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The State of California is in the Process of Defining "Regenerative Agriculture" and the Consequences for Organic Could Be Severe

May 24, 2023

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This is another Prop 37 moment for our industry.

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"Sustainable" Certifications are Siphoning Billions from Organic

May 10, 2023

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The actual environmental benefit may be incredibly different from what consumers are assuming.

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Co-Founder of the Organic Consumers Association, Ronnie Cummins, Passes Away

Apr 28, 2023

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A very big loss for consumers and the entire organic industry.

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What Recent Grocery Shopping Trends are Telling Us

Apr 26, 2023

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The industry has done a very poor job of communicating to consumers what organic means.

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Well, it looks like the U.S. and Mexico are heading toward a full-blown trade dispute under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) over Mexico's policies to limit the use of genetically-engineered corn.

The U.S. claims that Mexico's decision is not based on science.

Yes, a science that is entirely based on patents, control, money, power and genetic contamination of Mexico's heirloom corn varieties.

I stand with Mexico!

Estoy con México!

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Never before has there been more interest in making environmentally friendly purchases or supporting companies that are committed to protecting the planet.

While there are several indisputably sustainable standards applied to agriculture — such as USDA organic, EU organic, Regenerative Organic Certified®, Real Organic Project and Demeter — there has been a rapid emergence of seemingly similar but less rigorous certifications that are seeking to capitalize on powerful ESG trends.

In the process, what often gets hidden is that the actual environmental benefit of these “sustainable” certifications may be incredibly different from what consumers and investors are assuming.

But they aren’t the only ones coming up short.

The organic industry, as a whole, is losing billions in lost sales and investment dollars.

Full story is on Organic Insider and the link is in the Bio above. 🙏

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@naturespathorganic is awarding 15 community gardens more than $100,000 in grants through its Gardens for Good Program.

Applications are due by June 4th and for more information, you can visit:
https://gardensforgood.naturespath.com/en-us/

LOVE this program!!! ❤️

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Make no mistake about it.

Gene-edited seeds pose an existential threat to the organic food supply.

Why? Because they can contaminate organic farms and ruin the purity of the organic seed supply.

And the long-term human safety studies of gene-edited crops?

They haven't been done.

So, we are at the mercy of PhDs in laboratories who are playing God with our food supply.

What is almost as bad is that governments around the world, including Canada, are saying that gene-edited crops are Non-GMO....even though gene-edited crops utilize genetic-engineering tools to rearrange the genetic code of the seed.

EVERY SINGLE PLANT IN THE WORLD will soon be gene-edited by biotech companies because they can patent these inventions and control the food supply.

Gene editing is all about power, money and control.

It is not about improved nutrition, climate change and feeding the world. That is the propaganda that they want you to believe.

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When our presidents eat like this and set such a poor example with their dietary habits, is it any wonder that obesity is a problem in our country and that organic garners such little political support?

According to @axios, some Biden aides have long noted that he eats "like a child." His favorite dishes include peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, BLTs, pizza, cookies, spaghetti with butter and red sauce, and ice cream that he occasionally makes into a full sundae.

Meanwhile, Trump has a penchant for KFC, McDonald's and ranch dressing.

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This is an incredibly irresponsible policy and dangerous for consumers and the organic food supply.

This announcement means that gene-edited crops (genetically-engineered crops where they rearrange the existing genetic code instead of inserting foreign genes into the plant) will not be considered a GMO under Canadian rules.

To equate a gene-edited crop with a conventional crop makes zero sense.

How will this impact the organic food supply? These gene-edited crops will contaminate the organic food supply, exactly what is happening now with GE-canola and other transgenic GE-crops. But expect it to get much worse.

The bottom line is that gene editing is anything but a 100% precise technology, and mistakes are bound to happen. Plus, it is full of risks that we do not understand.

Consumers (again) have come secondary to corporate profits.

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Some very sad news to share.

Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and International Director of the @organicconsumers and its international affiliates Via Organica (Mexico) and Regeneration International, has passed away due to bone and lymph cancer.

When I think of Ronnie, one word comes to mind -- committed.

He was absolutely relentless and fearless when it came to advocating for and protecting organic, and his impact on the global organic and regenerative movement is immeasurable.

This is an enormous loss for the organic industry, and it is up to all of us to continue the incredibly important work that he started.

My sincere condolences to his personal and OCA family. He will be very missed.

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My friends, please do yourself a favor and get the absolute best organic blueberries on the planet -- from @kinggroveorganicfarm in Florida.

What makes them so unique is that they are grown in nutrient-rich soil, while a large and growing percentage of organic blueberries are grown in plastic buckets of water and drip-fed nutrients.

Acclaimed farm-to-table chef Dan Barber called King Grove’s blueberries “jaw-dropping” and “the best I have ever tasted.”

Only available online and for a few more weeks, and then they are DONE for the season.

My full article about King Grove is on Organic Insider, and the link is in the Bio above. 🙏🙏🙏

Disclosure: I make absolutely no affiliate fee on the sale of any blueberries. I simply want to support these amazing organic farmers and share these incredible organic blueberries with the world.

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BIOENGINEERED FOOD

This label raises several questions/points.

1) How many consumers understand what "BIOENGINEERED" means?

2) Wouldn't it be better for consumers if the label said "Made with GMOs" or "Made with Genetic Engineering" instead?

3) I fear that some consumers may think that BIOENGINEERED is actually BETTER than natural or organic food.

Instead of making it simple for consumers, the USDA makes it more confusing for consumers and better for CPG brands by having introduced the word BIOENGINEERED -- a word that very few people understand.

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