New York Times by Stephanie Strom Credit: LouGold at Visionshare SHUSHAN, N.Y. — Turn down the road to Flying Pigs Farm here, and two or three of Michael Yezzi’s pigs are probably standing in the middle of it. “They’re the welcoming committee,” Mr. Yezzi explained recently. These particular pigs, three Gloucestershire Old Spots that could easily find… Read more »
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Quinoa Should be Taking Over the World. This is Why it Isn’t.
The Washington Post By Lydia DePillis In the Andean highlands of Bolivia and Peru, the broom-like, purple-flowered goosefoot plant is spreading over the barren hillsides–further and further every spring. When it’s dried, threshed, and processed through special machines, the plant yields a golden stream of seeds called quinoa, a protein-rich foodstuff that’s been a staple… Read more »
Cooking and Eating Well
Worth digesting: Educator teaches that food closest to nature is best Texas Co-o Power Magazine By Kevin Hargis When is a blueberry not a blueberry? In some processed foods, the answer is: when it’s a glob of artificially flavored, sugar-laden food starch and oil. A recent report by the nonprofit Consumer Wellness Center found that… Read more »
Our Decrepit Food Factories
The Way We Live Now New York Times Magazine By Michael Pollan The word “sustainability” has gotten such a workout lately that the whole concept is in danger of floating away on a sea of inoffensiveness. Everybody, it seems, is for it whatever “it” means. On a recent visit to a land-grant university’s spanking-new sustainability… Read more »
A Valuable Reputation
After Tyrone Hayes said that a chemical was harmful, its maker pursued him. The New Yorker by Rachel Aviv In 2001, seven years after joining the biology faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, Tyrone Hayes stopped talking about his research with people he didn’t trust. He instructed the students in his lab, where he was… Read more »
The F.D.A.’s Not-Really-Such-Good-News
New York Times By Mark Bittman That “good” news you may have read last week about the Food and Drug Administration’s curbing antibiotics in animal feed may not be so good after all. In fact, it appears that the F.D.A. has once again refused to do all it could to protect public health. For those… Read more »
Organic Industry Watchdog Asks Federal Antitrust Regulators to Monitor the Sale of Hain Pure Protein
[Read Cornucopia’s formal request for scrutiny of the sale of HPP] Poultry Industry Giant Pilgrim’s Pride Makes Preliminary Bid to Acquire Hain Celestial Poultry Processing Interests The New York Post reported recently that the prominent organic industry conglomerate, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., said it plans to divest its interests in Hain Pure Protein (HPP). The… Read more »
Tell Organic Regulators: Protect Native Ecosystems and End Fraudulent Organic Imports
[This action alert is over.] Comment to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) by April 4 Regulatory loopholes permit destruction of the environment in pursuit of profit, and lack of enforcement by the USDA allows fraudulent imports to pollute the organic marketplace. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE SHOULD PROTECT, NOT DESTROY, PRISTINE ECOSYSTEMS Source: St. Paul Girl, Flickr… Read more »
Organic Sales are Up 8.4% from Last Year
Cornucopia’s Take: As organic food gains popularity with informed consumers, Big Ag is transitioning farms to organic. Big Ag makes money from efficiencies in agricultural systems, although efficiencies often require the reinterpretation or watering down of organic standards, including those for outdoor access for livestock. Cornucopia’s scorecards, found in the scorecards tab above, help consumers… Read more »
Kinder CAFOs?
Cornucopia’s Take: While we are pleased that some improvements are occurring in conventional agriculture, Cornucopia recommends only certified organic food. For instance, the label Certified Humane does not limit flock size, prohibit beak trimming, or require outdoor access in laying hens. The US is making a big shift away from factory farming Business Insider by… Read more »
