The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

A decade of pesticides, GMOs, and alternatives to chemical-intensive farming

Four experts discuss how the last 10 years have seen an increase in pesticides—and crops bred to resist them—even as consumer concerns have mounted.

Two billion dollar judgment against Bayer/Monsanto in glyphosate cancer trial was “devastating rebuke” to company’s science

For the third time in less than a year, a California jury has delivered a stinging blow to Bayer-Monsanto, finding that the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused cancer in a California couple and awarding them a staggering $2.055 billion in damages. In May, a jury in Alameda County Superior Court found that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, […]

I’ve been a farmworker all my life. Here’s why you should buy organic food

Rudy Arredondo, founder and president of the National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Trade Association, knows firsthand the “blow” of toxic chemicals. At age twelve, he worked to direct crop-dusting planes onto fields, and felt the impact of the toxic spray. At times with no protection, farmworkers have unwittingly exposed themselves to chemicals, resulting in chronic, […]

Food industry leaders come together to present opening keynote panel at Plant Based World Conference & Expo

Panelists Include Representatives from Kroger, Compass Group and the Plant Based Foods Association

Out-of-work Appalachian coal miners train as beekeepers to earn extra cash

In regions of West Virginia where coal mining was once a major source of steady income, over 28 percent of the population lives in poverty. Mining jobs dropped from 132,000 in 1990 to 53,000 in 2018. A project spearheaded by Appalachian Headwaters, funded by a $7.5 million settlement from a lawsuit against a coal mine […]