Organic Dairy: Make an Informed Choice
September 11, 2026
[This alert is over, and we won!] Don’t Let Giant Corporations and Factory Farms Corrupt Organics! French dairy giant Groupe Danone (Dannon in the U.S.) has announced the proposed acquisition of WhiteWave Foods for approximately $10 billion. The deal would combine the Danone-owned and world’s largest organic yogurt brand Stonyfield ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Knowledgeable organic industry observer looks at Cornucopia’s call for the blocking of the Danone-WhiteWave merger. Organic Watchdog Group Aims to Disrupt Danone-WhiteWave Merger to Save Organic Dairy Farmers Organic Authority by Jill Ettinger Source: Guy Montag In response to the recent announcement that Group Danone would purchase WhiteWave ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Grown without pesticides, organic and biodynamically grown grapes highlight the flavor of the earth they were grown in. The quality of the wine is comparable to more expensive conventional wines, even garnering higher ratings in blind taste tests from professionals. Do eco-friendly wines taste better? Phys.org Provided by: ...
Cornucopia’s Take: More and more farmers, and researchers, are realizing the value of wild strips of land for soil and wildlife health. It’s a sharp contrast to the approach taken by conventional ag for decades. Iowa farmers ripped out prairie; now some hope it can save them Washington Post by ...
France’s Groupe Danone’s purchase of WhiteWave would combine Stonyfield, Horizon and Wallaby to Dominate the Organic Dairy Market The French dairy giant, Groupe Danone (Dannon in the U.S.) has announced the proposed acquisition of WhiteWave Foods for approximately $10 billion. The deal would combine the world’s largest organic yogurt brand, ...
Cornucopia’s Take: While Big Ag continues to bill toxic pesticides, herbicides, and patented GMO seeds as the only way to feed the planet, organic methods have made headlines in India and worldwide for producing giant yields. India’s rice revolution The Guardian by John Vidal in Bihar, India Source: Yamanaka Tamaki ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Many educational institutions and their faculty receive money from biotech corporations, and, not coincidentally, tend to offer an uncritical view of GMO agriculture. More unbiased science is required to assess the many claims made by the biotech industry. The GMO Debate: One Student’s Experience of Pro-GMO Propaganda at ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Industrial organic dairies harm authentic organic dairies by employing perceived loopholes in the organic law for cheaper production costs, driving prices down in the marketplace. Understanding the Whole Cost of Cheap Milk Epoch Times by Andrea Hayley Aurora Coldwater “organic” dairy in Stratford, TX Industrial farming is highly ...
Cornucopia’s Take: As consumers become more aware of what is in their food, farmers are stepping up to meet the demand for local produce. Farm to workplace: CSAs get hyper local Bangor Daily News by Kathleen Pierce, BDN Staff Source: Suzie’s Farm PORTLAND, Maine — A truck pulls up to ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Organic food activist Elizabeth Kucinich talks about how the DARK Act was passed, what it entails, and what comes next. ‘Dark Act’ won’t truly label GMO’s – Food & agriculture consultant Facebook – Elizabeth Kucinich by RT America Critics have branded the new law requiring the labeling of ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia applauds this groundbreaking partnership of health professionals and farmers markets for helping to get fresh produce into the kitchens of people who may not otherwise be able to afford it. Seattle launches fresh produce “prescription” program KIRO7 Source: Roger Ward SEATTLE — The city of Seattle, Odessa ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Fred Kirschenmann, interviewed in the article below, is the scheduled keynote speaker at the Chicago Food Tank Summit this November. He converted his family’s farm to organics in 1976, and still manages it today. Kirschenmann is a Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and his ...
