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My name is Lynn, I'm 29 years old and I work for The Cornucopia Institute. We are a non-profit dedicated to advocacy for organic foods and economic justice for small-scale farming. We release a lot of news on our projects, and post even more from others around these topics. You can visit our website regularly: www.cornucopia.org. I love my job and support our staff and our mission a great deal, and have decided to share our news on opednews.
Friday, August 12, 2011 USDA and Corporate Agribusiness Continue to Push Animal ID Scheme
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new proposed rule for mandatory animal traceability which goes much further to require animal tagging and tracing without specific disease threats. The rule has raised significant concerns among family farm and ranch advocates, who accuse the agency of failing to provide a coherent, factual explanation of the program's necessity.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Family Farmers Amplify Legal Complaint Against Monsanto's GMOs
New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers, seed businesses, and organic agricultural organizations challenging Monsanto's patents on genetically modified seed.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 (Not) Crying over Spilt Soymilk --- Organic Farmers Celebrating Victory over Corporate Agribusiness (1 comments)
It's not often that family-scale farmers can go toe-to-toe with a $12 billion agribusiness and come out victors. But organic soybean producers, and a modestly scaled but powerful ally, The Cornucopia Institute, are claiming victory over Dean Foods in the organic marketplace.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 The Elephant (Poop) in the Room -The Relationship between the Current Egg Brouhaha and True Cause of Food Contamination (3 comments)
The relatively new phenomena of nationwide pathogenic outbreaks, be they from salmonella or E. coli variants, are intimately tied to the fecal contamination of our food supply and the intermingling of millions of unhealthy animals. It's one of the best kept secrets in the modern livestock industry.
Mountains of manure are piling up at our nation's mammoth industrial-scale "factory farms."
Thursday, August 12, 2010 Federal Court Victory: Almond Farmers Can Challenge USDA Pasteurization Rule (1 comments)
A federal appeals court ruled today, overturning a lower court decision, that a group of California almond farmers have the right to challenge a USDA regulation requiring the treatment of their raw almonds with a toxic fumigant or steam heat prior to sale to consumers.
