Couple wants to halt traffic generated from U-pick farm next door The Post and Courier By Diane Knich WADMALAW ISLAND — Dust, noise and cars didn’t bother Daytona 500 winner Ernie Irvan when he barreled around the racetrack, but he’s apparently more particular about what goes on next door. Irvan and his wife, Kim, are… Read more »
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Ten Organic Wines Worth A Try
Forbes by Alyssa Rapp Do organic grapes make for a better-tasting drink, or are they just a fad? Earth Day, coming up next week, was created to heighten environmental awareness. Each year, inevitably, the distinction draws consumers’ attention to organic foods. And some of this focus also shifts to wine, an industry perennially laden with… Read more »
US — Organic Food Sales Still Growing Despite Weak Economy
Fresh Plaza For the past few years, one of the few certain trends for American grocers has been the growing popularity of organic food. In just one decade, from 1997 to 2006, sales of organic food have grown by nearly 80 percent to $17.7 billion. The boost has been driven by an ever-growing chunk of… Read more »
Lawsuits Announced Against Nation’s Biggest Organic Dairy
Class Action Suits Seek Damages from Sale of Fraudulent Milk ST. LOUIS, MO / DENVER, CO Acting on behalf of organic food consumers in 27 states, class action lawsuits are being filed in U.S. federal courts, in St. Louis and Denver, against the nation’s largest organic dairy. The suits charge Aurora Dairy Corporation, based in… Read more »
Embracing Organics
TRENDS| City of Big Shoulders shows signs of becoming a national player in food movement Chicago Sun Times By Kevin Nance, Critic-at-Large Chicago may be the City of Big Shoulders, but it’s also the City of the Cast-Iron Stomach. The stockyards are gone, but their legacy lingers as a key part of the city’s identity…. Read more »
Cornucopia Institute Requests Full USDA Investigation of Aurora Dairy
Improprieties Alleged at Organic Factory Farm in Colorado For More Information, Contact: Mark Kastel, 608-625-2000 CORNUCOPIA, WISCONSIN: The Cornucopia Institute has filed a formal legal complaint with the USDA requesting a full investigation into allegations of multiple violations of federal organic regulations at the nation’s largest organic dairy. The Aurora Organic Dairy, located in Colorado… Read more »
Organic Food Producers Lose Ground to Imports
Market has been seen as a niche for small U.S. farms By PHILIP BRASHER DES MOINES REGISTER (link no longer available) WASHINGTON BUREAU Advocates tout organic food as a salvation for small U.S. farms. But more and more, organic food isn’t American at all. The apples included. Companies are cutting costs by importing not only bananas… Read more »
Farmacology
Johns Hopkins researchers are investigating a troubling potential source of resistant pathogens: the American farm Johns Hopkins Magazine By Dale Keiger Ellen Silbergeld, Eng ’72 (PhD), recalls that she did not want to go to the seminar. She was a professor of epidemiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1999 when her… Read more »
Poultry Processing Chemicals Make Workers Sick
Cornucopia’s Take: The story below details the medical horrors visited on poultry plant workers subjected to dangerous antimicrobial sprays at work. The sprays include peracetic acid (PAA), which is used to kill bacteria, like salmonella and campylobacter, commonly found on birds raised in factory farm conditions across the U.S. Many undocumented immigrants work at poultry… Read more »
Final NOP’s Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation Guidance is Raising the Bar to a Higher Level, but Did Not Go Far Enough
Wild Farm Alliance by Jo Ann Baumgartner NOP guidance did not clearly stop degradation of lands with Conservation Reserve Program improvements when converted to organic crop production, although there is an example of best practices regarding this issue. Image source: Penn State On January 15, 2016 the National Organic Program (NOP) released the final version of their… Read more »
