Organic and Non-GMO Company Profiles

When all the kernels pop: Reist Popcorn maximizes non-GMO opportunity

What started out as a side business to occupy Pennsylvania’s winter months is keeping the Reist family’s third and fourth generations fully occupied—in the booming market of non-GMO snacks. Reist Popcorn Co. processes around 100,000 lbs. per day at its Mount Joy, PA processing plant—supplying snack manufacturers, distributors, and concessionaires with eight non-GMO and two […]

Purely (potent) Pinole uses non-GMO purple corn to pack the punch

The best things in life are often not new, but rediscoveries of traditions persisting in tucked-away corners, kept alive by wise guardians. Pinole, an ancient power food first cultivated by the Aztecs in Mexico and Central America, is one such cultural gem—a nutrient-rich food recipe that generates superior endurance, energy, and health. This coarse ground […]

First non-GMO verified oil mill in Northeast offers unique oils, non-GMO meal

Netaka White has made a career of producing useful items from raw materials, but his latest venture represents a particularly broad leap: from crushing canola and sunflower oils to generate on-farm biodiesel, to filtering and cold-pressing non-GMO streams of those oils to create tasty, aromatic, and nutritious culinary oils. White and his co-founder and co-owner […]

Our Little Rebellion™ snack foods fire up a non-GMO corn revolution

Paul Nardone is no stranger to bold, innovative upgrades when it comes to natural foods products—several years back he spearheaded the transition of Annie’s Homegrown foods to organic. Now he’s done it on a larger scale, deconstructing an entire supply chain and reshaping it, to gather the nearly 20 million pounds of non-GMO corn his […]

Back to the Roots: Sprouting connections through transparency

A thriving venture grows from another company’s waste… the waste from that enterprise spawns another valuable commodity…and so it goes. Sustainability and upcycling are taken to another level. A passion for transparency spurs a promising launch of a refreshingly simple product in the highly competitive cereal industry—striking a chord with consumers wanting “real” food they […]