The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Organic under threat: OTA urges defeat of move to weaken organic

OTA says effort to stop organic animal welfare rule sets dangerous precedent The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is urging Congress to oppose an effort on Capitol Hill to stop the advancement of organic animal welfare regulations, calling the effort unjust and unwarranted and part of a broader attempt to dismantle the National Organic Program. An […]

Family converts to organic dairy production to create a pathway for next generation

By Jan Shepel, Correspondent From the hill overlooking Paoli and the surrounding hills in southern Wisconsin, fifth-generation dairy farmer Darren Eichelkraut sees the same view that four previous generations looked out on when they got up to milk cows in the morning. Breezy View Dairy has been in the family since 1921. Last year the […]

Ciranda offers reduced sugar syrups

Ciranda’s new line of organic and non-GMO reduced sugar syrups from agave and tapioca can be used as a single syrup replacement for traditional syrups or combined to create the perfect sweetener solution for food applications Tapioca Syrup RS18 is a clear, mildly viscous syrup produced from tapioca starch using non-GMO enzymes. It has a […]

Iowa, Minnesota farmers plead guilty in organic fraud schemes

Two farmers, one in Iowa and another in Minnesota, recently pleaded guilty to selling conventionally grown crops as organic in multimillion-dollar fraud schemes. According to court records, Mark Lynn Haines, 48, of Sigourney, Iowa engaged in a scheme to defraud and obtain money from 2015 to 2018 concerning sales of grain as organic, when in […]

Kansas City nonprofit grows free, organic produce for cancer patients

  Kansas City, Missouri nonprofit Food for the Cure is providing organic produce to support recovery of cancer patients in the area. “Organic food is really the best thing for their bodies and it’s not easy to find,” said board vice president Alan Staples. “Especially if they’re getting chemo, the last thing you want to […]