Cornucopia’s Take: Researchers at The Cornucopia Institute discovered that large pharmaceutical companies, and milk bottlers like Dean Foods/Horizon, had quietly begun using an algae-based nutraceutical from Martek Biosciences in certified organic products (including infant formula) without approval. Cornucopia filed a formal legal complaint which led to the exposure of this controversy. Although the USDA stated they… Read more »
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Farmers Worldwide Recognize Soil’s Importance
Cornucopia’s Take: Healthy soil is alive, and farmers who care for the life of soil see many benefits. This article offers inspiring examples of farmers working with the land. Is soil the great new integrator? Environmental Health News by Lisa Palmer Source: Chesapeake Bay Program From the drought-plagued Valle del Cauca in Colombia to the… Read more »
Why the Egg Industry is Scrambling to Set Hens Free
The Guardian by Marc Gunther Source: Joyce S. Lee, Flickr Governments, activists and big brands like McDonald’s and Nestle are putting increased pressure on egg producers to raise their hens more sustainably Americans eat about 265 eggs per person per year, according to the American Egg Board, and roughly nine in 10 are laid by… Read more »
This City Turns Brown Into Green, Just as the Pope Wishes
National Geographic by Marianne Lavelle Source: Leonel Ponce Philadelphia immigrants are transforming blighted lots into gardens, bringing nature back to the city, putting down roots, and providing food. PHILADELPHIA—In a lush pocket of greenery studded with orange flowers, Len Rem beams from beneath her straw hat. She shows off a basket of herbs she picked… Read more »
Kids and …
The New York Times By Mark Bittman 1. Lunch Credit: Beau Wade Allow me this generalization: Healthy food initiatives threaten profits and are therefore fought or deflected or co-opted at all costs by the producers of hyperprocessed food. This is true even when those costs include producing an increasingly sick population — and a disproportionate… Read more »
What’s That Smell? Exotic Scents Made From Re-engineered Yeast
[NOTE: If it’s not insidious enough that unregulated, synthetic chemicals are being sprayed as “air fresheners” in public restrooms nationwide, and even in hospitals, or as “trademarks scents” by hotel chains like Hilton Garden Inn and Hyatt Place, now we might be breathing in genetically modified organisms. This disturbing New York Times article outlines genetically… Read more »
Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds
Environment360 by Virginia Gewin Source: USDA In the face of rising temperatures and worsening drought, the world’s repositories of agricultural seeds may hold the key to growing food under increasingly harsh conditions. But keeping these gene banks safe and viable is a complicated and expensive challenge. During the 872-day German siege of Leningrad in World… Read more »
Former Dairy Farmer Jim Goodman: My Retirement was Mostly Voluntary
Mark Kastel and Jim Goodman with Jim’s Cows Cornucopia’s Take: I’m proud to call Jim Goodman a valued friend. We met 25 years ago, when I worked as a lobbyist for the Farmers Union and Jim was an activist with Family Farm Defenders. He’s a good man. Intellectually powerful, as you can tell by his writing,… Read more »
Cornucopia De-Codes Egg Labels
Egg cartons are increasingly cluttered with third-party certification claims and a myriad of potentially misleading statements. Some of these are meaningful to egg buyers, and some of them are nothing more than marketing gimmicks. Source: polaristest The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the agency responsible for ensuring the truthfulness and accuracy in… Read more »
The Science of Local Food
The New York Academy of Sciences Presented by Science & the City, the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science, and New Amsterdam Market Overview The local food movement has flourished in recent years, with direct-to-consumer marketing accounting for over $1.2 billion in sales in the U.S. annually. Farmers markets and community-supported agriculture are on the rise,… Read more »
