DAY 1: October 17, 2023 Michele Arsenault take a roll call of National Organic Standards Board: all members are present except for Javier Zamora. For more information about the NOSB members, check out the NOSB’s biographies. NOSB Chair, Nate Powell-Palm, runs the webinar comment session. Alan Lewis – Natural Grocers (General) Part of many ag… Read more »
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Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Denver, CO #NOSB
Last Updated: April 21, 2017 at 1:45PM CT Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Denver, Colorado. We will be sharing the play by play with our Twitter followers under #NOSB or simply follow our stream. For background on issues up for discussion at the meeting,… Read more »
Hutchinson Organic Ranch
By Kestrel Burcham, JD The Hutchinson Organic Ranch embodies the best in organic ranching today by adapting their practices to the needs of their land. Dave Hutchinson, with his wife Sue, daughter Sarah Drenth, her husband Jared, and their daughters live and work in an idyllic landscape of the Nebraska Sandhills, marked by abundant wildlife,… Read more »
Wheatfield Hill Organics
By Helen Kees This past year at Wheatfield Hill Organics in Durand, Wisconsin, 45 cows and their calves spent five months working on climate change. From May to October, this herd performed a simple act: They grazed certified organic pastures that provided 100% of their diet. This act provided economic support and security to the farm family hosting them, as… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Jacksonville, FL #NOSB
Last Updated: November 2, 2017 at 3:12PM CT Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. We will be sharing the play by play with our Twitter followers under #NOSB or simply follow our stream. For background on issues up for discussion at the meeting,… Read more »
A Valuable Reputation
After Tyrone Hayes said that a chemical was harmful, its maker pursued him. The New Yorker by Rachel Aviv In 2001, seven years after joining the biology faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, Tyrone Hayes stopped talking about his research with people he didn’t trust. He instructed the students in his lab, where he was… Read more »
Follow the Spring 2021 National Organic Standards Board Meeting Online
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on April 28, 29, and 30 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB or by simply following our stream. For… Read more »
Radiance Dairy
Radiance Dairy Redefines Milk Francis Thicke is used to fielding questions about his products. “Why does your milk have a yellow tinge?” Because the cows are on pasture. “Why do I need to shake your whole milk?” Because it’s creamline milk, which hasn’t been homogenized, meaning the fat molecules are still intact. But the most… Read more »
Paradise Springs Farm
When Mike Reid started Paradise Springs Farm in 1999 in Teton Valley, Idaho, the land was suffering from years of neglect. Now the soil is healthy, the fields retain more water, and the vegetation is vibrant and diverse. As a dual-certified biodynamic and organic dairy, Paradise Springs Farm operates almost entirely as a closed system,… Read more »
Thistle Hill Farm
Accolades from the American Cheese Society, the United States Championship Cheese Contest, and the UK’s World Jersey Cheese Awards, among others, line an entire wall of the cheese house at Thistle Hill Farm in North Pomfret, Vermont. By way of a Boston law firm (John) and EPA subcontracting (Janine), these unlikely cheesemakers have created a… Read more »
