A Mexican federal judge ruled against a request by the National Farm Council to freeze a government plan to ban GMO corn and the widely used herbicide glyphosate by 2024.
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A Mexican federal judge ruled against a request by the National Farm Council to freeze a government plan to ban GMO corn and the widely used herbicide glyphosate by 2024.
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Canada-based Above Food has acquired Farmer Direct Organic, which offers legume proteins and grains that are certified organic.
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Sambazon has just secured a $45 million investment from Nextworld Evergreen LP, the consumer-focused growth equity fund of San Francisco-based Nextworld LLC.
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Another legal move is made in a bid to get rid of hydroponics in organic.
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New research suggests organic-certified meat is less likely to be contaminated with bacteria that can cause human illnesses, including multidrug-resistant organisms, than conventionally-raised meat.
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In a letter to team members the other day, Whole Foods said that it is merging its global and regional merchandising teams into a single team that will support purchasing across the entire company.
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Based on a true story of Percy Schmeiser’s legal battle against Monsanto, “Percy vs. Goliath” is now available for viewing.
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Based on a new review in the EU, there may be a possible loosening of restrictions for gene-edited plants.
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Thrive Market has set a goal to be zero waste certified in 2022, plastic neutral by 2023 and completely carbon negative by 2025.
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This dangerous science experiment — something we wrote about last year — has begun in Florida.
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A new study found that pesticides are causing widespread damage to the tiny creatures that keep soils healthy and underpin all life on land.
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the EPA to ban all food uses of the brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos.
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Private equity firm Butterfly has taken a control position in the New Hampshire-based organic egg producer.
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In what has to be a first, American Kara Rosen starts and successfully exits her organic, cold-pressed juice and nut milk company in the UK.
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For $12M, Laird Superfood has purchased the maker of organic and natural snack products.
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Jenny Lester Moffitt, a California organic family farmer, has been nominated to serve as undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs at the USDA. A very positive development.
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This certified organic lager is now brewed with 100% renewable electricity from solar power, the first beer within the Anheuser-Busch U.S. portfolio to make this distinction.
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Albertsons will accept – to an extent – price increases that several large CPG players have warned in recent weeks are coming down the pike.
Read Article Something we wrote about last year, this is merely the prelude to up to one billion of these “insects” to be released over the next two years.
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There are major implications for agriculture, especially in California.
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The campaign to ruin organic is real. And it’s happening in the U.S. as well.
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With this funding, the company will be expanding its product offerings and opening facilities on the West Coast.
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An incredibly dangerous situation that the USDA would be well-advised not to allow.
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Eight of the top ten organic produce categories showed increases in dollars and volume, while overall category sales topped $2.2 billion for the quarter.
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