The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

General Mills faces class action lawsuit over Cheerios glyphosate cover up

General Mills is facing a potentially damaging class action lawsuit in the U.S. after a Florida woman accused it of engaging in deceptive business practices, by not alerting the public that their Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios cereals contain the known carcinogen and the world’s most used weedkiller—glyphosate. This new class action follows the landmark cancer trial verdict in […]

Breakfast with a dose of Roundup?

A nutritious, healthy breakfast has long been touted as the best way to start a day—so it’s more than troubling to discover that high levels of a toxic herbicide have been found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats brands, Kellogg’s cereals, and granola bars. Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, was found in 43 of […]

Bayer may face next Roundup cancer trial by the end of the year

Bayer had hoped they wouldn’t face another trial over the cancer link to Roundup herbicide until February but an elderly couple in California may change that. A husband and wife, both in their 70s, are invoking the same California law, which gives scheduling preference to people who are terminally ill. The same law allowed Dewayne […]

Monsanto weed killer linked to bee deaths

The world’s most widely used weed killer may also be indirectly killing bees. New research from the University of Texas at Austin shows that honey bees exposed to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, lose some of the beneficial bacteria in their guts and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria. […]

Manitoba targeted for non-GMO soybean production to fill export opportunity

Though Western Canada has been dominated by genetically modified soybean acres, seed companies are developing high protein varieties to expand Manitoba’s Red River Valley non-GMO soy production. In contrast to Ontario and Quebec, food grade soybeans are very scarce in Manitoba and Saskatchewan—less than 1 percent of soybean output in Manitoba. Quebec and Ontario growers […]