The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Organic farmers fill national food system holes revealed by COVID-19

The organic sector is getting creative to remedy America’s unwieldy food system, while trying to stay afloat amid the demise of restaurants. Dave Bishop of Illinois’s Prairie Erth Farm is grateful for local sources: he sells his vegetables to CSAs, delivers grain to an organic mill, and fills his grocery accounts in nearby Chicago. “All […]

Consumers embrace local, organic foods amid pandemic

According to Stonyfield Farm chairman Gary Hirshberg, the “silver lining” in the COVID-19 pandemic is that people are learning that “we are what we eat,” which is driving demand for local and organic foods. In a podcast by FoodNavigator USA, Hirshberg says that as a result of the pandemic more people want locally produced foods […]

As food supply chain breaks down, farm-to-door CSAs take off

While some American farmers have been forced to dump milk or plow under crops due to loss of markets during the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers of community supported agriculture (CSA) programs are thriving. A reporter contacted Judith Redmond, a founding partner of the 450-acre, organic Full Belly Farm, wanting to see produce rotting in the fields. But […]

Nature’s Path is the largest organic farm worldwide to earn Regenerative Organic Certification

The 5,000-acre Legend Organic Farm owned by Nature’s Path—located in Saskatchewan, Canada—is continuing a family legacy of regenerating planetary health. Company founder Arran Stephens announced that the farm obtained Regenerative Organic Certification® from the Regenerative Organic Alliance—the largest global organic farm to do so. “At the heart of Nature’s Path is a vision to build […]

General Mills promotes a regenerative renaissance through Soil Health Academy

Continuing its commitment to regenerative agriculture practices, food giant General Mills has awarded a $1.65 million grant to the non-profit Soil Health Academy (SHA) to educate and mentor wheat and oat producers in targeted regions of the U.S. and Canada as they transition from conventional agricultural practices to soil health-focused regenerative agriculture practices. SHA will […]