July/August

Regenerative Impact Program: Connecting food brands to regenerative organic farms

Two Elizabeths have combined efforts and significant track records to tackle the food system crisis through widespread, data-driven implementation of regenerative agriculture. “The scale of food production is enormous, but I believe it is also our greatest opportunity to make a positive impact,” said Elizabeth Stein, CEO and founder of Purely Elizabeth natural breakfast foods. […]

Mexico’s president signs agreement with tortilla makers to only use non-GMO white corn

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recently announced that he will sign an agreement with his country’s tortilla makers that ensures they only use non-GMO white corn while also setting new 50% tariffs on white corn imports. Lopez Obrador said that tariffs on white corn imports from countries that don’t have trade deals with Mexico […]

Organic corn, soybean markets face supply risks

By Alexander Schultz, economist, Mercaris U.S. markets for organic corn and soybeans face several potential sources of supply risk in the 2023/24 marketing year, which could create significant price volatility according to the most recent Mercaris Commodity Outlook. Organic corn acreage to reach record levels In the report, Mercaris estimates the United States will end […]

European proposal to deregulate new GMO techniques “would be the end of organic farming”

The European Commission recently proposed relaxing laws on GMOs, exempting certain GMO plants from the EU’s strict GMO regulations. Gene-edited plants, for instance, would not be labeled as GMOs and wouldn’t require a risk assessment for health and environment nor traceability. Biotech seed corporations have aggressively lobbied to exempt “New Genomic Techniques” (NGTs) from the […]

John Kempf: “Regenerative agriculture should be a public health service”

Regenerative agriculture pioneer shares his thoughts on building plant immunity and why regenerative agriculture should be about much more than soil health John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA), a farm consultancy and nutritional products company that works with farmers to develop large-scale, regenerative farming systems. The company’s products include biologicals and […]