NPR – The Salt by Natalie Jacewicz Source: Steve Tomlin Forget bold stripes and mule flats — could the next big fad be super-old wheat? Consumer interest in healthy grains could sow the seeds for some long-forgotten bread wheats to make a comeback, according to an opinion article released Monday in Trends in Plant Science —… Read more »
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Recap of the Spring 2025 National Organic Standards Board Meeting
After serious concern that the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) wouldn’t be meeting at all in the spring, board members gathered online in April 2025. Each biannual NOSB meeting is announced in the Federal Register, which publishes proposed and final changes to rules and regulations and invites public comments for NOSB consideration. Ordinarily, the NOSB… Read more »
Follow Cornucopia’s Fall 2022 NOSB Coverage
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via web updates and live tweets from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting online. We will be sharing the play by play of the meeting on October 25, 26, and 27 below and with our Twitter followers at #NOSB or by simply following our stream…. Read more »
Golden Rice Flops
Cornucopia’s Take: Virtually all of the genetically modified cultivars commercially available provide different advantages to conventional farmers (like being able to spray a crop with herbicides, for weed control, that would otherwise kill the plant). Golden Rice was one of the few promises of GE food that would have some benefit to eaters. Evidently, it… Read more »
Flowers Sweeten Nectar on Demand
Cornucopia’s Take: If you have ever hand-pollinated a flower, you understand the critical work of bees and other pollinators. Scientists have discovered that the sound vibration of bees’ buzzing causes the evening primrose flower to sweeten its nectar. Findings like this one open the door for more understanding of co-evolution and the complex inter-workings of… Read more »
Industry Claims Chlorpyrifos is Safe, but Their Own Data Says Otherwise
Cornucopia’s Take: Chlorpyrifos is a commonly used organophosphate insecticide in conventional agriculture, linked to lower IQs and levels of gray matter in children exposed prenatally. It was initially approved for use by the EPA based on industry analysis of its safety. When EPA scientists determined the analysis was problematic, EPA management ignored their concerns. In 2015,… Read more »
U.S. Trade War with China Leaves Conventional Grain Farmers Holding the Bag (of Soybeans)
Cornucopia’s Take: China has tacked a 25% tariff on U.S. soybeans in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on Chinese exports. Challenging weather this growing season further decreased yields and quality of grains in this country. All farmers, conventional and organic, are struggling–with some soybean farmers even plowing this year’s crop back into the ground due to… Read more »
A Cornucopia of News: The Anti-Organic Straw Man, Pesticides and Food Allergies, More Irradiation …
The Anti-Organic Straw Man If you’ve been eating organic foods to increase your daily intake of zinc and copper, two common nutrients found in a variety of foods, we’ve got news for you. A recent study from Denmark compared organic and conventional diets and found no difference in zinc and copper absorption. Why are we… Read more »
America’s Water Mirage
Even at Hoover Dam, the ugly truth about our water crisis is being ignored. Los Angeles Times By Cynthia Barnett On an unseasonably hot morning this fall, my 11-year-old son and I set off for Hoover Dam, his first time to tour the American engineering wonder that draws nearly 1 million visitors a year. In… Read more »
Would You Eat a Burger Grown in a Laboratory?
A Dutch scientist has created ‘meat’ from stem cells – and wants Heston Blumenthal to cook the first batch. Steve Connor reports on the ultimate in culinary experimentation. The Independent by Steve Connor The world’s first hamburger made with a synthetic meat protein derived from bovine stem cells will be publicly consumed this October after… Read more »
