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FDA Food Safety Rule Webpage Repeatedly Crashes in Advance of Important Public Comment Deadline

Last Modified: November 25, 2013

(This Action Alert is Over.) Individuals and Organizations Unable to Enter Feedback as November 15 Deadline Looms — Cornucopia Requests Extension Family farm and consumer advocates have been working for weeks to ensure meaningful public comment on the FDA’s proposed food safety rules. Now the government website that serves as ...

Schumer: Chicken Slaughtered, Raised In China Could Pose Major Risk

Last Modified: October 17, 2014

USDA Says It Has Not Finalized Audit Of China CBS – New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Chicken from China has officials on alert, including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) As WCBS 880’s Jim Smith reported Sunday, Schumer said first, the U.S. Department of Agriculture only allowed chickens that had ...

SNAFU — Food Safety Public Comment Update

Last Modified: November 25, 2013

(This Action Alert is over.) If you are trying to comment on the FDA’s food safety rules, and are receiving an error message from the Regulations.gov web page — this is very frustrating! You have at least two options. You can continue to try commenting online using these two links: ...

Food Companies Claim Victory Against Labeling Initiative in Washington State

Last Modified: October 17, 2014

New York Times By Stephanie Strom Some of the nation’s major food companies declared victory on Wednesday over an initiative in Washington State that would have required labeling of some foods that contain biotech ingredients, although supporters of labeling held out hope that hundreds of thousands of uncounted votes might ...

Growth Patterns in the U.S. Organic Industry

Last Modified: November 5, 2013

USDA Catherine Greene U.S. consumer demand for organically produced goods has grown continuously since USDA established national standards for organic production and processing in 2002. And, while Americans economized on their food purchases during the 2007-09 recession, including purchases of organic products, growth in demand for organic products rebounded quickly ...

America’s New Hunger Crisis

Last Modified: November 4, 2013

MSNBC.com By Ned Resnikoff In the 22 years that Swami Durga Das has managed New York’s River Fund Food Pantry, he has never seen hunger like this. Each Saturday, hundreds of hungry people descend on the pantry’s headquarters, an unassuming house on a residential block. The first people arrive around ...

Climate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food Supplies

Last Modified: March 16, 2016

New York Times By Justin Gillis Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found. In a departure from an earlier assessment, ...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Revisited

Last Modified: November 2, 2013

Decoding the GMO Food Fight in Washington State Heading into the weekend before the November 5 vote on Washington state’s GMO food ingredient labeling initiative, The Cornucopia Institute has updated its infographic detailing supporters and opponents of I-522. The infographic allows consumers to identify corporate and organizational supporters and opponents ...

DEADLINE: Get Your Proxy in—FDA Rules Could Force Local/Organic Farms Out Of Business

Last Modified: April 21, 2014

(This Action Alert is Over) FDA DEADLINE APPROACHING: Please Get Your Proxy in the Mail ASAP Your Voice Could Make the Difference in Saving the Family Farms Producing Our Best Food You can make a difference. Please help save our nation’s diversified produce farmers from potential ruin! The FDA’s proposed ...

Organic Crusader Wants Food Labels to Spell It Out

Last Modified: November 1, 2013

Minnesota-based group leads national battles over labeling that identifies genetically modified ingredients. Star Tribune By Mike Hughlett Consumers who want to know if their food contains genetically modified ingredients can thank Ronnie Cummins for his efforts to slap labels saying as much on everything from taco chips to coffee cake. ...

Organic Pacesetters

Last Modified: October 31, 2013

La Crosse Tribune (WI) By Nathan Hansen / Lee Newspapers While Jim Riddle and Joyce Ford only farm a few acres on their organic Blue Fruit Farm in Winona County’s Wiscoy Township, their impact to local, sustainable and organic agriculture has had international impact. Over the decades, the husband and ...

Ractopamine: The Meat Additive on Your Plate That’s Banned Almost Everywhere But America

Last Modified: October 17, 2014

[Note: Don’t panic, go organic! This additive is not allowed in organic foods.] The asthma drug-like growth additive has enjoyed stealth use in the US food supply for a decade despite being widely banned overseas. AlterNet By By Martha Rosenberg Have you ever heard of ractopamine? Neither have most US ...

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