Should Corporate Agribusiness Lobbyists and Money Drive Organic Policy? Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) & Pat Roberts (R-KS) Source: USDA Representatives of the largest trade associations in the beef, pork, turkey, and egg industries testified before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. They told Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and ranking minority member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) absolutely… Read more »
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Slaves May Be Catching Your Fish
Cornucopia’s Take: A recent report reveals that slave labor is used in the fishing industry, detaining workers on boats for months, or even years, at a time. Sustainability audits are not effective at protecting workers, so advocates offer a hotline, and a future app, so laborers can share their stories about this inhuman practice. When… Read more »
Monsanto, Dow Unit Sue Maui County Over GMO Law
ABC News (AP) by Audrey McAvoy Source: David Casteel Monsanto Co. and a Dow Chemical Co. unit filed the lawsuit in federal court in Honolulu, asking a judge to immediately prevent the law from taking effect and to invalidate the measure. “This local referendum interferes with and conflicts with long-established state and federal laws that… Read more »
Over Half of Americans Say Organic is Better for Your Health
Cornucopia’s Take: A recent survey by Pew Research Center indicates that political affiliation, along with education, income, geography, and having minor children, has no bearing on people’s feelings about organics. People who observe a strong relationship between food and well-being tend to see organics as better for their health. The New Food Fights: U.S. Public… Read more »
Carol’s (Pete and Gerry’s)
They write: “On small New England family farms, from green-up in spring through autumn, our pasture-raised hens spend their days with plenty of seasonal, green grass to roam in, sunshine, and a cozy barn to sleep in at night. Providing chickens with enough seasonal pasture to thrive takes a lot of space, because they have… Read more »
GMO Corn, with Attendant Pesticides, is Now Vermont’s Top Crop
Cornucopia’s Take: Like the rest of the country, Vermont has seen incredible rises in the use of pesticides, including glyphosate, on its farms. The state agriculture agency claims to lack the funds to better regulate pesticides in use or study new ones, while the agency’s recently released fact sheet on glyphosate sounds like it came… Read more »
Only Anti-GMO Hippies Grow Organic Corn, Right? Wrong.
Farm Journal by Chris Bennett Source: Astrid Albert Hippies and anti-GMO zealots grow organic crops. Right? Wrong. Timothy Gertson kicks up dirt off Texas’ Gulf Coast, southwest of Houston in Wharton County. He’s a young 31, but Gertson is an old-school farmer with no time for ideology and no wish to curb his options. Field… Read more »
Groups Slam Feds for Weak Review of GMO Mosquito Risks
Center for Food Safety Source: es.dengue.info Public health, food safety and environmental groups including Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth and the Florida Keys Environmental Coalition are calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a new and more thorough review of the risks associated with releasing… Read more »
GMO Corn Failing to Protect Fields From Pest Damage: Report
Reuters By Cary Gillam (Reuters) – Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically modified corn that is supposed to protect the crop from the pests, according to a new report. Evidence gathered from fields in two Illinois counties… Read more »
Appeals Court Binds Monsanto to Promise Not to Sue Organic Farmers
[Note: The Cornucopia Institute has been a plaintiff in this case.] Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a group of organic and otherwise non-GMO farmer and seed company plaintiffs are not entitled to bring a lawsuit to protect themselves from… Read more »
