The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

NY organic soybean processing factory and refinery for sale

A soybean processing facility in New York State owned by AgProSoy is for sale. The facility has produced organic soybean meal and oil. The facility uses a mechanical press extraction process rather than a hexane chemical extraction process. The factory produces a high quality animal feed ingredient for the local large dairy cow industry called […]

April organic poultry processing plummets 24% year-to-year

Numbers vary sharply from 3% conventional U.S. poultry slaughter decline The U.S. saw a “massive” reduction in organic broiler slaughter in April, creating serious implications for the rest of the organic food supply chain, according to the Monthly Market Update from Mercaris. USDA is reporting a decline of 24% year-to-year for organic poultry, a number […]

Nature’s Path advances regenerative organic agriculture with new product launch, certification of family farm

Nature’s Path, the family-owned organic breakfast and snack food company, celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by launching a limited-edition product that brings to life the company’s vision of combatting climate change. Nature’s Path believes that tackling climate change can begin with the food we eat, and that is why, in addition to their […]

Cargill-led fund to pay U.S. farmers for carbon capture, advance conservation efforts

Grain processing giant Cargill, Inc. has launched a new program to pay U.S. farmers for capturing carbon in their soils and reducing fertilizer runoff. The Soil & Water Outcomes Fund, which is a partnership with the Iowa Soybean Association and third-party verification company Quantified Ventures, will then sell the environmental credits created to polluters such […]

Ray Archuleta: man on a soil health mission

At his popular presentations on soil health, Ray Archuleta, a soil scientist with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), often tells his audience: “Cover crops are your first step to freedom!” Archuleta is one of NRCS’s and one of the nation’s leaders in emphasizing soil health to farmers. His message is that many modern […]