Cornucopia’s Take: The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition notes in the article below, “reforms to conservation, research and the farm safety net present an enormous opportunity to improve the health of our soils.” Cornucopia agrees that changes to the 2018 Farm Bill could go a long way toward healing agricultural lands, now some of the biggest… Read more »
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Agriculture Reborn in Puerto Rico
Cornucopia’s Take: While financial uncertainty hangs over Puerto Rico, small farms are popping up, providing jobs and food. The Puerto Rican government is supporting agriculture of all types. With GMO trial fields in place since 2011, Bayer has announced intentions to open two large biotech facilities there. Puerto Rico finds unexpected source of growth in… Read more »
It’s Time to Take Back the Organic Community
One Seat on the National Organic Standards Board at a Time Nominations for True Organic Representatives to NOSB by May 15 When Congress passed the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 it included an important buffer assuring the organic community that we would never lose control over the true meaning of the organic label: a… Read more »
What the National Organic Program Doesn’t Say Is Telling
At the October National Organic Standards Board Meeting, National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Chair Harriet Behar identified several troubling issues that have plagued the organic program in recent years. These issues included the languishing origin of livestock, pasture, and native ecosystems rules, and the certification of hydroponic production in 2017.
Freedom from GMOs and Toxins Billboard Blitz
Moms Across America Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon Source: Moms Across America Moms Across America announces another billboard blitz across America in time for Independence day. “Organic Food: FREEDOM from GMOs and Toxins.” reads the patriotic red, white, and blue billboard series posted by Adams + Fairway Outdoor advertising. Featuring a mother and baby of African heritage, running… Read more »
Faith in Farming
Finding a Way of Life on Windy Acres Farm [This article was previously published in the winter issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Jason Cole, Research Associate at The Cornucopia Institute Photo courtesy of Windy Acres Farm What is the meaning and purpose of work? Is it simply a means of making a… Read more »
Organic Farming Can Cool the World that Chemical Farming Overheated
SustainableBusiness.com A report from GRAIN discusses how agriculture can put back much of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into the soil. Soils contain enormous amounts of carbon, mostly in the form of organic matter. The report shows that industrial agriculture, and thus the global food system, has spewed large amounts of this carbon… Read more »
Farming Locally, Thinking Globally
by Tahlia Honea Anne Schwartz is a self-described rabble-rouser. The 66-year-old blueberry and raspberry farmer has dedicated her life to growing organic food, fighting all the way to the international level for organic food standards and better farming practices. Against the backdrop of Sauk Mountain, plump, perfect blueberries hang from rows of blueberry bushes she… Read more »
A Win for Authentic Organic Dairy
Long overdue rule underscores the cost and care of raising organic calves [This article was previously published in the summer issue of the Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter. Donate today to protect organic integrity and receive our fall issue in print.] For years after they purchased their land, and before they even welcomed their first calf,… Read more »
Lady Moon Farms
Anaïs Beddard grew up at Lady Moon Farms playing in farm fields, working in the old oak grove packing shed, and cultivating genuine friendships with farm employees and their families. Each employee is part of the family at Lady Moon Farms. With a team of nearly 300 workers, the Beddard family can’t fit them all… Read more »
