Cornucopia’s Take: With Monsanto’s dicamba-based GMO seed line already on the market, scientists finally have the opportunity to test the new formulation for volatility. Monsanto is blaming farmers for spraying incorrectly, and now has the EPA on board, but weed scientists are deeply troubled by their testing results as well as the unprecedented number of… Read more »
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Veteran Organic Grower Questions What Technologies are Appropriate in Organics
Steve Sprinkel is a certified organic farmer from Ojai, California, where he also operates the Farmer and the Cook, a restaurant and market serving organic fare. He has held numerous leadership positions in the organic movement, including having acted as the board chair of The Cornucopia Institute. He currently sits on Cornucopia’s formal policy advisory… Read more »
Farmers, Advocates Launch Raw Milk Institute
Food Safety News by Cookson Beecher The much-anticipated Raw Milk Institute has gone live. The brainchild of Mark McAfee, co-owner of Organic Pastures near Fresno, CA, the institute introduced its website — www.rawmilkinstitute.org — on Tuesday. Simply put, the goal of the institute is to use science-based food-safety principles to shore up a strong foundation… Read more »
Monsanto Cuts 16% of Work Force as Sales in Roundup Herbicide Fall 34%
Sustainable Pulse Monsanto announced Wednesday that sales in the company’s agricultural productivity segment, which includes its probable carcinogen Roundup herbicide, fell 34 % to $820 million. Monsanto’s shares fell over 2% as a result. The Biotech giant also said Wednesday that it now plans to cut a total of 3600 jobs, or about 16 %… Read more »
South Dakota’s New Raw Milk Rules Effective Dec. 11
Food Safety News The production, testing and labeling of raw milk will be under new rules in South Dakota effective Dec. 11, 2013. State Secretary of Agriculture Lucas Lentsch approved the rules, clearing the way for the changes under consideration since early this year to go into effect. The changes were already passed by the… Read more »
WI to Host Thousands of Organic Farmers
Public News Service By Tim Morrissey LA CROSSE, Wis. – It’s the largest organic farming conference in the U.S. The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) will again host the Organic Farming Conference in LaCrosse, from Feb. 24-26. Faye Jones, executive director of MOSES, says the annual gathering has become a huge event. “The… Read more »
(ALERT OVER) Senate Food Safety Legislation Vote Pending!!
Call your Senators TODAY — Urge their support for the Tester Amendment The Cornucopia Institute We have learned that the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) may be voted on in the Senate on Thursday, September 16. This bill, as we have noted before, would impose extremely burdensome and unnecessary requirements on the thousands of… Read more »
Large Players Ramp-up Organic Dairy in Europe
Arla signs organic milk deal with Lidl Dairy group Arla Foods has signed an organic dairy supply deal with discount retailer Lidl, as big food firms increasingly move in on rising consumer demand for organic food. Arla will use some of its 347m kg of organic milk it handles in Denmark to supply private label… Read more »
Former Dairy Farmer Jim Goodman: My Retirement was Mostly Voluntary
Mark Kastel and Jim Goodman with Jim’s Cows Cornucopia’s Take: I’m proud to call Jim Goodman a valued friend. We met 25 years ago, when I worked as a lobbyist for the Farmers Union and Jim was an activist with Family Farm Defenders. He’s a good man. Intellectually powerful, as you can tell by his writing,… Read more »
Trump Supports Taxes on Foreign Food
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia will earnestly engage with the Trump administration pick for USDA Secretary, Sonny Perdue, once he is confirmed and other agency appointments are made. It remains unclear how Trump’s support for tarrifs, under the guise of food safety, will sit with consumers. Leaked Audio: Trump Cares About Food Safety But Only If the Food… Read more »
