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The following staff members helped research, write, edit, and support this report and scorecard: Charlotte Vallaeys, Farm and Food Policy Analyst, principal author Mark Kastel, Senior Farm and Food Policy Analyst Will Fantle, Research Director Lynn Christianson, Research Assistant Margaret Hannah, Board President, Scientific Editor The following provided professional assistance: Tim Hill, report layout/design, www.timhilldesign.com Alex Turner, scorecard layout The Cornucopia Institute is dedicated to the fight for economic justice for the family-scale farming community. Through research, advocacy, and economic development, our goal is to empower farmers both politically and through marketplace initiatives. The Organic Integrity Project acts as a corporate and governmental watchdog assuring that no compromises to the credibility of organic farming methods and the food it produces are made in the pursuit of profit. We will actively resist regulatory rollbacks and the weakening of organic standards, to protect and maintain consumer confidence in the organic food label. The Cornucopia Institute P.O. Box 126 Cornucopia, WI 54827 978-369-6409 voice 866-861-2214 fax cultivate@cornucopia.org www.cornucopia.org Cover design by Tim Hill. Photos on cover courtesy of Vermont Soy, Louis Rainville, Midwest Organic Farmers Cooperative, and iStock Photo. Copyright © 2009, The Cornucopia Institute 2 Behind the bean: The Heroes and Charlatans of the Natural and Organic Soy Foods Industry.
Contents Acknowledgments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Executive Summary .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Part I: The Organic Soy Scorecard....................................9 Commitment to Organics .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Commitment to Transparency and Openness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Commitment to Stakeholders, in Addition to Shareholders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Commitment to Avoiding Genetically Engineered Organism Contamination.. . . . . . . . . 14 Commitment to Supporting North American Organic Family Farmers................ 16 Company Ratings in the Organic Soy Scorecard .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Private Labels .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Part II: Unmasking the “Natural” Soy Industry..................... 31 Isolating Nutrients: Soy protein ................................................... 31 Hexane: The Processing of “Natural” Soy with a Neurotoxic Pollutant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Conclusion .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Appendix A: Scorecard Ratings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Appendix B: Letter to Companies..................................... 48 Appendix C: List of Companies........................................ 49 Endnotes............................................................. 52 the Cornucopia Institute 3
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