Cornucopia’s Take: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s flagship herbicide Roundup, is not apparently lethal to ants but does change ant behavior. Behavior changes like those found by researchers below are alarming, and, in aggregate, may cause larger changes in the ecosystem. Roundup caused lab ants to stop digging — but not because of its… Read more »
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Agrarian Elders Alarmed by Direction of Organic Agriculture, Share Concerns With the NOSB
[This letter was sent to all members of the National Organic Standards Board on April 15, 2016, prior to the recent NOSB meeting. Read more about the Agrarian Elders here.] Source: Adam McLane Dear NOSB Members, As Agrarian Elders we want to tell you how concerned we are about the organic farming movement losing connection… Read more »
FDA Approves First Genetically Engineered Animal for Human Consumption Over the Objections of Millions
Center for Food Safety Center for Food Safety to File Lawsuit Challenging “Dangerous and Unlawful” Decision Source: Daniel Voglesong WASHINGTON, DC (November 19, 2015) – Center for Food Safety today announced plans to sue the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to block the agency’s approval for sale and consumption of the genetically engineered AquaAdvantage® salmon developed… Read more »
Small Farmers Are Feeding The World on Less Land
Small-scale farmers are producing the majority of the world’s food on just 25% of farmland. GRAIN report says small farms are more productive than large scale industrial monocultures. Permaculture by Rozie Apps Credit: Srl Small-scale farmers are using just one quarter, 25%, of the world’s farmland to feed the world! This atonishing figure comes from… Read more »
Company Bids to Test GM Insects
A UK biotechnology company has applied for permission to carry out the first field trial in Europe of a genetically modified insect. BBC If it receives approval, the company will carry out a small-scale test of GM olive flies in Spain. The aim is to combat this olive crop pest by releasing male flies that… Read more »
US Farming Groups Hit Back at Activists
As they say, you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear …. But they have a big budget and they’re going to try anyway. They contacted Mark Kastel (Cornucopia), Kathy Ozer (National Family Farm Coalition) and Joel Salatin (Polyface Farms) for “balance” but I don’t think their publicity campaign is doing them… Read more »
Cropp Cooperative Joins with Stonyfield to Sustain More Family Farmers
Agreement Helps Organic Dairy Farmers in Northeast and Midwest Organic Valley LA FARGE, WI – CROPP Cooperative and Stonyfield Farm today announced a new phase in their partnership, a creative measure designed to sustain organic family dairy farmers and preserve consumer choice. Beginning January 1, 2010, CROPP will manage the organic milk supply for Stonyfield… Read more »
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations — Why You Should Care
Jim Goodman I have farmed for 30 years, land that has been in my family since 1848. Farming has gotten pretty intensive, small farms with kids and dogs and sheep and chickens running around are mostly just a fond memory. Back in the 70’s, USDA Secretary Earl Butz urged farmers to plant commodity crops “fence… Read more »
FDA Head Crawford Resigns Under Ethical Cloud
No one is more responsible than Dr. Lester Crawford for the 10+ years of delay before the USDA would allow the word “organic” to appear on packages of meat. While heading up the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) at the USDA, during the G. H. W. Bush Administration, he refused to allow organic meat to… Read more »
OTA Surprised by USDA Abandoning Organic Checkoff Program
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has pushed its Checkoff Program since 2012, touting it as a fund to research and promote organic products as a whole. Many farmers were dubious. Checkoffs (mandatory taxes on producers) have historically benefited processors and handlers far more than farmers. And this would be the very first checkoff program for… Read more »
