Non-GMO News

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 […]

Tri-State and Redwood join forces to operate and market a premium non-GMO and organic soybean crush plant in Indiana

Tri-State Crush, LLC, a non-GMO soybean crush facility located in Nappanee, Indiana, and The Redwood Group, LLC, a commodity supply chain solutions and merchandising company in Mission, Kansas, recently announced the formation of a strategic relationship that will create an additional outlet for local producers to market their organic and non-GMO production and better connect the end-users […]

Forester Farmers Market chicken now Non-GMO Project Verified

A brand of premium chicken products produced by Ozark Mountain Poultry (OMP) is now 100 percent certified by the Non-GMO Project. Forester Farmers Market® chicken is non-GMO, antibiotic-free, cage free, 100% all- natural with no added hormones or steroids, and fed an all-vegetable diet. The chicken can be purchased at Sam’s Clubs nationwide, Midwest-based Kwik […]

Non-GMO and organic seed trial data now online

The US Testing Network (USTN) announced that its non-GMO and organic seed yield trial data is now available online. USTN was launched in 2009 when a few cutting-edge seed corn retailers and breeders decided it was time to build something they couldn’t find—a yield trial testing network for their non-GMO and organic hybrids. Sarah Carlson […]

New zinc-enriched non-GMO corn set to improve nutrition in Colombia

The first zinc-enriched corn variety developed for South America was released in Colombia this past February in an effort to combat malnutrition in the country. Developed using traditional non-GMO breeding techniques, this biofortified corn variety has naturally higher concentrations of zinc, an essential mineral that plays an important role in human development. It is estimated that […]