Cornucopia’s Take: New research suggests that bird flu is caused and spread by factory farmed birds, and not brought in by wild birds, who are commonly blamed for the epidemics of the last decade. In fact, there are no recorded instances of bird flu in wild bird populations until 2005. Industrial Production of Poultry Gives… Read more »
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The Cornucopia Institute Rates More than 100 Cottage Cheese Products in New Scorecard
Comprehensive Report Gives Consumers Valuable Tool to Decode Dairy Aisle The Cornucopia Institute, which produces science-based reports that empower consumers to make informed decisions about their food choices, recently completed an investigation into the cottage cheese industry, a re-emerging market that’s forecasted to grow nearly 10% by 2022. Its new Cottage Cheese Scorecard rates more… Read more »
Sign On: No GMOs in Organic!
This petition is closed. The Cornucopia Institute recently reported on troubling comments made by USDA Under Secretary Ibach at a House Agriculture Subcommittee meeting regarding the possibility of gene editing in organic. Sign our petition below! If your organization would like to sign on, please contact us.
GMO Labeling Bill Voted Down In Senate
Huffington Post By Michael McAuliff WASHINGTON — The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating genetically modified food. The Senate voted overwhelmingly — 71 to 27 — against an amendment to the sweeping farm bill, squashing a measure that… Read more »
Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii’s Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops
The Guardian by Christopher Pala Source: Alexis Baden-Mayer Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the… Read more »
US Farmers May Stop Planting GMs After Poor Global Yields
Farmers Weekly By Robyn Vinter Some US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant GM crops saw smaller yields globally than their non-GM counterparts. Farmers in the USA pay about an extra $100 per acre for GM seed, and many are questioning whether they will continue to… Read more »
Farm Bill May Preempt Local Pesticide Bans in Parks and Playgrounds
Cornucopia’s Take: Farm Bill conferees met this week regarding the impending Farm Bill. You may have already heard that deep cuts to SNAP have been proposed. A lesser-known section of the House’s version of the Farm Bill would remove local communities’ ability to prohibit toxic pesticide spraying around their children. This is a crucial time… Read more »
Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming
The Washington Post By Rick Weiss, Staff Writer Factory farming takes a big, hidden toll on human health and the environment, is undermining rural America’s economic stability and fails to provide the humane treatment of livestock increasingly demanded by American consumers, concludes an independent, 2 1/2 -year analysis that calls for major changes in the… Read more »
Regenerative Organic Certification is Coming Soon
Source: USDA, Flickr Despite recent news that studies show organic food is worse for the environment due to land-use concerns, real organic farming is based on regenerative principles. Researchers at the Rodale Institute have shown that if all farms and ranches used regenerative organic techniques (practices premised on supporting soil health), global carbon emissions could… Read more »
Maybe We Just Shouldn’t Ever Buy Grocery Store Chicken
Modern Farmer by Dan Nosowitz Source: Eric Kilby The latest scandal in supermarket chicken comes from Canada. This time, a supermarket was reported to be re-labeling its chicken to have a later sell-by date, based on nothing more than a smell test. Should we maybe just stop buying supermarket chicken altogether? It seems like every… Read more »
