The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Bayer may face next Roundup cancer trial by the end of the year

Bayer had hoped they wouldn’t face another trial over the cancer link to Roundup herbicide until February but an elderly couple in California may change that. A husband and wife, both in their 70s, are invoking the same California law, which gives scheduling preference to people who are terminally ill. The same law allowed Dewayne […]

Monsanto weed killer linked to bee deaths

The world’s most widely used weed killer may also be indirectly killing bees. New research from the University of Texas at Austin shows that honey bees exposed to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, lose some of the beneficial bacteria in their guts and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria. […]

Manitoba targeted for non-GMO soybean production to fill export opportunity

Though Western Canada has been dominated by genetically modified soybean acres, seed companies are developing high protein varieties to expand Manitoba’s Red River Valley non-GMO soy production. In contrast to Ontario and Quebec, food grade soybeans are very scarce in Manitoba and Saskatchewan—less than 1 percent of soybean output in Manitoba. Quebec and Ontario growers […]

U.S. start-up nurtures market for organic and non-GMO crops

Surging consumer demand led entrepreneurs to establish “identity preserved” venue

“Free-From” Foods Are Changing the Way Your Meals Are Produced

More and more consumers want foods free from genetically modified ingredients, gluten, pesticides, and antibiotics and food companies are responding. Sales of such “free-from” foods are poised to grow 15 percent, or $1.4 billion, in the U.S. between 2017 and 2022, according to Euromonitor data. The U.S. is the largest global growth market for the […]