It’s time to get back to the roots of farming to save the planet. Rodale News by Julia Westbrook Credit: Dorothea Lang via Wikimedia Commons “Organic” is just another word for “expensive.” It’s a joke bandied about in supermarkets, illustrating that people are widely unaware of the connection between the contents of their carts and its… Read more »
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CAFO Pork Contaminates Wells and Shuts Out Independent Farmers in Iowa
Cornucopia’s Take: Twenty-three million conventional hogs are currently kept in confinement in Iowa. Massive lagoons of manure and chemicals on those operations leech into the groundwater, contaminating wells and forcing people off their land. This is not only a problem in Iowa. Hog CAFOs have polluted North Carolina and Minnesota and are being proposed in… Read more »
Regenerative Agriculture and the Dawn of Planetary Engineering
Huffington Post J.S. McDougall Source: Nicolas Raymond Regenerative agriculture is the dawn of planetary engineering. And that’s great news for the future of the planet. Here’s how I know. We have five hay fields on our farm. They are the kind of rolling, green, and gorgeous fields that are typical across Vermont’s pastoral green mountains…. Read more »
Fair Food
Organic farming sustains ecological systems—of which humans play an inextricable role. But the USDA organic standards fail to address how farmers are paid or how anyone who plays a role in getting your organic food to the table is treated. In 1999, the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP) was founded to fill this gap. Its Food… Read more »
Organics’ Relationship to Climate Change
by Kestrel Burcham, JD Director of Domestic Policy at The Cornucopia Institute Introduction Discussing soil health at Vilicus Farms in MT Source: USDA, Flickr People choose organic food over conventional food for many reasons. Organic products are nutrient-dense and have fewer pesticide and other toxic chemical residues than conventional food. Organic farming offers benefits to… Read more »
Cobblestone Valley Farm
This brand did not participate in Cornucopia’s survey. Cobblestone Valley Farm follows the “Polyface model” (by Joel Salatin) of regenerative agriculture and is also Organic Valley dairy. Cornucopia’s investigation some information about this brand and associated farming practices. If you are familiar with this brand we encourage you contact the brand owners and ask for… Read more »
Stemple Creek Ranch
They write: “Our goal is to work in harmony with Mother Nature to promote optimal biodiversity that ensures the long term health and productivity of the ranch. We use regenerative, organic agricultural practices, which means we seek to enhance and rehabilitate our entire ecosystem by focusing on soil health and increasing carbon in our land. … Read more »
Finch Family Farm
This brand did not participate in Cornucopia’s survey. This farm may also have a dba of DBA Elderberry Hill Farm. They say: “We are a small family farm practicing regenerative agriculture. We currently produce milk, beef, and pork.” Cornucopia’s investigation found some limited information about this brand and associated farming practices, but was not able… Read more »
Soil Solutions to Climate Problems – Narrated by Michael Pollan
YouTube by Center for Food Safety A powerful solution to the climate crisis can be found right beneath our feet—in the soil.
A Decline in Biodiversity
Signals Danger for Native Pollinators [This article was previously published in the summer issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Kestrel Burcham, JD, Director of Domestic Policy at The Cornucopia Institute Pollinators are essential to nature, food production, and the future of our planet as we know it. They provide the service of pollinating over… Read more »
