Non-GMO News

U.S. start-up nurtures market for organic and non-GMO crops

Surging consumer demand led entrepreneurs to establish “identity preserved” venue

“Free-From” Foods Are Changing the Way Your Meals Are Produced

More and more consumers want foods free from genetically modified ingredients, gluten, pesticides, and antibiotics and food companies are responding. Sales of such “free-from” foods are poised to grow 15 percent, or $1.4 billion, in the U.S. between 2017 and 2022, according to Euromonitor data. The U.S. is the largest global growth market for the […]

Now GMO supporters want to deny consumers the right to know if their foods are non-GMO

Supporters of genetically engineered foods don’t like consumer transparency. They staunchly opposed efforts to label such foods in the U.S. for many years even though a majority of consumers support such labeling. Now, in another attack on consumer transparency, GMO proponents want to deny Americans the right to know if their foods are non-GMO. An […]

Ireland further restricts cultivation of GMOs to preserve GMO-free status

The Irish government approved transposition of an EU directive allowing it to opt out of growing GM crops approved elsewhere in the European Union. The move will impact a wider range of policy grounds than before—including where the cultivation would oppose environmental policy objectives; town and country planning; socio-economic impacts; land use; avoidance of GMOs […]

New Mexican president supports production of native non-GMO maize/corn, rejection of GMO corn

The victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his Morena party in July’s Mexican elections has stunned international observers. The center-left insurgency received an estimated twice the number of votes of its nearest rival in a multi-party presidential race, winning more than 50 percent of the vote, several important governorships including the first woman to […]