The Organic & Non-GMO Report Newsletter

New book: How Home Gardens Outshine Industrial Food

The real cost of the food in the local supermarket is far more than what you pay at the checkout counter. In his new book, Just Grow It Yourself, botanist and author David G. Fisher compares home gardens to industrial food head-to-head, from taste and nutrition to cost, safety, and yield. Contrary to the popular […]

New Mexico Food Co-op is one of few stores that can claim to be 100% non-GMO

There aren’t many stores in the U.S. that can claim to sell all non-GMO items in their stores, but the Taos Food Co-op in Taos, New Mexico is one of those stores. Every product is vetted before purchased to ensure it is non-GMO. The co-op also only carries produce and bulk products that are 100% […]

Use of cover crops as climate tool on the rise

Purdue’s Ag Economy Barometer announced recently that over half of the U.S,’ largest farms (over $500,000 worth of production yearly) planted cover crops this year. Cover crops are now seen as a way to earn money from carbon contracts while lessening climate change impacts. In the survey of 400 producers, most were newcomers, with half […]

Soylent’s whitewashing on use of GMOs angers ag journal

Meal replacement maker backtracks from “proudly made with GMOs” to no mention of GMOs on its website When Soylent meal replacement drink was introduced in 2014, the company heavily promoted the fact that the product was made using genetically engineered ingredients including GMO soy protein. The company touted the product as “Proudly made with GMOs” […]

Planting perennial prairie strips—environmental boon, while increasing agricultural production

Less erosion, reduced nitrogen runoff, and loads more butterflies and microorganisms—sound worth it? Planting perennial prairie strips on farms provides these benefits, and more. Missouri farmer Frank Oberle has been using one-mile-long prairie strips for over 15 years—strips of 30-120 feet wide placed along waterways, through fields, or in terrace channels—seeding them with native flowers […]