The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

Benson Hill’s new TruVail™ non-GMO soy protein brand reduces carbon and water use

Benson Hill food tech company has launched a new line of domestically sourced, non-GMO plant-based protein ingredients with unique sustainability benefits. The TruVail brand derives from proprietary Ultra-High Protein (UHP) soybeans, reducing need for additional processing steps typically required to concentrate protein levels. The non-GMO ingredient can be used for bakery, cereal, snacks, and meat […]

Saving the banana the non-GMO way

By Jonathan Matthews and Claire Robinson For over 20 years in news story after news story they’ve been telling us that only genetic modification can save the banana—and yet again, such claims turn out not to be true. Edible bananas are sterile, they told us, and they can only be cloned, so if they’re very vulnerable […]

Organic agriculture promotes overall biodiversity, study finds

A Saskatchewan-based study from Dalhousie University concluded that organic agriculture contributes to overall biodiversity, partly due to crop diversity (crop rotation) that accumulates diverse organisms in the soil and maintains fertility. Researcher Wenjie Xu analyzed 71 organic and conventional field pairs and found that organic growers leave more semi-natural vegetation in fields than conventional farmers. […]

Indiana growers steer toward organic farming as market booms

According to the USDA’s 2019 Survey of Organic Agriculture by Commodity.com, the number of organic farms jumped 50% in the last ten years. About 16,500 organic farms now occupy close to 5.5 million acres, a 38% increase from 2008. While Indiana sits approximately in the middle of those stats, with 600 certified organic farms covering about […]

USDA’s organic survey will gather data on organic agriculture production

A survey sent to all known certified organic farms and ranches within the 50 states will help the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collect data on certified organic crops and livestock commodities. Producers will provide information on acreage, production, and sales as well as production and marketing practices. Results will help evaluate economic […]