The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

First-time Ohio organic farmers forced to change course with pandemic

Launching an organic farm business—even an inherited farm with a 20-year history—can be a daunting venture. But when spring floods and a lock-down pandemic hit your first growing season, you’ve got to reposition yourself quickly. Kim and Taylor Wiggins bought Northridge Organic Farm in Johnstown, Ohio last year—and fulfilling a dream, renamed it From Scratch […]

Natural Products Expo West tradeshow postponed until May 2021

Natural Products Expo West, the world’s largest natural products tradeshow, has been postponed from its original March 3-6 dates to May 24-27, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an announcement about the change, New Hope Network stated they had hoped to hold the show in March but “due to the uncertainty of the ongoing […]

AquaBounty’s farmed salmon now in U.S. stores

AquaBounty, developer of genetically modified salmon, is releasing its first conventional Atlantic salmon raised at its Indiana fish facility, said CEO Sylvia Wulf. The initial commercial harvest, sold to a Chicago customer, will pave the way for rollout of the company’s GM salmon, AquAdvantage in the fourth quarter of this year. “I think this will […]

Bayer’s latest GM corn is resistant to 5 herbicides

Ten-billion dollar settlement over Roundup (glyphosate) cancer lawsuit? A $400 million settlement over dicamba (XtendiMax) damage? You’d think those figures would give pause to an herbicide developer, but Bayer is unfazed—instead, it’s aggressively pursuing approval for a new GM corn variety resistant to five different herbicides, including the two already implicated. And the company stands […]

Multiple natural food brands promote Glyphosate Residue Free certification

When an Environmental Working Group report located traces of the herbicide glyphosate in many popular breakfast cereals, consumer radar perked up. “Glyphosate Residue Free” certification began in 2017 with formation of The Detox Project. Now over 70 major brands, including Chobani, Oatly, Planet Oat, PURIS, Once Upon a Farm, Foodstirs, Chosen Foods, and Thrive Market […]