Cornucopia’s Take: In our opinion, the current organic milk glut is largely created by giant, opportunistic industrial dairies looking for fast profits—violating both the spirit and letter of the organic law. Many organic dairy farmers are seeing their payprice cut and many are being placed on a quota reducing their production (plus their paycheck). Meanwhile,… Read more »
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Mulch Your Soil, Inside and Out
An Interview with David Montgomery and Anne Biklé [This article was previously published in the fall issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Jennifer Hayden, Ph.D Photo courtesy of W.W. Norton and Company What does soil health have to do with human health? A lot, it turns out. Healthy soil leads to a healthier environment, which… Read more »
Ben & Jerry’s to Go Glyphosate-Free, But Not Organic
Cornucopia’s Take: While Ben & Jerry’s is planning to stop using ingredients made with crops that have been desiccated with glyphosate, it changes nothing about the conventional milk upon which their ice cream is based. Conventional milk comes from cows fed GMO feed crops sprayed with toxic chemicals. The cows live in CAFOs, where they… Read more »
Stop the USDA Political Bureaucrats and Corporate Lobbyists from Hijacking the Independence of the National Organic Standards Board
This Action Alert is over. [See Cornucopia’s comprehensive analysis, including a side-by-side comparison of the new draft and existing PPM] Act by 11:59 PM (Eastern) this Thursday, April 14 Fall 2015 NOSB Meeting Tell NOSB members to table changes to their policy and procedures manual (PPM) The National Organic Standard Board’s (NOSB) Policy and Procedures Manual (PPM) was… Read more »
Organic Diet Cuts Pesticide Exposure in Children, UC Berkeley Study Finds
San Jose Mercury News by Alison F. Takemura Source: Torsten Mangner Organic food matters to Camila Torres, so grappling with its higher prices has made her resourceful. When the Boulder Creek resident makes baby food for her 1-year-old, Liliana, she tosses prepackaged, frozen, organic vegetables from Trader Joe’s into a blender, adds a little water, then… Read more »
Organic Almonds Sow Hope in Palestine
The Guardian by Oliver Balch Source: Scott Campbell A non-profit is trying help farmers build a profitable almond sector in the West Bank, where water and government aid are in short supply The West Bank isn’t the most obvious location for almond farming. For starters, water and land are in short supply in the heavily… Read more »
One Fish Two Fish, No Fish: Rebuilding of Fish Stocks Urgently Needed
Inter Press Service News Agency by Christopher Pala Source: Ken & Nyetta A major new study has revealed that the global seafood catch is much larger and declining much faster than previously known. The study, by the University of British Columbia near Vancouver, reconstructed the global catch between 1950 and 2010 and found that it… Read more »
Hershey Dumps Sugar Beets Because of GM Concerns
Star Tribune by Tom Meersman Source: Frankie Leon Regional co-ops are worried about losing big candy customers Something was different about a lot of the Hershey’s kisses in your stocking this year: The popular chocolates no longer contain sugar made in Minnesota. For decades, the Hershey Co. has used sugar made from both sugar beets and… Read more »
Pesticide Exposure Linked to Abnormal Sperm Development
Beyond Pesticides Source: Tim Lang Exposure to organochlorine chemicals, such as DDE and PCBs, is linked to increased rates of sperm abnormalities that may lead to fertility problems, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. This is the latest study in a long line of research implicating endocrine (hormone)-disrupting chemicals… Read more »
New Report: Forests Could Be the Trump Card in Efforts to End Global Hunger
International Union of Forest Research Organizations One billion people worldwide depend on forests and trees for balanced diets and sustainable incomes New York/Vienna (6 May 2015)– About one in nine people globally still suffer from hunger with the majority of the hungry living in Africa and Asia. The world’s forests have great potential to improve… Read more »
