Search Results for: gmo

Will Denmark Become the World’s First 100% Organic Country?

EcoWatch by Cole Mellino Danish Organic Label Danish consumers are the most pro-organic consumers in the world, according to Organic Denmark, an association of companies, organic farmers and consumers. Nearly 8 percent of all food sold in Denmark is organic, the highest percentage in Europe. And Danish organic export has risen by more than 200 percent since 2007. The Danish government… Read more »

The Great Tomato Debate: A Response To Mark Bittman’s Opinionator

Forbes By Beth Hoffman On Saturday, Mark Bittman of the New York Times wrote an interesting article about a trip he took to the Sacramento Valley to witness large scale tomato production. There he found committed farmers growing tomatoes in a way that tries to ensure the fiscal stability of their farms while also taking… Read more »

How to Save a Trillion Dollars

The New York Times, Opinionator By MARK BITTMAN In the scheme of things, saving the 38 billion bucks that Congress seems poised to agree upon is not a big deal. A big deal is saving a trillion bucks. And we could do that by preventing disease instead of treating it. For the first time in… Read more »

Organic Farms Become a Winner in Putin’s Feud With the West

The New York Times by Neil MacFarquhar Market in Krasnador Source: Geir Halvorsen MOSCOW — Boris Akimov’s cellphone, which quacks like a duck, started to sound like a whole flock soon after President Vladimir V. Putin imposed sweeping food sanctions barring many Western imports last August. Major Russian grocery chains, desperate to find new suppliers, tracked down Mr. Akimov,… Read more »

Are Organic Standards in Jeopardy? Watchdogs Say Yes

Roger Blobaum: Organic Policy Pioneer Speaks Out on Organic Controversy PRWatch by Rebekah Wilce Alexis Baden Mayer arrested and removed from NOSB Meeting When organic activist Alexis Baden Mayer of the Organic Consumers Association was arrested after leading a “spirited protest” against watering down organic standards last month, she wasn’t at a rally on the street… Read more »

Bee Heaven/Rachel’s Eggs

They write: “Our happy hens eat soy-free, certified organic feed, harvest gleanings from the farm, and they’re pastured in our tropical fruit grove in their chicken tractors. Wait……. their WHAT??? What’s a chicken tractor? It’s a bottomless, moveable pen, which provides shelter from the rain, roosting poles, nest boxes and protection from predators. We move… Read more »

Rachel’s Eggs (Bee Heaven Farms)

They write: “Our happy hens eat soy-free, certified organic feed, harvest gleanings from the farm, and they’re pastured in our tropical fruit grove in their chicken tractors. Wait……. their WHAT??? What’s a chicken tractor? It’s a bottomless, moveable pen, which provides shelter from the rain, roosting poles, nest boxes and protection from predators. We move… Read more »

Natural Grocers Regenerative Organic Pasture Raised

While a store brand, Natural Grocers is one of a the few store brands that was fully transparent with Cornucopia’s investigators. Natural Grocers Brand Product Regenerative Organic Certified Pasture Raised Eggs are supplied by a trusted supplier who was also very transparent with Cornucopia. They say: “As the only national retailer with a Free-Range Egg… Read more »

Dead, Lifeless Food

FDA aims to sterilize our food through the Food Safety Modernization Act Food Riot Radio By Brad Jordan After two years of delay, the Food Safety Modernization Act is finally about to go into effect. The FDA is moving forward with rules that are supposed to make food in the United States the safest in… Read more »