Click here for a PDF version Not all cattle are raised the same. There are substantial differences between conventional and authentic organic beef production when it comes to environmental impact, animal welfare, and nutrition. And due to eroding certification standards, the organic program allows a wide range of production practices. Lack of transparency in the… Read more »
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Major Grocer to Label Foods With Gene-Modified Content
New York Times By Stephanie Strom Whole Foods Market, the grocery chain, on Friday became the first retailer in the United States to require labeling of all genetically modified foods sold in its stores, a move that some experts said could radically alter the food industry. A. C. Gallo, president of Whole Foods, said the… Read more »
FDA to Begin Testing for Glyphosate Residue
Feedstuffs Source: Chafer Machinery Recently, the Food & Drug Administration developed streamlined methods to test for glyphosate. The agency is now preparing plans for fiscal 2016 to measure glyphosate in soybeans, corn, milk and eggs, among other potential foods, according to FDA spokesperson Jason Strachman Miller. “The FDA has not routinely looked for glyphosate in… Read more »
Oregon Farmers File Suit to Prevent Destructive Canola Planting in Willamette Valley
Center for Food Safety Groups and producers take action to halt threat to the state’s vital seed production and organic industry Today, in an effort to stop the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) from an unprecedented expansion of industrial, genetically engineered canola production into the boundaries in the Willamette Valley, Friends of Family Farmers (FoFF),… Read more »
Corporate Ethics in the Organic Marketplace
A Profile of Eden Foods Striving to eat locally can often hit a wall when we yearn to spice things up a bit, but wasabi, tamari, plum paste and sea vegetables, even grains and flours haven’t exactly made their way into our local production system. Fortunately, one Michigan-based company has been bringing us organic and… Read more »
Follow Cornucopia’s Spring 2024 NOSB Coverage
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on April 29-30 and May 1 below. For background on issues up for discussion at the meeting, see: The NOSB’s Proposals & Discussion Document… Read more »
Follow Cornucopia’s Spring 2024 NOSB Coverage
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on April 29, 30, and May 1 below. For background on issues up for discussion at the meeting, see: The NOSB’s Proposals & Discussion… Read more »
Germany is Fed Up with Big Ag
Cornucopia’s Take: Recent research in Germany suggests that three-quarters of all flying insects in Germany are gone. The German Ministry of the Environment opposed the recent vote in the European Union to continue using glyphosate, a likely accomplice in the so-called “insect Armageddon.” However, the German Minister of Agriculture voted to continue its use, causing… Read more »
Who Owns Organic Now? New Info Graphic Tracks the Corporate Takeover of Organics…
Who Owns Organic Now? New Info Graphic Tracks the Corporate Takeover of Organics… Prominent Info Graphic Decoding Corporate Ownership in Organics Updated In 1995 there were 81 independent organic processing companies in the United States. A decade later, Big Food had gobbled up all but 15 of them. Corporate consolidation of the food system has… Read more »
Busting (Organic) Corporate Propaganda
The Organic Trade Association (OTA), the industry’s lobby group, has launched a campaign they call “Organic Myth-Busting Month.” The majority of what they are communicating seems pretty accurate in portraying the advantages of choosing an organic diet. However, two of their social media subjects are a direct damage control effort to counter the work of… Read more »
