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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.

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Thursday, June 9, 2011
NEWS ADVISORY: 90% Sprout Contamination Conventional, Not Organic (Linked to Factory Farm Livestock Production)
AP 6-6-11: " In a surprising U-turn, German officials said initial tests published Monday provided no evidence that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany were the cause of the country's deadly E. coli outbreak."

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Despite Legal Setback, Raw Almond Fight Continues
The dismissal, on technical grounds, by a federal court judge on Monday of a lawsuit challenging the USDA's raw almond pasteurization mandate will likely not end the controversy.

Friday, October 3, 2008
Almond Pasteurization Debate Flares Up -- USDA/Almond Board Accused of Withholding Documents and Research
(2 comments) The Cornucopia Institute has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Almond Board of California seeking public documents justifying the merits of the almond pasteurization rule and the science supporting it.

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