Corrections

When this page gets something wrong, the fix is published here with the original wording intact. Silent edits would make the evidence ledger meaningless.

Heirloom Maize — Journey 03

Corrected August 13, 2026 · read the journey

What we said

The journey said that “heirloom” would not be used as shorthand for “ancient, authentic, rare, superior, or culturally owned.”

What was wrong

The sentence was trying to reject unsupported cultural and identity claims, but it still placed excluded, unqualified vocabulary in public copy. That undercut the page’s own language rule.

What it says now

The journey now says that “heirloom” will not be used as proof of age, rarity, superiority, or cultural ownership.

A boundary can be stated directly without repeating a term the project has promised not to use without qualification.

Food Has a Story — Journey 01

Corrected August 13, 2026 · read the journey

What we said

The journey said readers would not find “miracle language.”

What was wrong

The intended meaning was clear, but the sentence still repeated vocabulary that the project excludes from public copy.

What it says now

The journey now says readers will not find unsupported promises.

The public vocabulary rule applies even when a sentence is rejecting the idea. The revision keeps the boundary without repeating the excluded wording.

The Tomato Test — Journey 05

Corrected August 9, 2026 · read the journey

What we said

“FDA’s current page also says enforcement is delayed until July 20, 2028.”

What was wrong

That sentence credited the delay to FDA and blurred two separate things. The pause on enforcement came from a Congressional directive, which FDA has said it intends to follow. The rule’s compliance date is a different matter: FDA proposed moving it from January 20, 2026 to July 20, 2028, and a proposal is not a settled date.

What it says now

The journey now states that Congress directed FDA not to enforce the rule before July 20, 2028 and that FDA intends to comply, and separately notes the proposed compliance-date extension — labelled Verified and Reported respectively.

A page that asks readers to separate what is established from what is merely stated has to hold its own sentences to that standard. The original wording would have failed its own ledger.