THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/105676.xml THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 No Cloned Animals in Organic Food -- USDA Advisory Panel Vote Applauded http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb519444.htm The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), voted at their spring meeting in Washington, DC to exclude cloned animals, their offspring, and any food products from cloned animals from the organic sector. The expert advisory panel to the USDA's National Organic Program made it clear with their vote that organic agriculture should not allow the use of cloned animals or their offspring in the production of organic food. "This is a victory for farmers, consumers and retailers who want to protect organic food and agriculture from a highly controversial and experimental technology," said Will Fantle of The Cornucopia Institute, a farm policy and organic watchdog group. (PRWeb Apr 17, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb519444.htm Cornucopia Files Complaint - Organic Violations Alleged at Texas Factory Dairy Farm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb415089.htm 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 Aurora Organic Dairy, located near Dublin, Texas. With a herd of 3000–5000 animals, the Aurora facility, one of the largest organic livestock operations in the country, appears to have violated numerous organic regulations governing the management of its livestock at the factory-farm operation. (PRWeb Jul 24, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb415089.htm Investors Question Dean Foods at Stockholders Meeting: Horizon Organic Milk Brand Faces Consumer Boycott Over Factory Farms http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb386710.htm Socially concerned investors, who filed a shareholder proposal with Dean Foods, today questioned the company's management at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Dallas as its marquee organic brand faces a growing consumer backlash over its reliance on factory-farm milk production. Investors believe the large-scale dairy operations are damaging the Horizon Organics brand and threaten shareholder value. (PRWeb May 18, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb386710.htm USDA Criticized for Helping 'Industrialize' Organic Farming http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb383656.htm Proposed new federal organic livestock regulations are coming under sharp criticism for failing to close critical loopholes that are allowing a handful of factory-scale dairy farms in western states to continue bringing into their milk herd new animals raised with antibiotics, hormones, and genetically engineered feed produced with toxic pesticides. The new rules ignore recommendations endorsed by the USDA’s own expert advisory panel, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). (PRWeb May 10, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/05/prweb383656.htm Organic Watchdog Sues USDA: Cornucopia Institute Seeks Records on Lack of Organic Food Standards Enforcement http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb371969.htm The Cornucopia Institute has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to compel the USDA to provide public records sought through several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Institute is a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group and organic food watchdog. “We have gone into federal court because the USDA has been unwilling to provide us with important records that would help us and our farmer-members and consumers understand why the USDA has delayed enforcement of key federal organic farming standards for five years,” said Will Fantle, the Institute’s Research Director. “These are documents that they are obligated, by law, to share with the public.” (PRWeb Apr 13, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb371969.htm Organic Dairy Being Corrupted by Factory Farms New Study Highlights Both Corporate Exploitation and Ethical Brands http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb361925.htm One of the country's preeminent organic watchdogs released a report this week alleging a handful of leading marketers are shortchanging organic consumers. The report and scorecard, rating 68 different organic dairy name-brands and private-labels, was produced by The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group. The Cornucopia Institute’s report was a year in the making and involved in-depth research and surveys of the nation’s dairy product manufacturers located in every region of the country. (PRWeb Mar 22, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/03/prweb361925.htm Corporate-Dominated Lobby Group Attacks Organic Watchdog http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb343223.htm The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is seeking to suppress the release of a new report rating the nation’s organic dairy brands and products. The report will soon by issued by The Cornucopia Institute, an agricultural policy research group that supports family-scale farmers. The report is designed to "empower consumers and wholesale buyers in the marketplace" by rating organic dairy brands based on their adherence to accepted ethical practices and conduct. (PRWeb Feb 8, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/02/prweb343223.htm Cornucopia Institute Requests Full USDA Investigation of Suspect Organic Dairy Improprieties Alleged at Organic Factory Farm in Colorado http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb309507.htm 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 and with a herd approaching 6000 cows, appears to have violated numerous organic regulations governing the rearing of animals entering its vast factory farm operation. (PRWeb Nov 11, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb309507.htm USDA Secretary asked to clean up organic mess http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb282981.htm A letter to USDA Secretary Mike Johannes, from one of the nation’s most aggressive organic food and farming watchdogs, asked the Secretary to personally intervene in rebuilding the once promising collaborative environment that existed between the organic community and its regulators.In its letter, the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group, called the current working relationship between the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) and industry stakeholders, farmers, consumers, and processors “very unhealthy” and asked that Secretary Johanns intercede, bringing in new management from outside of the Department, to correct what the group has previously labeled a poisoned environment. (PRWeb Sep 9, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/09/prweb282981.htm Organic Farmers Lose Patience with USDA; Cornucopia Files FOIA Probing USDA Rejection of Pasture Guidance http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/08/prweb276862.htm Organic family farmers are again expressing frustration over the lack of action by the USDA to enforce the requirement of pasture for organic cattle. They attended the Aug. 15–17 meeting of the National Organic Standards Board to protest the growing number of factory farms that are keeping their cows in confinement conditions while producing organic milk. Now The Cornucopia Institute has filed a FOIA with the USDA seeking reasons why the agency is balking on enforcement. (PRWeb Aug 26, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/08/prweb276862.htm Dean/Horizon Feedlot Dairy Accused of Masquerading as an Organic Farm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb209844.htm The Cornucopia Institute filed two formal complaints today with the USDA’s Office of Compliance asking them to initiate investigations into alleged violations of the federal organic law by factory farms operating in Idaho and California. The complaints ask the USDA to investigate whether it is legal to confine cows in an industrial setting, without access to pasture, and still label milk and dairy products organic. The 4000-head Idaho factory farm is owned and managed by country's largest organic dairy marketer, Dean/Horizon. The California industrial farm – owned by Case Vander Eyk, Jr. and with 10,000 cows split between its organic and conventional operation – also supplies Dean/Horizon with milk. (PRWeb Feb 17, 2005)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/02/prweb209844.htm The Cornucopia Institute Alleges Factory Farms Violating Federal Organic Law http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/01/prweb196232.htm The Cornucopia Institute, today, filed a formal complaint with the USDA’s National Organic Program asking them to initiate an investigation into alleged violations of the federal organic law by a factory farm operating in Colorado. At issue is whether it is legal to confine cows in an industrial setting, without access to pasture, and still label milk and dairy products organic. Similar factory farm operations in Idaho and California are also under investigation by The Cornucopia Institute and will likely be targeted with formal complaints to the USDA in the near future. (PRWeb Jan 11, 2005)

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