Organic Dairy: Make an Informed Choice
September 11, 2026
Independent Science News by Jonathan Latham, PhD CRISPR gene editing involves guide RNA and a protein that can cut DNA. Image source: Georgios Karamanis For the benefit of those parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public relations blitz is at full tilt. It concerns ...
Orion Magazine by Kristin Ohlson Source: USDA Rick Haney, gangly and garrulous, paces in front of a congregation of government conservationists, working the room for laughs before he gets to the hard data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture soil scientist points to an aerial photograph of research plots outside his ...
The Salt – NPR by Jodi Helmer Source: USDA The newest apiary inspector at the Maryland Department of Agriculture has four legs, golden fur and a powerful sniffer. Mack, a 2-year-old yellow Lab, joined the team last fall to help his mom, chief apiary inspector Cybil Preston, inspect beehives for ...
Center for Food Safety Perchlorate is highly flammable and used in rocket fuel Source: Steve Jurvetson The Natural Resources Defense Council and Center for Food Safety, on behalf of themselves and four other public health and environmental organizations, sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to force it to ...
Last Updated: 4-27-16, 5:00 p.m. ET Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Washington, D.C. We will be sharing the play by play with our Twitter followers under #NOSB or simply follow our stream. If you’re not already following us on ...
Mark Kastel Dr. Linley Dixon Cornucopia codirector Mark Kastel and lead scientist Dr. Linley Dixon will report live from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Washington, D.C. You can get the play-by-play on Twitter or on our website for the three-day meeting that starts Monday, April 25. The ...
ABC News by Dr. Gretchen Winter Source: David Lenker Those tart, sweet strawberries you’re eating this summer may be putting more than antioxidants in your system. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) declares strawberries the worst culprit for pesticide exposure this year, demoting the worst offender for the last five years, ...
The Guardian Arthur Neslen Source: Chafer Machinery Survey of more than 7,000 people across the EU’s five biggest states backs prohibition of the most widely used agricultural chemical Two-thirds of Europeans support a ban on glyphosate, the most widely used agricultural chemical in the world’s history, according to a new ...
Yesterday, the National Organic Standards Board held a webinar to gather public comments in advance of their three-day Spring meeting that begins on April 25. Cornucopia’s board president, Helen Kees, presented testimony during the webinar. That testimony appears below. Below Helen’s testimony you will find a link to a summary ...
HuffPost by Chris D’Angelo Source: Day Donaldson A commonly used insecticide is suspected of contributing to the collapse of bee populations. In an effort to better protect the planet’s most important pollinators, pest control company Ortho says it will remove from its products a class of chemicals thought to be ...
[View Cornucopia’s legal complaint here.] Watchdog: Business Executives Appointed to Seats Congress Reserved for Farmers Operating an organic farm? Source: NEC Corp. of America The Cornucopia Institute has filed a lawsuit challenging the USDA’s appointment of non-farmers to positions reserved by Congress for organic farmers on the National Organic Standards ...
The New York Times by Andrew Pollack Source: Lindsay Eyink The world’s farmers have increased their use of genetically modified crops steadily and sharply since the technology became broadly commercialized in 1996. Not anymore. In 2015, for the first time, the acreage used for the crops declined, according to a ...
