The organic food market continues to surge: where will it go next?
It has been projected to increase at a 14 percent rate between 2016 and 2021. It saw $43 billion in sales in 2016. And the global organic market has room to grow—retailers,…
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Real Organic Project add-on label hopes to enhance organic integrity
Is the USDA organic seal losing credibility? A group of organic farmers and advocates feel that the National Organic Program standard has…
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Study finds Organic Valley’s Grassmilk® more nutritious than conventional milk
Food Science and Nutrition recently published findings about 100 percent grass-fed, organic whole milk—it contains exceptional levels of two important nutrients. Cows…
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Satva features organic cotton activewear, supporting Indian farmers
Small-scale cotton farmers in India have fallen into catastrophic debt trying to grow GM cotton, and one fashion designer wants to help…
1 min readOne quarter of all new food products launched in Germany are organic
Fifty-eight percent of Germans buy organic because it is GMO-free Twenty five percent of all food and drink products launched in Germany…
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You Can Profit with Non-GMO
by Josh Richey As CEO of Spectrum, I get a lot of questions about what it’s like to lead a non-GMO seed company…
2 min read07 · The Organic & Non-GMO Report NewsletterThe Vermont Non-GMO Cookbook highlights farmers, producers, and food democracy
Tracey Medeiros has followed up two books on Vermont cooking with a third, focusing on sustainable agriculture and the public’s role in…
1 min readThe New Primal achieves Non-GMO Project verification for marinades and cooking sauces
Fueled by a commitment to offer high-integrity foods to the masses, The New Primal recently announced Non-GMO Project verification for their entire line…
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Regenerative Organic Certification aims to raise the bar on organic standards
So many labels—non-GMO, certified organic, fair trade, humane—consumers want all those things for their food. But Rodale Institute president Jeff Moyer says…
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“Soil Matters”: General Mills promotes regenerative farming with Annie’s products
The prognosis for U.S. soil is bleak: industrial agriculture and deforestation will have wiped it out in 60 years, scientists predict, unless…
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Senator McConnell to introduce legislation to legalize hemp production in the U.S.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently announced that he would introduce legislation in the United States Senate to support the…
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U.S., EU regulators approve Bayer-Monsanto merger, U.S. farmers concerned
“Merger from hell” creates world’s largest agribusiness corporation The U.S. Justice Department recently announced that it would allow German drugs and pesticides…
2 min read13 · The Organic & Non-GMO Report NewsletterChina in no hurry to approve GM food crops
China’s Ministry of Agriculture says no genetically modified food crops have been approved, and if they are, they will have to be…
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GMOs failed to impress—GMOs 2.0 may be even riskier
Despite 20 years of genetically modified organisms infiltrating grocery brands, millions of Americans still go hungry—and we’re seeing huge rises in use…
1 min read15 · The Organic & Non-GMO Report NewsletterGMO 2.0 stevia hits the market, unregulated, unlabeled
A “next gen” sweetener called EverSweet, that uses genetically engineered yeast to convert sugar molecules to mimic the stevia plant, is now…
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Experts predict even more dicamba drift damage this year
Drift from dicamba herbicide has damaged several million acres of farmland the past two years and even more is likely this year,…
2 min readEPA softened dicamba restrictions on basis of Monsanto research
“The EPA expects that exposure will remain confined to the dicamba treated field.”
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California: Monsanto not required to put warning label on Roundup
A federal judge has overturned a January 2017 opinion, stopping a California decision to require designation of glyphosate as a carcinogen and…
1 min read19 · The Organic & Non-GMO Report NewsletterPortable pesticide sensors for produce coming soon
In the wake of weak monitoring of pesticides by the FDA and USDA, a University of Texas Dallas professor has built an…
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