2018

REBBL with a cause: Serving up super-herbs in tantalizing liquid creations, to tackle human trafficking

Inverting the standard business model, organic beverage maker REBBL emerged from a “cause in search of a company.” Former venture capitalist and ethics professor David Batstone launched the non-profit Not For Sale over a decade ago, to grow self-sustaining social projects to combat forced labor and human trafficking—a scourge affecting 30 million people worldwide. In […]

Yields hold potential boon for 2018 organic wheat production

By Ryan Koory, senior economist, Mercaris In its 2017/2018 Organic Wheat Market Guide, Mercaris estimated that despite a 22 percent increase in U.S. acres, U.S. organic wheat production only grew by 10 percent in 2017. The lackluster production is entirely due to a 10 percent year over year (y/y) decline in organic wheat yields, but […]

Report: nearly half of consumers avoid GMOs; more are buying non-GMO products

Survey finds 76 percent of Americans are familiar with Non-GMO Project seal

The Andersons “one-stop shop” is helping farmers transition to organic

“Farmer-centric” company offers a range of services to help farmers make the three-year transition

Toxic legacy: new science reveals generational harm of pesticides

Epigenetics shows how pesticide damage to DNA can be “programmed” into future generations