Action Alert: Get Carrageenan Out of Organic Foods!
September 17, 2026
If you’re new to our work, let us introduce you to carrageenan, a dangerous ingredient in our food system. If you aren’t new and you’re one of the many people who know the health risks all too well, we have some good news: The science has caught up with consumer ...
Cornucopia’s slog to rid organic food of carrageenan continues. Not familiar with this so-called “natural” ingredient? Carrageenan is a food additive used as an emulsifier, thickener, and gelling compound. While celebrated by industry, the highly processed ingredient is shunned by a growing group of consumers because it is linked to ...
At Cornucopia, we like to say that we go deep so you don’t have to. This is particularly true with organic dairy, a complex marketplace impacted by changes in organic regulations and shifts in dairy production practices. We’ve studied both to bring you our Organic Dairy Scorecard refresh. What you’ll find: ...
Cyclospora is a perfect storm for our highly consolidated food system. Since late June, Cyclospora cayetanensis has dominated food conversations in the US. The tiny single-celled parasite causing explosive gastro-intestinal distress in 49 states is elusive and resilient. Cyclospora finds its way into fresh produce every summer, going back to ...
If you’ve lost track of the Farm Bill, we get it. Hot button issues are holding up an already slow, hard-to-understand process. Yet the values driving organic farming transcend politics. Community-scale organic farmers from every state work extraordinarily hard to nourish our communities and ensure our food future. We can’t afford to ...
Despite concerns that the spring 2026 National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting could be cancelled, it took place in Omaha, Nebraska – albeit later in the year than is usual. (The fall 2025 meeting was delayed even longer and was held in January 2026.) NOSB meetings are announced in the ...
Community-scale organic farmers work extraordinarily hard to bring us the food future we all need. And now, they need us in their corner. The House passed a Farm Bill that has gravely disappointed the organic community, and now that bill is headed for the Senate. Please take five minutes today ...
The current draft of the Farm Bill hurts ethical farmers. And it’s bad news for human health and animal welfare. So, who comes out on top? Industrialized agribusiness. The bill attempts to shield pesticide companies from lawsuits related to human health impacts. And it restricts the freedom of some state ...
After the scheduled October National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Omaha was cancelled due to the government shutdown, the NOSB reconvened online (January 13 & 14, 2026 ) in a makeup meeting. The meeting was truncated to only two days and did not include oral comments. The NOSB reported ...
The National Organic Cost Share Program pays part of the ever-rising certification costs for organic farmers. Congress authorized these payments last year, but the money has not been delivered. Without this reimbursement, many small organic farms cannot afford to remain certified. Raise your voice with us and our colleagues at ...
Farmer Chris Damewood will never forget the evening during the pandemic when a panicked stranger knocked on his door asking how soon he could get meat from Ayrshire Farm. Damewood’s response: Your local food system isn’t going anywhere. Ayrshire is a fulcrum of that food system. The 800-acre farm (not ...
In honor of National Co-op Month, we’re shining a light on Equal Exchange, a worker-owned business that has been building long-term, economically just partnerships with small-scale organic farmer cooperatives around the world for the past four decades. The organization was founded to create an alternative trade model that puts power ...
