Cornucopia’s Take: More schools are adding gardens to be worked and enjoyed by staff and students. A D.C. study shows higher scores in reading, math, and science in schools with gardens. As school gardens spread, so do the teaching moments The Washington Post by Adrian Higgins Source: Don Barrett We are living in uncertain times,… Read more »
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Farm Aid’s Strange Agribusiness Bedfellows: Concert Sponsor Investigated for Organic Labeling Improprieties
Another Farm Aid Misstep: Partnering with Corporate Agribusiness While Purporting to Support Family Farmers Top Sponsor “Indicted” for Misrepresenting Itself as Organic CORNUCOPIA, WI: On the eve of the annual Farm Aid concert, Saturday in Bristow, Virginia, The Cornucopia Institute, an organic industry watchdog, has filed a formal legal complaint against Farm Aid’s marquee sponsor,… Read more »
New Animal Welfare Rules Could Harm Family-Scale Dairy Farmers
This action alert is over. Broilers, Layer Standards Could Lock-in Favorable Treatment for Factory Farms Comments due by July 13 [Extended from June 13] One of the reasons consumers are willing to pay premium prices for organic milk, meat, and eggs is because they think animals are cared for in a more humane manner. Rules… Read more »
National Organic Standards Board Meetings
Cornucopia is the most vocal and engaged watchdog of The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The 15-member NOSB is an expert citizen panel created by Congress, charged with advising the Secretary of Agriculture on organic policy. Cornucopia closely monitors the NOSB’s biannual meetings and activities. One of the NOSB’s most important tasks is to determine… Read more »
It’s Not Just Glyphosate and Neonicotinoids! Why We Need a Pesticide-Free Future
The Ecologist by Georgina Downs Source: Chafer Machinery The risk of cancer from the world’s top herbicide, glyphosate, is just the tip of the iceberg of health damage caused by exposure to pesticides and other toxic agrochemicals, writes Georgina Downs. It’s time for governments to correct their scandalous failure to protect rural residents from the… Read more »
FDA Requirements on Salmonella Could Force Organic Free-Range Egg Producers To Restrict Hens Or Go Out of Business – KPFK Radio interviews Cornucopia’s Mark Kastel
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NOSB Oral Comments, Fall 2021
Day 1: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (12:00 PM ‐ 5:30 PM Eastern Time ET) [NOTE: this is a rough, un-edited form of the public comment notes. Expect updates to this page over the next two weeks.] Jenny Tucker gives some opening remarks. Acknowledges NOSB members that are finishing their service, Steve Ela, Sue Baird, and… Read more »
Dean’s Organic Milk Claims Draw Criticism From Cited Scientist
Bloomberg News By Andrew Zajac Cartons of Dean Foods Co. (DF)’s Horizon organic milk fortified with DHA feature a picture of a young girl to illustrate the heart, eye and brain benefits of the additive, referencing the work of a prominent nutritionist. The problem: the author says her study doesn’t support those health claims, and… Read more »
Follow the Spring 2020 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 public comments on April 21 and 23 and the meeting itself on April 29 and 30 below and with our Twitter followers… Read more »
How Politics Derailed EPA Science on Arsenic, Endangering Public Health
Credit: Derek Jensen Delay keeps pesticides with arsenic on the market The Center for Public Integrity by David Heath MOUNT VERNON, Maine — Living in the lush, wooded countryside with fresh New England air, Wendy Brennan never imagined her family might be consuming poison every day. But when she signed up for a research study… Read more »
