Action Alert: Get Carrageenan Out of Organic Foods!
September 17, 2026
The Post-Bulletin (MN) By Jean Caspers-Simmet GREENFIELD, Iowa — Farmers switching to organic crops not only reap premium prices, they also build healthy soil and sequester carbon, according to a study at Iowa State University’s Neely-Kinyon Research Farm near Greenfield. Kathleen Delate, ISU agronomy and horticulture professor, outlined the results ...
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy By Ben Lilliston In the wake of protests in the Philippines over genetically engineered Golden Rice, a series of articles have appeared in the U.S. mainstream press (e.g., the New York Times) and alternative publications like Slate and Grist, all coming to the vigorous ...
The Cornucopia Institute releases shopper’s guide: pro/con I-522 brands Proposition I-522, a citizen’s initiative on the ballot on November 5 in Washington state, would mandate clear labeling of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients on food packages. It has become the latest battleground pitting consumer and farmer advocates against multi-billion-dollar agribusiness corporations. ...
The Cornucopia Institute has created this infographic designed to inform consumers about companies and organizations funding the campaign around Washington state’s November 5 vote on the labeling of GMO foods, known as I-522. The infographic allows consumers to identify supporters and opponents of the right to know what is in ...
[Note: Cornucopia has been a plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the USDA’s approval of genetically engineered alfalfa.] The Center for Food Safety An export shipment of alfalfa from Washington State was rejected after the shipment tested positive for contamination from genetically engineered (GE), herbicide-resistant alfalfa. The news follows on the ...
Huffington Post By Langdon Cook In early August I got a call from a producer for the PBS TV series Food Forward. He had seen a review copy of my new book, The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America, and wanted to film itinerant mushroom harvesters for ...
Public Radio International’s The World By Ruth Morris Cheap meat is a cornerstone of the American diet. Think cheeseburgers and t-bones and ribs. It’s the same in China. Only there, the meat of choice is pork and demand is going through the roof. Check out the menu at just about ...
Speed read: The industrial model of producing both food and knowledge is faulty Sustainable intensification presents ‘technification’ as an undeniable scientific truth Food supply systems and R&D should be reorientated towards real needs SciDev.net Food needs can be met with a new vision for agriculture and science, say Brian Wynne ...
Scientific American The Editors Advances in agricultural technology—including, but not limited to, the genetic modification of food crops—have made fields more productive than ever. Farmers grow more crops and feed more people using less land. They are able to use fewer pesticides and to reduce the amount of tilling that ...
A major 2010 salmonella outbreak in eggs, centered on “factory farms” in Iowa, shone a spotlight on industrial-scale egg houses confining tens of thousands of hens, each, in filthy and dangerous conditions. This past July, the FDA issued a Draft Guidance for the prevention of salmonella enteritidis in shell eggs ...
[Note: The Cornucopia Institute is one of the 73 plaintiffs in this case.] Protection Sought From Genetic Contamination and to Invalidate Monsanto’s Patents on Genetically Engineered Crops Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association New York – A group of 73 American organic and conventional family farmers, seed businesses and public ...
(This Action Alert is Over) The FDA’s new food safety rules have the real potential to force some of the safest local and organic farms out of business! There is a critical need for the good food community to come together right now. Please sign and mail back the linked ...
