Lettuce and the Big Food Nightmare
August 18, 2026
Cornucopia’s Take: As weed resistance increases, Monsanto and DuPont are pushing a mixture of glyphosate and dicamba for their next generation of GMO crops. The synergistic effects and toxicity of these herbicides together are largely unknown. This GMO roll-out comes amid consumer demands to know what is in their food. ...
Reflections from the Country’s Best Local Farmers [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: 2-Dog-Farm The Elders gathered for a second time this past January. They were joined ...
Cornucopia’s Take: In the wake of the recent GMO labeling compromise, the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) has withdrawn its membership from the Organic Trade Association (OTA). OTA members include many huge conventional companies with smaller organic portfolios who would not like to see GMO labeling applied to ...
This alert is over. Despite an outpouring of letters, calls and protests, both the Senate and House have caved to Monsanto and biotech interests, passing legislation that will deny Americans the right to know what is in in their food products. This toothless compromise will preempt states’ rights to create ...
Lobbyists Conspired to Confine Chickens to Factory Farms Consumers Fight Back through Marketplace Activism Reacting to the close of a 90-day public comment period on July 13, the nation’s preeminent organic industry watchdog harshly criticized the USDA for what they called a “giveaway” to factory farm interests masquerading as organic. ...
Lincoln Journal Star by Matt Olberding Uh, what? Source: Jan Truter For years, we Americans have been perfecting the art of non-action action. It began about a generation ago with the non-apology apology: “If I offended you, I apologize.” Later we moved on to the non-committal commitment: “I’ll be there ...
Independent Science News by Ted Greiner, PhD Source: Josep Folta What better way to discredit your critics than to rope in 107 naive Nobel Prize winners (all without relevant expertise) to criticize your opposition? But such tactics are not new. Long ago, the GMO industry spent well over $50 million ...
Common Dreams by Vandana Shiva Source: Dee Davee Easyflow A recent report from the National Academy of Science of The United States, titled “Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values,” warns: “One possible goal of release of a gene-drive modified organism is ...
The House of Representatives will likely vote on this bill tomorrow, so please take action now to express your opposition! You can reach your Congressional Representative at 877-796-1949 . Tell him or her to VOTE NO on Bill S.764. Let them know that you want mandatory, on-the-package GMO food labeling ...
The No Organic Checkoff Coalition by Kate Mendenhall (info@noorganiccheckoff.com) and Ed Maltby (emaltby@comcast.net) Source: Dave Parker Organic Farmer Opposition Surpasses The Organic Trade Association’s Farmer Support for Organic Checkoff More organic farmers now oppose the proposed Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) organic checkoff than support it; the No Organic Checkoff Coalition ...
Source: John Griffiths The U.S. Senate has passed a GMO food labeling bill. Described as a compromise, the bill is truly a gift to Monsanto and the biotech industry. It takes away the rights of states to label GMO foods and seeds, does not require mandatory labeling on packages, and ...
The Huffington Post by Stacy Malkan, Co-director, U.S. Right to Know Source: Alan Levine When a reputable-sounding nonprofit organization released a report attacking the organic food industry in April 2014, the group went to great lengths to tout its independence. The 30-page report by Academics Review, described as “a non-profit ...
