Independent Science News by Ted Greiner, PhD Source: Josep Folta What better way to discredit your critics than to rope in 107 naive Nobel Prize winners (all without relevant expertise) to criticize your opposition? But such tactics are not new. Long ago, the GMO industry spent well over $50 million to promote “Golden Rice” as… Read more »
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GE Soybeans Give Altered Milk and Stunted Offspring, Researchers Find
Independent Science News by Jonathan Latham, PhD Source: United Soybean Board Pregnant goats fed with genetically engineered (GE) soybeans have offspring who grow more slowly and are shorter, according to a new Italian study (Tudisco et al., 2015). Publishing in the journal of Small Ruminant Research, the researchers were testing the results of supplementing the feed… Read more »
‘Organic’ Disappears From Some Menus
Market research shows organic claims have dropped on restaurant menus, which may reflect the profusion of other claims in the food industry. ‘Green noise’ confuses consumers, research finds Capital Press By Mateusz Perkowski Restaurateurs are reducing organic claims on their menus in favor of claims related to geography, allergens and other features, according to market… Read more »
‘Organic’ Disappears From Some Menus
Market research shows organic claims have dropped on restaurant menus, which may reflect the profusion of other claims in the food industry. ‘Green noise’ confuses consumers, research finds Capital Press By Mateusz Perkowski Credit: Zigzag240 Restaurateurs are reducing organic claims on their menus in favor of claims related to geography, allergens and other features, according… Read more »
Skinners
Numerous breakfast cereal brands are owned by the company Attune Foods: the organic Erewhon brand and non-organic, conventional brands Uncle Sam, New Morning and Skinner’s Raisin Bran. Attune was acquired by Post Foods in 2013, which is in turn a property of Ralcorp Holdings. They write: “Skinner’s Raisin Bran was introduced in 1926, and is… Read more »
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 »
Second Lawsuit Filed Against County’s Anti-GMO Law
BigIslandNow.com by Dave Smith Papaya Credit: Forest & Kim Starr A lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday challenging the Hawaii County law restricting the use of genetically engineered crops on the Big Island. The lawsuit filed by four agricultural organizations, a floral business and four individuals said the law is pre-empted by both state… Read more »
How the Great Food War Will Be Won
Independent Science News by Jonathan Latham Ph.D. By conventional wisdom it is excellent news. Researchers from Iowa have shown that organic farming methods can yield almost as highly as pesticide-intensive methods. Other researchers, from Berkeley, California, have reached a similar conclusion. Indeed, both findings met with a very enthusiastic reception. The enthusiasm is appropriate, but only if one… Read more »
Erewhon
Numerous breakfast cereal brands are owned by the company Attune Foods: the organic Erewhon brand and non-organic, conventional brands Uncle Sam, New Morning and Skinner’s Raisin Bran. Attune was acquired by Post Foods in 2013, which is in turn a property of Ralcorp Holdings. They write: “Since 1966, Erewhon has led the organic revolution and… Read more »
Watch Your Language!
[This article was previously published in the spring issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Melody Morrell, Data Analyst & Research Specialist at The Cornucopia Institute Good Food Words Coopted by Big Ag Words rise up to describe the work of a farmer caring for her land, her herd, her community. These words multiply,… Read more »
