Cornucopia’s Take: Agrichemicals are typically authorized for 15 years at a time in the European Union, but, due to serious concerns about the safety of glyphosate and the allegedly inappropriate involvement of pesticide manufacturers in its scientific review, glyphosate has only been approved for five years. Chemical companies are claiming politics carried the day, while… Read more »
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Common Herbicides Appear to Cause Antibiotic Resistance
Cornucopia’s Take: A recent study found that glyphosate, dicamba, and 2,4-D cause antibiotic resistance. Researchers found that “bacteria respond to exposure to the herbicides by changing how susceptible they are to antibiotics used in human and animal medicine.” The bacteria in the tests that displayed resistance to antibiotics were Salmonella and E. coli – both… Read more »
Monsanto Petitions Arkansas to Reject Dicamba Ban
Cornucopia’s Take: Monsanto is ironically claiming the ban on dicamba is not based on scientific consensus and throwing shade at prominent Arkansas weed scientists for lack of objectivity. The company continues to blame farmers for misapplying the highly volatile herbicide. Monsanto fights to sell Arkansas farmers herbicide linked to crop damage Reuters by Tom Polansek… Read more »
Organic, Rooted in Soil
Farming with Natural Complexity [This article was previously published in the spring issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD, Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock Growing up, I told a skeptical family member that I wanted to be an organic farmer. He replied, “Why make life… 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 »
Trump Administration Deregulating Environmental Toxins
Cornucopia’s Take: Sonny Perdue appears poised to become the next Secretary of Agriculture. The big pesticide purveyors are salivating over the prospect of deregulating and removing science and health-based restrictions on their favorite poisons. Poisons Are Us The New York Times by Timothy Egan Source: Tracy Ducasse When you bite into a piece of fruit,… Read more »
Big Seed: How The Industry Turned From Small-Town Firms To Global Giants
NPR – The Salt by Dan Charles Source: Richard Yuan Most food, if we trace it back far enough, began as a seed. And the business of supplying those seeds to farmers has been transformed over the past half-century. Small-town companies have given way to global giants. A new round of industry consolidation is now… Read more »
Study: Monsanto’s Glyphosate Most Heavily Used Weed-Killer In History
Nearly 75 Percent of All Glyphosate Sprayed on Crops Came in the Last 10 Years; Surging Use in both U.S. and Globally Raises New Concerns for Health and the Environment Environmental Working Group Source: Mike Mozart Monsanto’s signature herbicide glyphosate, first marketed as “Roundup,” is now the most widely and heavily applied weed-killer in the… Read more »
Earth Has Lost a Third of Arable Land in Past 40 Years, Scientists Say
The Guardian by Oliver Milman Source: CIFOR Experts point to damage caused by erosion and pollution, raising major concerns about degraded soil amid surging global demand for food The world has lost a third of its arable land due to erosion or pollution in the past 40 years, with potentially disastrous consequences as global demand… Read more »
This Is How Much Water You Waste When You Throw Away Food
Smithsonian by Divya Abhat Source: Justin Goring Tossing an apple is like pouring 25 gallons of water down the drain, and the average American does that 17 times a year Food waste is a staggering problem. In 2010, close to 133 billion pounds, or a little over $160 billion worth of food, wound up in… Read more »
