The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Purely Canada acquires value-added grain and protein ingredient terminal in Saskatchewan 

Plant-based protein ingredient provider Purely Canada Foods Corp., a subsidiary of Above Food Corp., has purchased a high-capacity grain and protein ingredient processing terminal in Kindersley, west central Saskatchewan. The facility will be able to process and ship up to 100,000 metric tons of value-added grain and protein ingredients. Senior pulse manager David Nobbs looks […]

Non-GMO Similac baby formula coming, thanks to consumers

Health care company Abbott is finally rolling out a baby formula free of genetically modified ingredients—the first to do so. Most commercial baby food contains GM corn and soy derivatives. Similac Advance non-GMO formula is coming to Target; a non-GMO version of Similac Sensitive will follow. “We listen to moms and dads, and they’ve told […]

Protein Industries Canada invests into non-GMO soybean processing

New protein ingredient plant will focus on global opportunities with home-grown inputs Protein Industries Canada recently announced a partnership that will develop and commercialize high-quality, made-in-Canada, non-GMO soybean protein ingredients. Canada Protein Ingredients Ltd. – Ingrédients Protéiques du Canada Ltée (CPI-IPC), DJ Hendrick International, Agrocorp Processing, Semences Prograin, and Synthesis Network have partnered to produce […]

Minnesota seed company’s non-GMO corn is finding a home in Kazakhstan

A Minnesota non-GMO seed company, BASS Genetics, is supplying large farms in Kazakhstan with non-GMO corn seed. According to BASS (Baumgartner Agricultural Science and Services) founder Ed Baumgartner, Kazakhstan farmers grow about 2 million acres of corn annually. Most of it is fed to their domestic livestock, primarily cattle. Kazakhstan has huge farms. The average size […]

Nature Bio Foods opens state-of-the-art organic foods cleaning plant

Nature Bio Foods recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility in Mandeep, India to process organic grains, oilseeds and cereals. The processing lines include best-in-class cleaning and grading machines made by Cimbria, one of the world’s leading organic processing equipment manufacturers. A Bühler Group optical sorting machine uses the latest MultiVision technology. The facility is completely […]