Claims that “organic” milk sold to Target and Wal-Mart was conventional highlight a dispute over dairy-farm practices. Minneapolis Star Tribune By Matt McKinney Ever wonder how Target Corp. could sell its organic milk for dollars less than other stores? Turns out the milk might not have been truly organic after all. Last month, the U.S…. Read more »
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On Food: The Big Question: Where Are Your Veggies From?
Seattle Post Intelligencer By Rebekah Denn P-I Restaurant Critic Am I eating a dose of xenophobia and myopia with my edamame tonight, or just a garnish of common sense? My break-time snack this week comes from Willie Greens Organic Farm of Monroe, retailing for $5.50 a pound at the Lake City Farmers Market. I started… Read more »
FDA Was Aware of Dangers To Food
Outbreaks Were Not Preventable, Officials Say Washington Post Elizabeth Williamson The Food and Drug Administration has known for years about contamination problems at a Georgia peanut butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks that killed three people, sickened hundreds, and forced one of the biggest product recalls in U.S. history,… Read more »
Got Organic? Demand Lifts Vt. dairies
Boston Globe By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff TROY, Vt. — For the first time in decades, dairy farmer Dexter Randall could pay all his bills on time. Wooed by signing bonuses and the prospect of doubling his earnings, the burly 60-year-old switched to organic milk over the past year. He says it is the only… Read more »
Hydroponic Misrepresentations and Inaccurate Corporate Propaganda
According to Dave Chapman, Vermont organic greenhouse grower and one of the pioneering farmers leading the fight to preserve soil in organic production, “As far as the inevitable spin that the hydro folks will put out, the biggest whopper is “We’re not hydroponic. We are container growers.” Chapman continued, “Every effort is being made to… Read more »
GMO Corn Meets Some of its Goals, But Is It Safe?
Cornucopia’s Take: Although the Italian study released in February claims that GMO corn is a boon to humankind, it entirely ignores the existing science around health hazards of pesticides and loss of biodiversity. Neither does it address the dearth of data on the actual safety of GMOs—it simply claims that GMO corn lives up to… Read more »
The Significance of Soil
Why Hydroponics Is Not Organic [This article was previously published in the fall issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, Senior Scientist at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock Every year, after the first frosty cold rolls over the mountains and puts an end to the outdoor growing season here in Colorado, I dust… Read more »
Saving Heirloom Rice in India
Cornucopia’s Take: The new varieties of rice pushed in India for decades now are tasteless, provide less nutrition, require high inputs of pesticides and fertilizer, and do not grow well in India’s changing climate. Conservationists and farmers are wisely saving and growing heirloom varieties for practical reasons. Why India’s farmers want to conserve indigenous heirloom… Read more »
Organic Farmers Hit Hard by Conventional Sprays
Cornucopia’s Take: Certified organic farmers cannot use the synthetic pesticides commonly sprayed by conventional farmers, and all too often experience pesticide drift, or off-target spraying, by neighboring conventional and GMO farmers. The drift can result in the organic farmers’ inability to sell their contaminated produce as organic – a huge cost to organic farmers seeking… Read more »
Battling BPA
Controversies Over Its Use in Organic Food [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Anne Ross, JD, Farm and Food Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock The basic principle of organic food and farming is one of health, whether it be in promoting health… Read more »
