The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Cornell faculty receive funding to study organic foods

By Magdalen Lindeberg Organic is one of the most dynamic and fast-growing segments of the U.S. agricultural market. It is also an increasingly important engine of growth for New York State, with more than 1,400 certified organic operations as of 2016. Researchers in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have been granted nearly $1.4 […]

Minnesota farmer goes beyond organic to regenerative agriculture

For Minnesota farmer Luke Peterson, diversity’s role in ecosystem health became clear working on prairie restoration. But later as a conventional farmer, drowning in “the politics behind seed, synthetic fertilizer and pesticide sales,” he saw diversity was sorely missing. He wondered if he was a farmer, or a pawn for Big Agriculture. Transitioning his 80-acre […]

Pipeline Foods hopes to streamline organic supply chain, woo conventional farmers

Growing organic crops—combatting weeds, rotating crops, and maintaining certification—isn’t the only challenge organic presents. Growers also need to locate buyers, build relationships, and secure elevators to store the harvest. Pipeline Foods of Fridley, Minnesota launched two years ago to facilitate handling of organic crops and make growing them more attractive to conventional farmers. The company […]

Perdue AgriBusiness’ organic grain facility will meet organic feed demand

Perdue Farms is the number one producer of USDA certified organic chicken. Its subsidiary Perdue AgriBusiness sources and provides agricultural commodities, and will open a $30 million organic grain receiving and storage facility for organic feed ingredients. The building will also accommodate grain and oilseed processing and milling. The building will be housed at Tradepoint […]

Farmworkers at risk from pesticide exposure—organic can help

We might forget that our food comes to us while endangering the health of millions of laborers who plant and harvest our crops, tend our livestock, and manage farm weeds and pests. The Organic Center’s new report highlights the dangers of exposure to toxic synthetic agricultural chemicals and offers to counter that risk through the […]