I’ve had a chance to view this new documentary and find it balances a critical critique of some of the challenges facing the organic community, as we have morphed into an “industry,” as it illustrates much of the hope that organics is based on. – MAK The Orange County Register Kip Pastor’s In Organic We… Read more »
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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 »
Farmers Rewarded for Practicing ‘Carbon Farming’
EcoWatch by Cole Mellino Source: USDA NRCS South Dakota Soils naturally absorb and sequester carbon dioxide and following organic practices, such as adding compost and bringing back herds of grazing animals, can make a huge difference in how much carbon dioxide soils can retain. In 2007, a California rancher, John Wick and his partners at the… Read more »
Non-Total Recall
The USDA’s Lack of Authority The Ethicurean by Marc R. aka Mental Masala A line of 7,500 trucks stretching 85 miles. That’s what it would take to haul the nearly 300 million pounds of meat and poultry products that were recalled between January 1, 1994, and November 30, 2007, in 773 separate incidents. These eye-popping… Read more »
Safer Food May Require Abandoning Factory Farming
The Vancouver Sun By David Fisman And Sarah Elton Canadians, this week, are a little nervous around beef. For good reason. “Verotoxigenic” E. coli (VTEC), which are often a strain known as E. coli O157: H7, are yet again causing an outbreak, with numerous Canadians sickened by tainted beef. Now what’s being called the country’s… Read more »
How Does Your Go-To Organic Milk Stack Up?
Cornucopia’s Take: We are pleased that authoritative sources for cooking and food ingredients have taken note of our investigation into organic dairying. This type of reporting helps consumers make better choices for what they feed themselves and their families. Not All Organic Milk Is Equally Healthy, Says Consumer Group Cooking Light by Christopher Michel Source: Susy… Read more »
Local Farmers Go Online to Sell Direct to Chefs
Bloomberg Businessweek By Victoria Black Dean Sparks is a 49-year-old farmer near Binghamton, N.Y., who for decades has relied on wholesale distributors to buy his organic eggs, milk, and cheese and sell it to stores and restaurants around the East Coast. In early April, he started experimenting with online food wholesaler FarmersWeb to sell to… Read more »
As Farmers’ Markets Go Mainstream, Some Fear a Glut
The New York Times by Matthew Cavanaugh FLORENCE, Mass. — John Spineti started selling plump tomatoes and shiny squash at farmers’ markets in the early 1970s and saw his profits boom as markets became more popular. But just as farmers’ markets have become mainstream, Mr. Spineti said business has gone bust. Farmers in pockets of… Read more »
New Study Finds GM Genes in Wild Mexican Maize
posted on Soyatech New Scientist Now it’s official: genes from genetically modified corn have escaped into wild varieties in rural Mexico. A new study resolves a long-running controversy over the spread of GM genes and suggests that detecting such escapes may be tougher than previously thought. In 2001, when biologists David Quist and Ignacio Chapela… Read more »
Urban Farmers’ Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market
New York Times By Tracie McMillan IN the shadows of the elevated tracks toward the end of the No. 3 line in East New York, Brooklyn, with an April chill still in the air, Denniston and Marlene Wilks gently pulled clusters of slender green shoots from the earth, revealing a blush of tiny red shallots… Read more »
