The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

National Audubon Society launches regenerative grasslands partnership with Panorama Organic meats

National Audubon Society has announced the Audubon Conservation Ranching Initiative—a collaboration with the U.S.’s largest producer of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished certified organic beef. The commitment will impact one million acres of certified organic U.S. grasslands and create individual habitat management plans with every family rancher in the Panorama Organic network—34 ranchers, spanning eight states. “With […]

Kansas’ Elevate Ag is boosting farmer success with regenerative agriculture and natural products

Kansas farmer Arman Miller launched Elevate Ag in 2019, after experimenting with a natural manure and calcium product that significantly benefited his crop. Now the company offers consultation with Midwestern and Southern farmers, pushing regenerative agriculture to increase farmer profits while reducing chemical inputs. “What we’re trying to go back to is farming with biology, […]

Large South Dakota organic farm faces criticism over soil erosion, poor management

A 34,000-acre organic farm in South Dakota that supplies organic grains to General Mills has been criticized for soil erosion due to tillage and failure to follow recommendations for soil conservation. In 2018, General Mills engaged in a strategic sourcing arrangement with an investment firm to transition Gunsmoke Farms near Pierre, South Dakota to organic. […]

USDA invests $2 million in value-added organic grains

Cornell University is leading a project to spread consumption of diverse and ancient grains in the Northeast and Midwest, funded by a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The three-year project will develop infrastructure for organic cultivation and marketing of grains including bread wheat, naked barley, hulless oats, rye, emmer, spelt, […]

Northeast’s leading organic soybean processor expanding operations to meet strong demand

By Joe Sylvester Boyd Station, a Pennsylvania-based processor of organic soybeans, is expanding this year with a $2.6 million grant from the state to help meet strong demand for its organic soybean oil and meal. The grant will be used to improve rail access at the company’s soybean processing facility, and allow Boyd Station to […]