The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Healthy Food Ingredients adds two specialty mills

Healthy Food Ingredients (HFI) recently announced the addition of two specialty mills, expanding its vertical integration within its Valley City, North Dakota and Watertown, South Dakota facilities. The Valley City, ND allergen-free mill gives HFI the ability to process in-house a full range of gluten-free pulses, ancient grains and seeds into custom-milled consumer-ready flours. The […]

Mercaris sees record organic trading growth in 2020

Trading platform sees 48 percent increase year-over-year Trade of organic commodities did not stop despite the challenges from the global pandemic for the food and agriculture industry in 2020. In fact, Mercaris market data firm reported a 48% increase in volumes transacted via their online platform in comparison to 2019. During 2020, Mercaris recorded transactions […]

Victory Hemp launches campaign to finance regenerative hemp production

Kentucky-based primary food ingredient processor Victory Hemp Foods recently launched a campaign to finance regenerative hemp grain production on Steward, the world’s first CrowdFarming platform™. Steward’s platform provides investment opportunities to everyday people, allowing them to invest in sustainable farming. Victory Hemp’s campaign will fund the purchase of hemp seeds from farmers that need up-front funding to […]

Conservation farming can boost soil lifespans, research finds

Soil is a living organism, with its own lifespan. Soil lifespan is defined as the time it would take to erode 30 centimeters of topsoil. Recent joint research from China, the U.K., and Belgium has found that global soil can be healed and feed humanity for over 10,000 years, if soil conservation practices are put […]

Crop diversity improves the health of our water—and our climate

Agriculture in the Upper Mississippi River Basin remains far too reliant on just two crops—corn and soybeans. These crop monocultures have decreased the economic, social, and environmental health of the region. In 2017, 96% of the harvested cropland in Illinois and 94% in Iowa were dedicated to corn and soy. Greater agricultural diversity is needed […]