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May 30, 2006
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, California --- Earthbound Farm's fields of organic baby spinach and romaine lettuce are a living symbol of the organic food movement's explosive growth in recent years.
What started two decades ago as a three-acre roadside farm in this valley 90 miles south of San Francisco has grown into the country's largest grower of organic produce, with more than 100 types of fruits and vegetables on 28,000 acres in the U.S. and abroad.
Earthbound's extraordinary growth is only the most visible example of how organic farming is changing. Small family farms created Read more
What started two decades ago as a three-acre roadside farm in this valley 90 miles south of San Francisco has grown into the country's largest grower of organic produce, with more than 100 types of fruits and vegetables on 28,000 acres in the U.S. and abroad.
Earthbound's extraordinary growth is only the most visible example of how organic farming is changing. Small family farms created Read more
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May 1, 2006
New National Organic Program rulemaking on dairy herd conversion continued to draw strong objections, with critics claiming the regulations allowed too many loopholes. The public comment period closed May 12.
There were also objections that the rule allows synthetic food contact substances in organic foods.
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture summed up the dairy herd objections: "It fails to clearly prohibit certified dairy operations from continually importing conventionally raised replacement animals and transitioning them to organic management," NCSA Read more
There were also objections that the rule allows synthetic food contact substances in organic foods.
The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture summed up the dairy herd objections: "It fails to clearly prohibit certified dairy operations from continually importing conventionally raised replacement animals and transitioning them to organic management," NCSA Read more
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The Cornucopia Institute
The National Organic Program (NOP) has given notice that the regulation on pasture for organic ruminants is being revised. You can make public comments on this important issue until June 12th.
The Cornucopia Institute is working on this issue with the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA),the Midwest Organic Dairy Producers Association (MODPA) and the Western Organic Dairy Producers Association (WODPA) to secure a minimum pasture intake standard in the organic regulations. Years of discussion among organic dairy producers led to the following widely supported position Read more
The Cornucopia Institute is working on this issue with the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA),the Midwest Organic Dairy Producers Association (MODPA) and the Western Organic Dairy Producers Association (WODPA) to secure a minimum pasture intake standard in the organic regulations. Years of discussion among organic dairy producers led to the following widely supported position Read more
Press Release
May 25, 2006
Organic Consumers Association Says, 'No Factory Farmed Organics' Consumers Across the US Tell the USDA to Not Allow Imposter Organics
WASHINGTON, DC - Across the United States, thousands of consumers are responding to the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) public comment period on revisions to the National Organic Program (NOP). A number of the USDA revisions relate to the "access to pasture" requirement for organic dairies. The Organic Consumers Association and other public interest groups are very concerned that the USDA NOP Read more
WASHINGTON, DC - Across the United States, thousands of consumers are responding to the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) public comment period on revisions to the National Organic Program (NOP). A number of the USDA revisions relate to the "access to pasture" requirement for organic dairies. The Organic Consumers Association and other public interest groups are very concerned that the USDA NOP Read more
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WCCO - Minneapolis, MN, USA
It's not like Byerly's to leave customers wanting, but for weeks this spring, the chic St. Louis Park, Minn. grocer hung signs in its dairy cases; the organic milk had disappeared.
The supermarket sold out on some days because of lower winter production and the calving cycle. The milk came back this month when cows returned to pasture during what's known in the industry as "spring flush."
It's a seasonal shortage that grows more acute each year with surging demand for organic milk. Estimates range from 10 percent to 25 percent undersupply for the nation. It's enough to Read more
The supermarket sold out on some days because of lower winter production and the calving cycle. The milk came back this month when cows returned to pasture during what's known in the industry as "spring flush."
It's a seasonal shortage that grows more acute each year with surging demand for organic milk. Estimates range from 10 percent to 25 percent undersupply for the nation. It's enough to Read more
News
May 18, 2006
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.
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 18, 2006 -- Socially concerned investors, who filed a shareholder proposal with Dean Foods, today questioned the company's management at its Read more
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 18, 2006 -- Socially concerned investors, who filed a shareholder proposal with Dean Foods, today questioned the company's management at its Read more
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Steven Heim, Boston Common Asset Management, 617-720-5557 or 617-785-9527 (c) Daniel Stranahan, The Needmor Fund, 206-794-3656 Mark Kastel, The Cornucopia Institute, 608-625-2042
Investors Question Dean Foods at Stockholders Meeting
Horizon Organic Milk Brand Faces Consumer Boycott
Over Factory Farms
DALLAS: 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 Read more
Investors Question Dean Foods at Stockholders Meeting
Horizon Organic Milk Brand Faces Consumer Boycott
Over Factory Farms
DALLAS: 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 Read more
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May 10, 2006
WASHINGTON, D.C.: 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). In 2002 and 2003, the NOSB unanimously passed recommendations that all animals being Read more
The new rules ignore recommendations endorsed by the USDA's own expert advisory panel, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). In 2002 and 2003, the NOSB unanimously passed recommendations that all animals being Read more
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May 6, 2006
Come May 15, you won't find Horizon Organic brand's colorful happy cow in the dairy case at the Willy Street Co-op.
Madison's largest grocery cooperative on Williamson Street decided to drop the brand owned by Dean Foods Co. because of long-held concerns over practices at some of the large farms that supply organic milk to the company. The issues were raised by some of the co-op's members, said co-op services manager Lynn Olson.
Willy Street is among about 10 co-ops and retailers across the country that have taken action against Horizon, from posting signs to an outright Read more
Madison's largest grocery cooperative on Williamson Street decided to drop the brand owned by Dean Foods Co. because of long-held concerns over practices at some of the large farms that supply organic milk to the company. The issues were raised by some of the co-op's members, said co-op services manager Lynn Olson.
Willy Street is among about 10 co-ops and retailers across the country that have taken action against Horizon, from posting signs to an outright Read more
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Northeast Organic Farming Association
Who’s What --Acronyms used in this Article
GMOs - Genetically Modified Organisms
NOP – National Organic Program
NOSB – National Organic Standards Board
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