Tag: Cornucopia Institute
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USDA Power Grab Benefits AgriBusiness
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 11 – As collateral damage spreads, with Congress continuing at loggerheads over a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government, the newest victims include farmers and consumers who depend on the USDA to oversee the propriety and integrity of the organic industry. In a unique regulatory structure, Congress created the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) to…
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Cornucopia Institute Supports Ecological Principles Underlying Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
If you are interested in abating the cruelty perpetrated on animals by industrial agriculture, I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the Cornucopia Institute, which audits and rates dairy and egg producers on a wide range of ethical standards. They go far beyond “free range” or “organic” labeling and identify producers that really do avoid some…
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How Our Food Choices Impact Our Health, Our Environment, and the Economic Vitality of Our Communities
Mark Kastel is co-founder of The Cornucopia Institute, a progressive farm policy research group based in Wisconsin and director of its Organic Integrity Project. For almost 20 years prior to its launch he was president of M. A. Kastel and Associates, Inc. His professional practice included political consulting, lobbying work on behalf of family farm groups,…
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Big Foods Takeover of Organics
How many times has something unique and forward thinking been co-opted, then destroyed, by people with no imagination, but a lot of money? Welcome to the Big Organics Industry. I’ve posted the entire New York Times article about how Big Food has predictably and depressingly taken over organics and turned it into a profit center…
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