The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Green Economy Accelerator project engages farmers to transform agriculture in India

Satya Tripathi, former assistant general secretary of U.N. Environment, wants to solve environmental challenges by “[changing] the way [people] live their lives… when you work with them directly.” His Green Economy Accelerator for a Just Transition (GREAT) is helping Indian smallholder farmers adopt greenhouse-based permaculture and has invested in fruit cultivation and anaerobic digesters. GREAT […]

Tanzania achieves 128% food sufficiency through agroecology, rejects GMOs

While rejecting genetically modified organisms as a “false solution” linked to neocolonialism and economic dependence, Tanzania achieved a significant milestone recently by becoming 128% food sufficient without the use of GMOs. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, during the World Food Prize Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue held in Iowa in late October, spoke of the nation’s […]

TUYYO selected for Non-GMO Project’s program supporting BIMPOC-led brands

Hispanic-owned  brand TUYYO is the latest recipient of the Non-GMO Project’s Equitable Transfer Program (ETP). The initiative provides $10,000, supporting  equity and inclusion in the natural products industry by covering or offsetting Non-GMO Project verification costs for Black, Indigenous, multiracial, and people of color (BIMPOC)-led brands. “TU Y YO” means ‘you and me’ in Spanish; […]

Snack company to pay $4 million to settle class action lawsuit over false non-GMO label on products

Deep River Snacks, a Connecticut-based company, has settled a class-action lawsuit over its “non-GMO ingredients” label by creating a $4 million reimbursement fund for consumers. The lawsuit, filed in 2020 in New York, alleged the company’s potato chips used dairy from cows fed GMOs, despite the packaging’s non-GMO claim. Plaintiffs argued that the label closely […]

Leading scientist defends Mexico’s food sovereignty from GM corn and glyphosate

By Stacy Malkan Dr. María Elena Álvarez-Buylla is an expert on the topic of genetic engineering who has co-authored dozens of papers about molecular genetics, ecology, evolution and related topics. She is a professor of molecular genetics, epigenetics, and development at Mexico’s National Autonomous University. Until the end of September, Dr. Álvarez-Buylla was the head of Mexico’s […]