GreenMoneyJournal.com By Bob Scowcroft Consider the word “organic.” I suspect that readers of this journal would conjure up an incredibly wide range of images. Maybe it was the restaurant patronized last night. How about nutritionally superior and locally farmed produce? Others might find themselves going right to what their youthful consumption of heavily processed, pesticide… Read more »
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How Fish Could Change What It Means For Food To Be Organic
NPR – The Salt by Kristofor Husted Source: andyabides When it comes to organic certification, food producers must follow strict guidelines. For an organic steak, for instance, the cow it came from has to be raised on organic feed, and the feed mix can’t be produced with pesticides, chemical fertilizers or genetic engineering. Now, the U.S…. Read more »
‘Natural’ Food Sounds Good But Doesn’t Mean Much
NPR – The Salt by Dan Charles Some people have had it with “natural” food. For fifteen years, Urvashi Rangan, director of consumer safety and sustainability for Consumer Reports, has been pointing out that “natural” is just about the most misleading label that you’ll ever see on a food package. Yet consumers still look for that word, food… Read more »
Protecting Children’s Health
October 2015 Choosing Organic Food to Avoid GMOs and Agricultural Chemicals Conventional foods commonly contain residues of pesticides that may cause cancer, damage the nervous system and cognitive development, or disrupt hormone functions in humans. Genetically engineered (GE) foods are allowed in our food supply, without labeling, and have been introduced without adequate testing as… Read more »
Conflicts of Interest in the Regulation of Food Safety
A Threat to Scientific Integrity JAMA Internal Medicine By Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH Conflicts of interest in medical research, education, and practice are well known to increase the risk of undue influence by corporate sponsors. Because conflicts of interest are so prevalent and troublesome, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) was asked to develop guidelines for… Read more »
USDA Criticized for Organic Livestock Proposal
Rulemaking Could Institutionalize Conventional Livestock on Organic Farms One of Aurora’s “organic” dairies, each managing many thousands of cows (producing private label milk for Walmart, Costco, Target and others) Advocates for organic food and farming are encouraging industry stakeholders to send comments to the USDA, by July 27, rejecting a proposal that would facilitate conventional… Read more »
The Canary in the Organic Coal Mine
Organic Crops and Gardens Increasingly Contaminated by Persistent Herbicides by Linley Dixon, PhD This sunflower shows the leaf curl characteristic of poisoning by aminopyralid herbicide. In this case, the herbicide contamination came from horse manure. Photo by John Mason, www.geologywales.co.uk Nothing is more infuriating than first-hand accounts of “Big Ag” putting sustainable organic farmers out of business. Herbicide… Read more »
Follow Cornucopia’s Spring 2023 NOSB Coverage
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 25, 26, and 27 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB. For background on issues up for… Read more »
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