s Desk
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition On December 21, 2010, the House of Representatives voted 215-144 to pass the Senate version of the Food Safety Modernization Act, with the Tester-Hagan amendment protecting small farms intact. This final vote by the House ends weeks of procedural wrangling, and sends the bill to the President’s desk for enactment. As… Read more »
Growing Organics ‘Sin Fronteras’
Taste Makers is a documentary series exploring the challenges facing young people in America who aspire to careers as chefs, farmers and food-industry entrepreneurs. The subjects are ambitious and driven, but their futures are by no means clear or assured. They stand alone, and move forward on their dreams. Eduardo Rivera, 33, moved to the… Read more »
Who Owns Organics — Updated
Dr. Phil Howard updates his popular infographic on the organic food industry The latest version of Who Owns Organics has been released by Dr. Phil Howard, an Assistant Professor at Michigan State. Dr. Howard teaches in the University’s Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies program. The latest update now includes the top 100 food processors… Read more »
Farmers Market Producers Fear Proposed FDA Rules Could Put Them Out of Business
Ravilli Republic (MT) By Rob Chaney Farmers market producers across Montana fear proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations could put them under the same scrutiny as big corporate farms, and drive many of them out of business in the process. “It would be pretty disastrous for a lot of small producers in Montana,” said… Read more »
Powerful Organic Trade/Lobby Group Recruiting Family Farmers
OTA/Corporate Interests Creating “Trojan Horse” to Soften Image, Increase Influence In a move that would look just as cynical as if General Motors decided to create their own workers-union, the powerful Organic Trade Association (OTA) has created their own Farmer Advisory Council and is now discounting memberships to smaller family farmers in an attempt to… Read more »
Powerful Organic Trade/Lobby Group Recruiting Family Farmers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2042 OTA/Corporate Interests Creating “Trojan Horse” to Soften Image, Increase Influence CORNUCOPIA, WIS: In a move that would look just as cynical as if General Motors decided to create their own workers-union, the powerful Organic Trade Association (OTA) has created their own Farmer Advisory Council and is now discounting… Read more »
California Drought: Farmers, Ranchers Face Uncertain Future
SFGate by Stacy Finz Credit: Arivumathi Frank Imhof, a Sunol cattleman is checking the weather constantly. If he doesn’t get rain soon, “lots of people are going to be out of a job,” he says. He’s considering culling nearly 40 percent of his breeding herd and selling calves that are four to five months short of… Read more »
USDA Could Take the Environment Into Account in Its Next Dietary Guidelines
Will the US government incorporate environmental impacts into dietary guidelines for the first time? Or will it blink? The Guardian by Garrett Hering Aurora Coldwater Dairy in Stratford, Texas When a federal advisory committee created the first federal proposal to explore the relationship between nutrition and the environmental impacts of the American diet in December,… Read more »
How To Find the Safest Organic Infant Formula
By Charlotte Vallaeys Some of my favorite memories of my sons as babies (which was not that long ago—they are 2 and 4 years old) involve breastfeeding. It is a truly magical and priceless bonding experience. And for someone who loves good, “real” food as much as I do, there could be nothing more satisfying… Read more »
