The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Organic Trade Association fraud fighting program draws robust interest

A ground-breaking fraud prevention program is drawing strong response from organic businesses as the organic sector readies for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s upcoming new rules to strengthen oversight of organic imports and the organic supply chain. Forty organic businesses are currently enrolled in the trade association’s Organic Fraud Prevention Solutions program, with another 125 […]

Environmental and farmer groups denounce approval of GMO “golden rice” in Philippines

The Philippines recently approved commercial production of the controversial genetically modified “golden rice,” which is altered to produce higher levels of beta-carotene and aims to address the problem of childhood blindness. Environmental and farmer advocacy groups denounced the approval of golden rice. Greenpeace Philippines called on Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to reverse […]

Jennifer Kahn’s “love GMOs” article in NYT is propaganda, not journalism

By Stacy Malkan World leaders gathered in Rome in late July to discuss how to fix the food system amid one of the worst hunger crises in recent times. According to a new United Nations report on hunger, more than 2.37 billion people did not have adequate access to food in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic […]

Texas grape growers sue over dicamba herbicide drift damage

Neal Newsom has battled many foes since 1986 to protect his 150 acres of grapevines near Plains, Texas, including cold weather and hailstorms. But in recent years he’s up against the agro-chemical dicamba herbicide sprayed on nearby GM cotton crops. Newsom filed a lawsuit recently with 56 Texas grape growers, seeking $1 million in damages […]

Non-GMO lecithin supplier LECICO announces new director

LECICO, global supplier of non-GMO specialty lecithins and phospholipids, has a new managing director—Sarah Bradley, CEO of Kerfoot, also an Avril Group company. Bradley will manage global growth in the food, nutrition and pharmaceutical markets. Bradley announced that Philipp Sommer will become business director at LECICO. Sommer joins from leading distribution company Nordmann, where he […]