The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Non-GMO is major trend at world’s largest food and beverage trade show

The world’s largest trade show for food and beverages will be held in Cologne, Germany in early October, and non-GMO and organic categories are among the leading trends highlighting Anuga 2019. The event has drawn over 7,400 exhibitors from 100 countries. In 2018, non-GMO labels were on 5% of new products worldwide, revealing 14% annual […]

Nestlé, Chipotle involved in lawsuits over non-GMO claims

Food manufacturing giant Nestlé USA, Inc. and fast casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill have had to fight lawsuits over promoting foods as being non-GMO. A California federal court recently ruled that Nestlé must face a proposed class action lawsuit over non-GMO labeling claims on many of the company’s products including Lean Cuisine ravioli, Buitoni […]

Non-GMO Project growth “extreme and consistent”

The percentage of shoppers shunning genetically modified foods has tripled over the past decade, according to market research firm The Hartman Group. In 2018, 46% of consumers avoided GM foods compared to 15% in 2007. The reasons consumers avoid GM foods include discomfort, distrust, and uncertainty, and they perceive such products as unhealthful and potentially […]

Organic policy experts form watchdog agency for needed oversight

In light of USDA shortcomings to provide corporate and governmental oversight over organic industry interests, Beyond Pesticides has formed OrganicEye, to protect the definition and integrity of the label and organic food production. As organic has grown into a $50 billion industry, corporate agriculture has worked to shift primary organic production from family-scale farms to […]

Georgia cooperative forms to market organic peanuts

After the non-profit Georgia Organics launched around 2013, calls started coming in weekly from U.S. peanut roasters eager to source organic peanuts. “It wasn’t just that they wanted organic peanuts,” said Perri Campis, a member of the organization’s Farmer Services program. “They specifically asked for organic peanuts from Georgia. I hated having to tell them […]