Bloomberg.com CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — When the doors to the hen house open, the 14,000 chickens on Edwin Blosser’s organic egg farm make a mad dash for the pasture outside, where they can scratch and peck in the dirt. “It’s just like an ocean of birds going out the doors — zoom!” Blosser said. Greg… Read more »
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Wal-Mart in Trouble Again Over Organic Marketing Practices
Home Pesticide Manufacturer Misrepresenting Products as Certified “Organic” The Cornucopia Institute has filed legal complaints with the USDA alleging that Wal-Mart, and a North Carolina-based company, HOMS LLC, are violating the USDA organic standards by using conventional agricultural oils, and other ingredients, in pest control products that bear the word organic and the green “USDA… Read more »
Organic Watchdog Obtains Suppressed Public Documents From USDA Lawsuit
Secrecy of National Organic Program Successfully Challenged MADISON, WI: Sometimes the dismissal of a lawsuit against the government can still be viewed as a victory for the plaintiffs. That was the case earlier this month in federal district court in Madison, Wisconsin, when Judge Barbara Crabb dismissed a lawsuit brought by The Cornucopia Institute against… Read more »
Organic-Milk Fight Takes Aim at Grazing Time
Seattle Times By Melissa Allison, business reporter Anyone reading the label of an organic milk, butter or cheese container might get the impression the cows behind those products spend much of their time in verdant pastures. The labels often portray cows grazing on grassland, and studies show that consumers of organic milk products believe the… Read more »
Complaint concerning violation of the NOP pasture rule by the Horizon Organic Dairy farm in Idaho
Feb 16, 2005 TO: Eileen Broomell, NOP Compliance, USDA Dear Ms. Broomell, The Cornucopia Institute is filing this complaint with your office concerning alleged violations of the pasture rules for ruminants by the Horizon Organic Dairy farm, located near the community of Paul in Jerome County, Idaho. We are asking that you investigate this complaint… Read more »
Small Farms and the Food Safety Modernization Act
Cornucopia’s Take: Small farms may qualify for exemptions to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), based on an average of their sales over the past three years adjusted for inflation. The post below, by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, may help farmers determine whether this applies to them. UPDATE: FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT EXEMPTIONS NSAC’s… Read more »
Organic Animal Welfare Thrown Out by Trump Administration
Cornucopia’s Take: For over seven years, organic farmers and advocates have worked to improve organic animal welfare. While Cornucopia thought the proposal was weak, it was still withdrawn by the USDA in response to concerns raised by the giant confinement egg production operations. And the withdrawal raises huge questions about the future of organic regulations… Read more »
Farm Runoff is Harming Gulf Fisheries
Cornucopia’s Take: Because of the timing and amount of water flowing through the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers, the large amount of nutrients carried to the Gulf of Mexico from farming and wastewater are causing algal bloom. When the algal bloom dies back, it will use oxygen to break down and leave fish and shrimp in a… Read more »
Experts in Agricultural Law, Vegetable Production, and Organizing Against Factory Farms Join Cornucopia to Support Authentic Organic Food and Farming
Anne Ross The Cornucopia Institute welcomes three new members to its staff and leadership. The two new policy advisors and one new staff member will work to uphold organic and local food and farming in the face of mounting organic industry fraud and industrialization. The Cornucopia Institute is a national nonprofit organization working on food… Read more »
Activists Demand A Bill Of Rights For California Farm Workers
NPR – The Salt by Tracie McMillan Source: USDA Farm workers in two of the nation’s most important agricultural counties joined other low-wage food sector workers on Wednesday, demanding better wages with a new Bill of Rights. The thrust of the bill, which is aimed at workers in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in California,… Read more »
