Non-GMO News

Cherokee Nation is first U.S. tribe to send heirloom seeds to global seed vault

Deep within a mountain on a remote island in Norway, a long-term seed storage facility preserves seed and crop diversity, should a global catastrophe or unexpected supply problem threaten global food availability. The Cherokee Nation has been invited to deposit its heirloom seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—the first U.S. tribe to be so […]

The Non-GMO Project asks: What’s YOUR butterfly effect?

The Non-GMO Project launched a 12-month awareness campaign built on a collaborative art project. Working with renowned domino artist Lily Hevesh (see YouTube handle “Hevesh5”), Children of the Setting Sun Productions, Rad Power Bikes, and more than 1 million Facebook followers, #BeTheButterfly celebrates all the small choices humans can make to affect positive change in our […]

Non-GMO corn acres remain steady in 2019, non-GMO soybean acres down 1%

U.S. farmers planted seven million acres of non-GMO corn in 2019 and 4.3 million acres of non-GMO soybeans, according to Mercaris’s 2019 Organic & Non-GMO Acreage Report. Non-GMO corn acres planted in 2019 were essentially the same as in 2018, while non-GMO soybean acres were down 1% from 2018. Non-GMO corn acres were slightly lower […]

Wonder Bread now builds strong bodies the non-GMO way

The iconic Wonder Bread brand has become the first mainstream sliced bread brand to become Non-GMO Project Verified. Wonder Bread, with its famous slogan “Builds strong bodies 12 ways,” can now add non-GMO verification to the list. Sonia Bongiorno, senior manager of marketing brand build at Weston Foods, says that in addition to the importance […]

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 […]