New Hope’s Douglas Brown gives his takeaways from the week in DC.
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New Hope’s Douglas Brown gives his takeaways from the week in DC.
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The indoor organic farming company raised money from Seven Seven Six, Slow Ventures, 468 Capital and Animo.
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As we profiled in our last letter, Omar Dieguez was on a hunger strike to get Driscoll’s and California Giant Berry Farms, which both sell products under conventional and organic labels, to stop spraying toxic pesticides on fields next to schools in Watsonville and convert these farms to organic. So far, the two companies have taken no such action. During his hunger strike, Omar was banned from entering schools by the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, who deemed his talks about pesticide spraying as too “controversial.”
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In 2024, OrganicEye filed a legal complaint against CCOF, the nation’s largest certifier, citing conflict of interest. Now, OrganicEye released a white paper saying that CCOF, which, despite numerous inspections over a period of years, failed to identify serious animal welfare violations and the use of banned toxins on California’s Alexandre Family Farm. In a statement from Alexandre Family Farm, the company said that “our commitment to our animals is unwavering, as is our commitment to upholding organic standards,” and “the OrganicEye report is riddled with falsehoods and repeats some animal welfare allegations that we are challenging in court.”
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The Canadian organic and high-protein pasta maker raised C$4.25 million ($3 million) in a funding round led by AGT Foods.
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The company reported revenue of $110.6 million for the six months ended June 30, up from $65.8 million in the year-ago period, according to the filing.
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According to a new study, pesticides banned years ago in the European Union are drifting through the skies and turning up in clouds above France, raising concerns about how long these toxins persist and how far they can travel.
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If Republican lawmakers vote for the spending bill in its current form, “they are going to face the wrath of MAHA in the midterm elections,” vowed Vani Hari. “Giving immunity to chemical manufacturers? That’s insanity,” added Kelly Ryerson.
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Professor Michael Antoniou, head of the gene expression and therapy group at King’s College London, explains how regulators are ignoring modern scientific tests and methods, precluding us from better understanding the health risks of GMOs and pesticides.
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Japanese food companies Calbee and Sagamiya now own significant stakes in the California-based tofu producer.
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The fund will make loans to farmers and ranchers undergoing a transition to organic and regenerative production.
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Founded by Stanford University graduates, the company announced that it has raised $50 million to scale production of its organic and vegan fertilizer.
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“While the MAHA Commission Strategy Report does address a wide range of environmental factors that have never before been addressed by any other administration, we are deeply disappointed that the committee allowed the chemical companies to influence the report,” said Zen Honeycutt, founder of Moms Across America.
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At the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center in Florida, experts highlighted both the needs and opportunities for more organic farming in the U.S.
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A new generation of activists has used extreme tactics and viral video to challenge farmers in Sonoma County, a region known for some of the industry’s most humane practices.
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A study in Brazil found that pesticides compromise growth and swimming performance of fish, in addition to causing various metabolic and hematological disruptions.
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Innovations in compostable packaging are moving towards a commercial reality, and CPG brands that engage early with PHA solutions will be better positioned to meet sustainability and compliance demands.
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The funding came from AgDevCo, and the money will be used for working capital and to grow the network of smallholder farms in Sierra Leone.
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What may be even more impressive is that 14% of its organic vineyards employ Biodynamic growing methods.
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Among other things, the Organic Farming Research Foundation believes the USDA’s reorganization will erode institutional capacity agency-wide, hinder grant administration and delay on-the-ground assistance for farmers.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into the two companies for allegedly misleading consumers about the safety of their products.
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In an incredibly alarming study by the Clean Label Project, 100% of organic coffee samples tested positive for AMPA, a glyphosate byproduct.
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The EPA’s unlawful registration of 2,4-D and glyphosate products threatens farmers, public health and the environment.
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“It’s outrageous,” said Tracey Woodruff, a researcher at the University of California San Francisco who studies environmental health, particularly the effects of chemical exposures on pregnant mothers and their babies. “If they overturn this, it would leave the public responsible for cleaning up, not the companies that knowingly polluted the land.”
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