Cornucopia’s Take: The FDA began limited testing for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, early in 2016 but suspended testing shortly thereafter, citing issues with consistent procedures. Testing has now resumed, according to documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. Glyphosate, a suspected carcinogen, is not approved for use in organic agriculture. FDA Resumes… Read more »
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USDA-Backed “Factory Farm” Takeover of Organic Milk Production Crushing Family-Scale Farmers and Forcing Them Out of Business
Newly Released Report, and Associated Organic Dairy Brand Scorecard, Enables Defrauded Consumers and Wholesale Buyers to “Vote with Their Pocketbooks” When commercialized in the 1980s, the organic dairy movement was viewed by many farmers as opting out of a rapacious agricultural marketing system that had already driven the majority of dairy farm families off the… Read more »
Remembering Jerry Brunetti
Gerald “Jerry” Brunetti, December 28, 1950 – December 20, 2014 By William G. Winter, D.V.M. www.willwinter.com He was far better than he ever needed to be. Perhaps better than anyone else we had ever seen. Of course, we thought it would just go on forever with Jerry. It was nearly thirty years ago when I… Read more »
FDA Targets Processing of Spices in Bid to Make Supply Safer
The Washington Post By Lyndsey Layton The Food and Drug Administration is reexamining the safety of a culinary staple found in every restaurant, food manufacturing plant and home kitchen pantry: spices. In the middle of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness linked to black and red pepper — and after 16 U.S. recalls since 2001… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) Genetically Modified Alfalfa Threatens Organic Agriculture
UPDATE: The Alfalfa EIS docket comment period has been extended 15 days until March 3rd. Send Your Comments to USDA on Draft Environmental Impact Statement Late last year, the USDA released a court-ordered Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Monsanto’s new genetically engineered Round-up Ready Alfalfa. A federal lawsuit, led by the Center for Food Safety… Read more »
Clarks Increase Organic Product Line
By MARCIA STEFFENS Niles Daily Star DOWAGIAC – In the former milk room, where it came fresh from the cow, now sit rows of various products all with a similar theme – they are organic. The Clark family is excited to host the grand opening of their new Roseland Organic Market, on Dailey Road, four… Read more »
Co-op Members and Their Farmers Resist Questionable Raw Milk Laws
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia believes everyone should have the choice to eat the diet that they believe provides them the healthiest and most nutritious food. And we believe that the family farmers who produce it deserve to be fairly compensated. We defend the rights of dairy farmers to produce and market raw dairy products and the rights… Read more »
Neil Young Performing His Song “Monsanto Years”on Maui at OUTGROW MONSANTO, May 23, 2015
YouTube On May 23rd, 2015 Maui was honored to have Neil Young and The Promise of The Real give an impromptu jam session with their new song “Monsanto Years” to about 100 people.
Most Doctors Know Little About Nutrition – Some Schools are Changing That
Cornucopia’s Take: Nutrition is crucial to health. However, few doctors can advise you about how to eat well as most never benefited from studying nutrition even though their patron saint Hippocrates is known to have said “Let thy food be thy medicine.” But this may be changing as some schools of medicine now include cooking curriculum… Read more »
Dairy Detective Work Needed!
by Kestrel Burcham, Farm & Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Certified “organic” dairy farm in Texas We need your help to differentiate the true heroes in organic dairy (family farmers who love their cows) from the giant factory farms producing “organic” milk. We are beginning the process of a comprehensive update of Cornucopia’s… Read more »
