The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Scoular Company’s Idaho plant will manufacture non-GMO barley protein concentrate

The Scoular Company, global provider for feed and food ingredients, announced the site for providing its sustainable, plant-based protein alternative. A 15,000-square-foot facility in Jerome, Idaho will process 1.9 million bushels of barley yearly for its barley protein concentrate (BPC), for use in aquaculture feed and pet food. BPC provides a non-GMO, clean-label solution for […]

Indian woman helps 50,000 Indian farmers get organic food to consumers

When Shriya Naheta joined her sister seeking out organic farms to supply her new restaurant, she was armed with a recently earned a business degree from the University of Southern California. Surprised at the variety of crops Indians grew—specialty lettuces, fancy potatoes—she decided to create an ecosystem for organic produce from farms to consumers. In […]

Bayer stock tanks, dragged down by company’s Monsanto purchase

Bayer AG’s stock slumped after the pesticide, GMO, and drug giant announced it would have to slash costs, which continues to undermine the decision to purchase Monsanto for $63 billion. Bayer’s stock dropped as much as 13% in trading, which reduced the company’s value by 6.6 billion euros ($7.7 billion). Bayer, which is dealing with a […]

Natural pest control saving billions of dollars

Biological control of insect pests—where “natural enemies” keep pests at bay—is saving farmers in Asia and the Pacific region billions of dollars, according to researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia. Dr. Kris Wyckhuys from UQ’s School of Biological Sciences said biological control involved the careful release of an exotic natural enemy from a […]

Glyphosate Residue Free Certification market reaches $204 million

The Detox Project recently released the first ever data on the Glyphosate Residue Free certification market in September, after reviewing 2020 second quarter data provided by their data partners SPINS. SPINS found that the Glyphosate Residue Free market has reached USD $204 million, an increase of 58.2% year on year. Glyphosate Residue Free certification is […]