The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Non-GMO corn acres remain steady in 2019, non-GMO soybean acres down 1%

U.S. farmers planted seven million acres of non-GMO corn in 2019 and 4.3 million acres of non-GMO soybeans, according to Mercaris’s 2019 Organic & Non-GMO Acreage Report. Non-GMO corn acres planted in 2019 were essentially the same as in 2018, while non-GMO soybean acres were down 1% from 2018. Non-GMO corn acres were slightly lower […]

Wonder Bread now builds strong bodies the non-GMO way

The iconic Wonder Bread brand has become the first mainstream sliced bread brand to become Non-GMO Project Verified. Wonder Bread, with its famous slogan “Builds strong bodies 12 ways,” can now add non-GMO verification to the list. Sonia Bongiorno, senior manager of marketing brand build at Weston Foods, says that in addition to the importance […]

Non-GMO seed-breeding company to open U.S. office

Israel-based non-GMO seed-breeding specialist Equinom, Ltd. will open offices in the U.S. to serve the North American market. This move will accelerate the company’s penetration into the global food market and bring it closer to key farming communities and grain handlers, as well as to food and food ingredient companies. Since Equinom supports agronomists, trades with […]

Non-GMO breeding and agroecology are helping to save the banana

Bananas have their enemies—one is the black Sigatoka disease, which GMO developers have been trying to eliminate for decades through disease-resistant GM varieties. None of the attempts since 2001 appear to be successful, despite the hype. Good news for banana lovers—recently researchers in Guadeloupe and Martinique, France, have introduced the Pointe d’Or, a variety grown […]

Fast-growing, plant-based meat market gets crowded as new players emerge

Non-GMO is important attribute of plant-based burgers