The Des Moines Register by Mike Klein Credit: Susannah Rogers, USDA Forest Service The monarch butterfly weighs a fourth of a gram, yet migrates thousands of miles every September through Iowa to overwintering grounds in Mexico. The iconic orange-and-black butterfly marks changing seasons. Chasing it is a rite of Iowa early childhood and watching its… Read more »
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Wendell Berry: A Strong Voice For Local Farming and the Land
Wendell Berry stands before his solar panels on his Kentucky farm Image credit: Guy Mendes Yale Environment 360 by Roger Cohn For six decades, writer Wendell Berry has spoken out in defense of local agriculture, rural communities, and the importance of caring for the land. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he talks about… Read more »
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 »
FDA Again Testing for Glyphosate in Food
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 »
Cornucopia Releases New Local Organic Dairy Map
VIROQUA, Wis., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Dairy may be divisive, but eaters are still buying milk — not to mention slices of cheese for their equally controversial burger. Avoiding dairy that comes from feedlot cows requires homework. But Cornucopia’s new Local Organic Dairy Map identifying authentic organic dairy takes the guesswork out of your grocery… Read more »
New Documentary on Sewage Sludge
Cornucopia’s Take: The disposal of society’s wastes is frequently met with an “out of sight out of mind” approach. Everything that goes down the drains in our homes, industries, and institutions ends up in waterways and as sewage sludge from water treatment plants. According to the EPA more than 50 percent of the seven million… Read more »
Calling All Consumer Advocates (That’s You!)
Cornucopia is at it again, and we need you to be our eyes and ears in the aisles in a grocery store near you! The certified organic blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries at your local store may be grown on hydroponic and other soilless “farms.” By law, organic crop producers must steward the soil. Yet hydroponic… 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 »
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 »
