FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2042 Corporate Lobbyists/Influence Peddlers Eroding Organic Standards Analysis Illustrates USDA/Agribusiness Collusion National Organic Standards Board Voting Scorecard Released CORNUCOPIA, WIS: A comprehensive voting analysis of members of the National Organic Standards Board, an expert body formed by Congress to insulate the governance of the industry from undue corporate influence,… Read more »
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Why Should Organics Be Different?
[This article was previously published in the spring issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Mark Kastel, Codirector of The Cornucopia Institute Mark Kastel USDA Secrecy and Corporate Agribusiness Blowback When Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, it created a unique public-private partnership of governance. It vested statutory power in the… Read more »
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Cornucopia’s Privacy Policy The Cornucopia Institute values your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we protect the privacy of website visitors and donors. This Policy also outlines how you can update your information or communication preferences and how you can receive additional information. Protecting Donor Information Cornucopia uses electronic security systems to protect records containing… Read more »
SIGN THE PROXY LETTER: Remove Current USDA Organic Management
This alert is over. Miles McEvoy has resigned as head of the National Organic Program, effective September 30, 2017. [Read the cover letter accompanying Cornucopia’s first package of 5,000 proxies to USDA Secretary Vilsack requesting Miles McEvoy’s removal.] Illegal Power Grab Greasing the Skids for “Organic” Factory Farming and Potentially Contaminated/Fraudulent Imports Make no mistake about… Read more »
Letter to the Congressional Organic Caucus
NOTE: PCC Natural Markets, in Seattle, coordinated a letter to members of Congress expressing the concerns from three dozen retailers about the arbitrary changes made by the USDA to NOSB governance and advice over organic food and agriculture. These changes continue to trouble Cornucopia and many others in the organic community. PCC Natural Markets To… Read more »
USDA Power Grab
[A version of this story originally appeared in The Cultivator, The Cornucopia Institute’s quarterly print publication available to members and online.] National Organic Program Guts Synthetic Materials Decision-Making Process By Will Fantle The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) stands accused of a power grab due to changing a fundamental decision-making process impacting organic food and agriculture. Miles… Read more »
Fed Shutdown Forces Cease-Fire in Organic War: USDA Louisville Meeting Canceled
Organic Advocates Railing Against Industry/Obama Administration Power Grab As collateral damage spreads, with Congress continuing at loggerheads over a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government, the newest victims include farmers and consumers who depend on the USDA to oversee the propriety and integrity of the organic industry. In a unique regulatory structure, Congress created… Read more »
NEWS RELEASE: NOSB Meeting Canceled 10.10.13
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2042 Federal Shutdown Forces Cease-Fire in Organic War USDA Organics Meeting Canceled in Louisville Organic Advocates Railing Against Industry/Obama Administration Power Grab https://www.cornucopia.org/2013/10/fed-shutdown-forces-cease-fire-organic-war-usda-louisville-meeting-canceled/ CORNUCOPIA, WI: As collateral damage spreads, with Congress continuing at loggerheads over a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government, the newest victims include farmers and consumers… Read more »
Follow Cornucopia’s NOSB Coverage
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) fall proceedings kick off at noon ET October 13 with a public comment session continuing through October 14, followed by the public meeting October 19-21. Cornucopia supplies NOSB members with independent analyses of agenda items, relying on publicly funded research and input from authentic organic farmers, consumers, and other… Read more »
Why the FDA Doesn’t Really Know What’s In Your Food
The Center for Public Integrity by Erin Quinn and Chris Young Why doesn’t the government know what’s in your food? Because industry can declare on their own that added ingredients are safe. It’s all thanks to a loophole in a 57-year-old law that allows food manufacturers to circumvent the approval process by regulators. This means… Read more »
