Cornucopia’s Take: Cheap “organic” imports have been flooding into the U.S. American certified organic farmers are being squeezed out of American markets. Compounding the problem are concerns that at least some of the imports may not really be organically grown. Stay tuned for more as this story develops. Organic farmers worried about possible fraudulent grain… Read more »
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Organic Checkoff Proposed by USDA to the Dismay of Farmers
Cornucopia’s Take: Of all the groups with certified organic farmers as members, or nonprofit advocacy groups supporting the organic movement, we know of only one that has endorsed this proposal to tax farmers in support of research and promotional/marketing work (and it isn’t a coincidence the one group in support shares a board member with… Read more »
National Organic Standards Board Meetings
Cornucopia is the most vocal and engaged watchdog of The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The 15-member NOSB is an expert citizen panel created by Congress, charged with advising the Secretary of Agriculture on organic policy. Cornucopia closely monitors the NOSB’s biannual meetings and activities. One of the NOSB’s most important tasks is to determine… Read more »
Bread is Broken
The New York Times Magazine by Ferris Jabr Source: Rowena Industrial production destroyed both the taste and the nutritional value of wheat. One scientist believes he can undo the damage. On the morning of July 13, like most mornings, Stephen Jones’s laboratory in Mount Vernon, Wash., was suffused with the thick warm smell of baking bread…. Read more »
Food Safety
[This Alert Is Over] Action Alert — Food Safety Modernization Act: New Draft Rules Comments Due on December 15 UPDATE 12-20-14: Read Cornucopia’s full comments to the FDA on the draft food safety rules. Click Here. In response to recent widespread, and sometimes deadly, outbreaks of foodborne illness, Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act… Read more »
Action Alert — Food Safety Modernization Act: New Draft Rules Comments Due on December 15
[This alert is over–comment period now closed] In response to recent widespread, and sometimes deadly, outbreaks of foodborne illness, Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) charging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with improving their oversight of the food industry. But the intense blowback the FDA received last year from family-scale farmers and… Read more »
Two States Ready to Fight for GMO Labeling in November While Industry Pushes Bill to Remove State Rights
Mercola.com by Dr. Mercola Credit: NRCS The pesticide and junk food industries continue to cause harm, even deaths, while destroying our rights and indemnifying themselves from liability. That’s the take-home message from the September 8 article in The Progressive,1 which recounts the travails of residents in Cedar Valley, Oregon. It’s also the take-home message of other related… Read more »
Organic Farming is Rooted in Soil
The Wisdom of Wood Prairie Family Farm [This article was previously published in the spring issue of the Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Rachel Zegerius, Co-Director of Development and Communications at The Cornucopia Institute Hardcover books, almanacs, seed catalogs, and three-ring binders spilling loose leaf papers reach skyward behind Cornucopia advisor Jim Gerritsen as he Zooms in from a dimly… Read more »
New Research Analysis Finds Glyphosate Linked to Cancer
Cornucopia’s Take: According to a new meta-analysis, people with prolonged or high-level exposure to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Bayer/Monsanto’s Roundup) are 41% more likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The study’s authors focused on the most extreme cases of glyphosate exposure, reasoning that those would be the most likely individuals to develop cancer if glyphosate… Read more »
The Best Research Money Can Buy
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia seeks to help eaters find research on what is healthy and what is not, and the task is harder than you might think. In the case of carrageenan, a thickener and emulsifier often used in processing plant-based beverages and other foods, we found a great deal of compelling evidence that carrageenan makes… Read more »
