The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Bayer’s latest GM corn is resistant to 5 herbicides

Ten-billion dollar settlement over Roundup (glyphosate) cancer lawsuit? A $400 million settlement over dicamba (XtendiMax) damage? You’d think those figures would give pause to an herbicide developer, but Bayer is unfazed—instead, it’s aggressively pursuing approval for a new GM corn variety resistant to five different herbicides, including the two already implicated. And the company stands […]

Multiple natural food brands promote Glyphosate Residue Free certification

When an Environmental Working Group report located traces of the herbicide glyphosate in many popular breakfast cereals, consumer radar perked up. “Glyphosate Residue Free” certification began in 2017 with formation of The Detox Project. Now over 70 major brands, including Chobani, Oatly, Planet Oat, PURIS, Once Upon a Farm, Foodstirs, Chosen Foods, and Thrive Market […]

Dicamba weedkiller damage continues across the U.S.

The controversial herbicide dicamba continues to wreak havoc in the U.S. as reports of drift damage by the weedkiller continue to mount and weeds are already becoming resistant to it. More than 60 million acres of dicamba tolerant GMO cotton and soybeans were planted this year, and dicamba use in U.S. agriculture is near record […]

Lab tests find high levels of glyphosate in conventional hummus, chickpeas

Independent tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate, the weedkiller linked to cancer, in more than 80% of non-organic hummus and chickpeas samples, and detected at far lower levels in several organic versions. One-third of the 27 conventional hummus samples exceeded EWG’s benchmark of 160 parts per billion (ppb) for daily consumption. The Environmental […]

Brazil’s meat giant joins plant-based burger platform, seizing pandemic opportunity

The coronavirus pandemic has created a silver lining in the plant-based meat industry. Concerns over meat shortages, stemming from meatpacking plant shutdowns, led to panic buying. Consumers found a safer alternative, in strong supply—Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and other plant-based sausage, burger, and ground beef options. Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest meat company, unrolled its […]