Northern Soy, makers of SoyBoy, was founded in 1976 and remains an independent company that is still managed by the original founders. They readily shared all sourcing information. They source a portion of their soybeans directly from family farmers; when these family farmers do not have enough soybeans to sell, Northern Soy works with brokers… Read more »
Beyond Pesticides Sen. Dianne Feinstein Sen. Jeff Merkley Sen. Jon Tester Sen. Patrick Leahy Last week, Senators Jeff Merkley (OR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation to require that consumer food packaging displays genetically engineered (GE) ingredient labeling. The Senators’ legislation, the Biotechnology Food Labeling and Uniformity Act (S.2621), presents an alternative to the… Read more »
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Do you have an idea for a short film to report or inspire others on soils? Click here to enlarge image above. Soils deliver ecosystem services that enable life on Earth. Source: FAO FAO is collaborating with TVE (Television for the Environment) on the tvebiomovies film competition…. Read more »
Mark Kastel of The Cornucopia Institute will speak at The National Heirloom Exposition at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California on September 11th. The National Heirloom Exposition is a not-for-profit event centered around the pure food movement, heirloom vegetables, and anti-GMO activism.
Cornucopia’s Take: Use of the herbicide glyphosate has skyrocketed around the world since the introduction of crops genetically engineered to be Roundup Ready (resistant) in 1996. While the EPA insists that glyphosate does not cause cancer in humans, some research reviews have come to different findings. U.S. Right to Know seeks transparency in the food… Read more »
Urge the NOSB to remove soy lecithin from the national list, comments due Monday, April 20th UPDATE: Last fall, we urged members of the organic community to write to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) in support of the first petition in the history of the USDA’s Organic Program to remove a food ingredient from… Read more »
CNBC by Uptin Saiidi Historically large brand name products in the supermarket have commanded more demand and higher costs. Those days, however, may be numbered. Analysts say that as more upstarts get into the game, major food conglomerates are reacting in ways that suggest their hold on the public is slipping. That means big established food… Read more »
Report recommends GMO contaminated farmers pay for insurance to compensate themselves for unwanted GMO contamination National Organic Coalition WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Organic Coalition (NOC) today sharply condemned recommendations contained in the final report of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21), a group appointed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture… Read more »
Vermont Digger by Dave Rogers Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Dave Rogers, policy adviser for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT). By the end of April, when members of the Vermont House Agriculture Committee finally concluded weeks of testimony and discussion on H.722, a bill that would require foods made with genetically… Read more »
Triple Pundit By RP Siegel The great American satirist, H.L. Mencken once said, “For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.” He might have been talking about biotechnology in general or Monsanto’s approach to controlling weeds using their Roundup Ready crops. But then again, it depends on which problem… Read more »
