Cornucopia’s Take: Genetically engineered salmon were first bred over 25 years ago, and public opinion has played a major role in their not receiving regulatory approval for sale in the U.S. Tribes in the Pacific Northwest that rely on wild salmon for fishing and as an important piece of their cultural heritage have joined a… Read more »
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Why is Cornell University Hosting a GMO Propaganda Campaign?
The Ecologist by Stacy Malkan Source: Erik Jaeger Cornell, one of the world’s leading academic institutions, has abandoned scientific objectivity, writes Stacy Malkan – and instead made itself a global hub for the promotion of GM crops and food. Working with selected journalists and industry-supported academics, Cornell’s so-called ‘Alliance for Science’ is an aggressive propaganda… Read more »
The GM Lobby and Its ‘Seven Sins Against Science’
The Ecologist By Peter Melchett The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the ‘scientific high-ground’ by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated ‘anti-science’ luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables. Powerful forces in Western society have been promoting genetic engineering (now usually genetic… Read more »
America’s Mad Cow Crisis
[Don’t panic. Go organic! Organic farmers are legally prohibited from feeding animal byproducts to livestock. This is the accepted pathway for the prion disease in humans, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or “Mad Cow”. — Mark Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst, The Cornucopia Institute] by John Stauber Americans might remember that when the first mad cow was… Read more »
Skyrocketing Prices Point To Looming Global Food Crisis
NPR Michel Martin and Marilyn Geewax Listen to the Story Global food prices hit a record high in January, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). They are expected to continue to rise in the months ahead. Surging prices in 2007 and 2008 lead to protests in scores of countries, and Algerians… Read more »
Real Organic Milk Being Dumped, Cheap Industrial “Organic” Dominates Big Box Stores
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia has been filing formal complaints about Aurora Dairy, and several other giant certified “organic” operations in the west, for over 10 years. The USDA has sometimes refused to investigate their alleged lack of grazing and confinement conditions, even when Cornucopia provided aerial images of ungrazed, sometimes hayed, pasture. When the USDA has… Read more »
North Carolina Lawmakers Seek to Protect CAFOs
Cornucopia’s Take: Big Ag seeks legislation to minimize so-called “nuisance lawsuits” brought forth by neighbors of huge factory farms who are finding their wells, air, health, and property values adversely affected by pollution from the facilities. N.C. BILL TO SHIELD CAFOS’ LIABILITY WOULD CURB LEGAL RIGHTS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS EWG (original article contains all images)… Read more »
As Labeling Vote Looms, Inconvenient Truths Are Ignored
HuffPost by Carey Gillam Source: Donkey Hotey The U.S. Senate looks poised to vote this week on the contentious national debate over GMO labeling, but as the potentially landmark vote looms, facts that should be at the heart of the discussion are being lost. And in that void, the issue has become highly divisive, pitting… Read more »
Policing Milk: A Cop’s Take on the Lake View Natural Dairy Case
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund by Greg Gentz Source: Aline Tavernier The two most important roles that I hold in life are that of a husband and that of a father to two small girls. My daughters will inherit my legacy, the society we live in and the rules by which it is governed. I want to make that… Read more »
Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Seattle, WA #NOSB
Join The Cornucopia Institute as we keep you informed via live tweet and web updates from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Seattle, WA April 24-26. We will be sharing the play by play both below and with our Twitter followers, at #NOSB or by simply following our stream. For background on issues… Read more »
