Non-GMO News

Non-GMO seed-breeding company to open U.S. office

Israel-based non-GMO seed-breeding specialist Equinom, Ltd. will open offices in the U.S. to serve the North American market. This move will accelerate the company’s penetration into the global food market and bring it closer to key farming communities and grain handlers, as well as to food and food ingredient companies. Since Equinom supports agronomists, trades with […]

Non-GMO breeding and agroecology are helping to save the banana

Bananas have their enemies—one is the black Sigatoka disease, which GMO developers have been trying to eliminate for decades through disease-resistant GM varieties. None of the attempts since 2001 appear to be successful, despite the hype. Good news for banana lovers—recently researchers in Guadeloupe and Martinique, France, have introduced the Pointe d’Or, a variety grown […]

Fast-growing, plant-based meat market gets crowded as new players emerge

Non-GMO is important attribute of plant-based burgers

Cosmic Crisp®: New non-GMO apple aims for the stars

A long-term collaborative effort between researchers, tree fruit growers, and industry partners in Washington State has produced a prize apple—bred to be the sweetest, tangiest, crispiest apple anywhere, holding its freshness for up to a year in storage. The Cosmic Crisp®, a non-GMO hybrid known as WA 38, was conceived two decades ago by horticulturalist […]

USDA confirms that certified organic products can make non-GMO claims

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recently released labeling guidelines stating that organic certification is sufficient for meat, poultry, and egg product to make non-GMO claims. The guidelines clarify how companies can make “negative” or non-GMO label claims that a GMO ingredient is not used in the production of meat, poultry or […]