Fort Worth STAR-TELEGRAM (link no longer available) By Barry Shlachter, [email protected] Organic-food shoppers are making a rude discovery at their grocers’ refrigerated display case. “White Wave Silk Vanilla Soymilk is no longer Organic,” declares a hand-lettered sign at the two Sunflower Shoppes in Tarrant County. Silk has more than 70 percent of the market. Until this… Read more »
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Follow the National Organic Standards Board Meeting in Jacksonville, FL #NOSB
Last Updated: November 2, 2017 at 3:12PM CT Join The Cornucopia Institute as we live tweet from the National Organic Standards Board meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. We will be sharing the play by play with our Twitter followers under #NOSB or simply follow our stream. For background on issues up for discussion at the meeting,… Read more »
USDA Looks at Ways to Decontaminate Leafy Produce
FoodNavigator.com Combining sanitizers with ultrasound, optimizing oxygen conditions and not reusing washing water can reduce bacterial contamination of lettuce and leafy greens, according to a summary of recent USDA laboratory research. The findings are published in the July issue of the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) science monthly, Agricultural Research.
Heavy Metals in Baby Food
Cornucopia’s Take: Although certified organic baby food certainly contains less pesticide contamination than conventional, heavy metals are still an issue, according to recent testing by Consumer Reports. This is no surprise, since arsenic and lead have been used in the past as pesticides, and heavy metals persist in soil until they are taken up by… Read more »
Bicentennial Bovine
Over Two Hundred Years of Stewardship [This article was previously published in the fall issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Rachel Zegerius, Communications and Development Associate at The Cornucopia Institute It was a very sad day in the late 70s when I watched the cows leave the farm after the bottom went out of… Read more »
‘Organic’ is Popular Enough to be Usurped by Big Ag
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia Codirector Mark Kastel and OFARM Executive Director John Bobbe talk to Marketplace about how the organic standards are being abused by large companies seeking to spend and do less while profiting off of increasing consumer demand for certified organic products. As Customers Buy More Organic Food, A Call For More Industry Oversight… Read more »
Help Us Find the Good Eggs
The National Organic Program’s Organic Integrity Database currently lists nearly 1,000 certified egg operations. We need your help identifying them, and getting more authentic organic brands on the shelves of your local co-op, natural grocery store, or other retail outlet. As organic egg sales continue to rise, making up 8% of US egg sales in… Read more »
The Final Chapter of Dean Foods: Bankruptcy
Dean Foods, the largest domestic milk producer, announced on November 12 that it was filing for bankruptcy. The company’s organic portfolio is anemic after packaging its former branded products division as WhiteWave Foods in 2013. In 2017, Organic Valley controversially partnered with Dean Foods on a joint bottling venture. After Dean’s bankruptcy announcement, Organic Valley… Read more »
The Future of GMOs, Meat Safety and Organics Under the Influence of the Same Corrupt, Corporate-Lapdog: the USDA
by Jérôme Rigot, PhD Can we be sure that the “organic” in the USDA Certified Organic seal retains its meaning and remains true to its mandate of assuring consumers that food under this label is truly healthy and grown or raised with minimal impact to the environment and respects the health and well-being of the workers… Read more »
The Future of GMOs, Meat Safety and Organics Under the Influence of the Same Corrupt, Corporate-Lapdog: the USDA
by Jérôme Rigot, PhD Can we be sure that the “organic” in the USDA Certified Organic seal retains its meaning and remains true to its mandate of assuring consumers that food under this label is truly healthy and grown or raised with minimal impact to the environment and respects the health and well-being of the workers… Read more »
