As China looks to promote GMOs throughout the country, its citizens are resisting. And rightly so.
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As China looks to promote GMOs throughout the country, its citizens are resisting. And rightly so.
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For the first time ever, a non-profit in Washington, D.C. will represent organic farmers that is backed by organic farmers. This is something badly needed.
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Politico does a fascinating piece on how some EU countries decertify organic products while other EU countries don’t.
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Looking to acquire healthier beverage brands, Pepsi is close to purchasing KeVita for nearly $500 million.
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Bhutan is going 100% organic and here is a great profile of the man, Dr. Appachanda Thimmaiah, who is helping the country achieve this goal.
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With the rumors of a Whole Foods and Kroger merger flying around Wall Street, several analysts discuss what this tie-up could mean.
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The Cornucopia Institute just released its Congressional GMO Voters Guide, a report that shows which politicians in Washington D.C. protected our right to know and which didn’t.
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Entrepreneur Kimbal Musk and Chef Dan Barber clashed over the direction of food — one that requires soil and one that doesn’t.
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A new device invented at Rice University can detect GMOs that have escaped into the environment. It is currently being tested now.
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A new Organic Center report shows that organic livestock can play a critical role in combatting antibiotic resistance.
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The Organic Farming Research Foundation has announced that its 2016 National Organic Research Agenda Report, which provides comprehensive recommendations for future investment in organic agricultural research, has been released.
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In Norway, organic is absolutely booming in the retail sector, skyrocketing 22% last year.
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In Encinitas, CA, the city’s school district had its farm certified organic.
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A very good recap of the challenges and latest developments in the U.S organic farming sector. Bottom line: we need more organic acreage in the U.S.
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Unlike the U.S. where we have no separate organic standards for beauty products, the EU has just launched its own set of rules.
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If you thought the U.S. organic sector was on fire, things are even stronger in France, where growth for 2016 is expected at 20%.
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Last year, organic acreage grew 20%, to 4.4m acres but most of that growth was due to one farm in Alaska. So, the numbers are deceiving and don’t address the real supply issues we are facing.
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Organic cottage cheese company Good Culture has raised an additional $3M in funding, with participation this time from the Eisner family, along with previous investors CAVU Venture Partners and 301 Inc., the VC arm of General Mills.
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As if we needed another GMO-apple that doesn’t turn brown, the USDA has just approved a third version of this “apple”.
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Here is an interesting analysis of the big food companies that are backing Clinton and/or Trump, and why.
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Here is a good inside look at Amy’s Drive Thru, the first drive-thru restaurant in the U.S. serving organic, local, vegetarian, and non-GMO fare.
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The Organic Trade Association has just released a new Global Trade Guide, which provides comprehensive and up-to-date market, policy and trade information on global organic markets.
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A California court has ruled that consumers can sue the USDA for how it implemented changes to the very important Sunset Rule, the process which allows synthetic substances in organic.
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Lundberg Family Farms has announced an expansion of its American-grown quinoa line with a new antique variety
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