The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

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 […]

Fismer Lecithin GmbH, Totalfoods join forces to lead Brazil’s non-GMO lecithin market

Two leading companies are now working together in the Brazilian market. The Brazilian company, Totalfoods and Fismer Lecithin GmbH have decided to combine forces. Totalfoods with Masuo Okada and Ricardo Okada is considered the leading company in the Brazilian oil mill market. Okada has been working in this industry for more than 40 years and has also held […]

Cherokee Nation is first U.S. tribe to send heirloom seeds to global seed vault

Deep within a mountain on a remote island in Norway, a long-term seed storage facility preserves seed and crop diversity, should a global catastrophe or unexpected supply problem threaten global food availability. The Cherokee Nation has been invited to deposit its heirloom seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—the first U.S. tribe to be so […]

The Non-GMO Project asks: What’s YOUR butterfly effect?

The Non-GMO Project launched a 12-month awareness campaign built on a collaborative art project. Working with renowned domino artist Lily Hevesh (see YouTube handle “Hevesh5”), Children of the Setting Sun Productions, Rad Power Bikes, and more than 1 million Facebook followers, #BeTheButterfly celebrates all the small choices humans can make to affect positive change in our […]