The New York Times, Opinionator By MARK BITTMAN In the scheme of things, saving the 38 billion bucks that Congress seems poised to agree upon is not a big deal. A big deal is saving a trillion bucks. And we could do that by preventing disease instead of treating it. For the first time in… Read more »
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Organic Farms Become a Winner in Putin’s Feud With the West
The New York Times by Neil MacFarquhar Market in Krasnador Source: Geir Halvorsen MOSCOW — Boris Akimov’s cellphone, which quacks like a duck, started to sound like a whole flock soon after President Vladimir V. Putin imposed sweeping food sanctions barring many Western imports last August. Major Russian grocery chains, desperate to find new suppliers, tracked down Mr. Akimov,… Read more »
Are Organic Standards in Jeopardy? Watchdogs Say Yes
Roger Blobaum: Organic Policy Pioneer Speaks Out on Organic Controversy PRWatch by Rebekah Wilce Alexis Baden Mayer arrested and removed from NOSB Meeting When organic activist Alexis Baden Mayer of the Organic Consumers Association was arrested after leading a “spirited protest” against watering down organic standards last month, she wasn’t at a rally on the street… Read more »
Bee Heaven/Rachel’s Eggs
They write: “Our happy hens eat soy-free, certified organic feed, harvest gleanings from the farm, and they’re pastured in our tropical fruit grove in their chicken tractors. Wait……. their WHAT??? What’s a chicken tractor? It’s a bottomless, moveable pen, which provides shelter from the rain, roosting poles, nest boxes and protection from predators. We move… Read more »
Rachel’s Eggs (Bee Heaven Farms)
They write: “Our happy hens eat soy-free, certified organic feed, harvest gleanings from the farm, and they’re pastured in our tropical fruit grove in their chicken tractors. Wait……. their WHAT??? What’s a chicken tractor? It’s a bottomless, moveable pen, which provides shelter from the rain, roosting poles, nest boxes and protection from predators. We move… Read more »
Natural Grocers Regenerative Organic Pasture Raised
While a store brand, Natural Grocers is one of a the few store brands that was fully transparent with Cornucopia’s investigators. Natural Grocers Brand Product Regenerative Organic Certified Pasture Raised Eggs are supplied by a trusted supplier who was also very transparent with Cornucopia. They say: “As the only national retailer with a Free-Range Egg… Read more »
Dead, Lifeless Food
FDA aims to sterilize our food through the Food Safety Modernization Act Food Riot Radio By Brad Jordan After two years of delay, the Food Safety Modernization Act is finally about to go into effect. The FDA is moving forward with rules that are supposed to make food in the United States the safest in… Read more »
Over 8,000 Plaintiffs Lined Up to Sue Monsanto
Cornucopia’s Take: Over 8,000 people have now filed lawsuits regarding cancer risks associated with Monsanto’s glyphosate, recently acquired by Bayer. Bayer continues to fight the jury damage award of $289 million in the first of these cases. The company claims to have planned for litigation in its purchase of Monsanto and notes that glyphosate continues to… Read more »
No Definitive ‘No’ on Nano
USDA Disregards NOSB’s Recommended Prohibition on Nanomaterials in Organics by Linley Dixon, PhD Source: DollarPhotoClub.com Despite the consensus in the organic community that nanotechnology should be prohibited in organics, the USDA’s National Organic Program issued a new guidance in March that allows companies to petition for use of human-engineered nanomaterials in organic production and processing…. Read more »
