This ruling means that millions of pounds of the super-toxic dicamba could still be used this year.
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This ruling means that millions of pounds of the super-toxic dicamba could still be used this year.
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A big setback for consumer transparency.
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The supertoxic herbicide is causing widespread damage to trees, native plants and natural areas across the Midwest and South.
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Roughly 17 million more people will become food insecure in 2020, bringing the total to 54 million, including 18 million children.
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Organic fresh produce sales continue to grow at a very rapid rate, with bananas as the dominant category for volume growth.
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The USDA has missed the Congress-mandated deadline to finalize the very important Origin of Livestock rule.
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A group of hemp/CBD purveyors have teamed up with a clinical research firm to conduct a large scale study to provide the safety data that the FDA says it lacks.
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The Detox Project’s Glyphosate Residue Free certification for food and supplement products is growing fast in the U.S. and Canadian markets, and has now received international support from SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.
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On Monday, the consumer goods conglomerate said the investment will be spent over the next ten years on projects including water preservation, landscape restoration, wildlife protection and carbon sequestration.
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From apple packing houses in Washington state to farmworkers in Florida and a California county known as “the world’s salad bowl,” outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and vegetable farms and packing plants.
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With the cancelation of Expo East, New Hope will soon launch Spark Change, a digital product discovery, education and connection platform.
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Cornucopia’s new campaign is empowering a consumer response to the “factory-farm takeover” of organic agriculture.
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Nestlé is acquiring a majority stake in Vital Proteins, a maker of collagen bars, beverages, capsules and powders.
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The day after last week’s Organic Insider story on dicamba, the Center for Food Safety formally asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the EPA in contempt for refusing to abide by a federal court order for suspending use of the pesticide.
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Brandjectory is a new online platform that aims to help foster relationships between early-stage CPG brands and investors.
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Miyoko’s claims that state ag officials are violating the company’s First Amendment rights by insisting the offending term be removed from its labels.
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Another reminder about who is in control of our governments.
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An important piece on why the JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) Collaborative is needed more than ever right now.
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GREAT READ: Among other things, a look at how the company is trying to legalize psilocybin therapy.
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The arrangement covers products certified to the USDA organic regulations or Taiwan organic regulations that are grown or produced in the United States or Taiwan; or have their final processing or packaging in the United States or Taiwan.
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In April, the organic certifier CCOF had introduced hybrid inspections (both virtual and in-person) but is now offering 100% virtual inspections for some operations.
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In the 2020 Organic Industry Survey released yesterday by the Organic Trade Association, organic non-food sales surged to over $5 billion, a gain of 9.2%.
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Armed with a $1 million budget, the University of California system’s first-ever institute for organic research has opened its doors to develop and adopt effective tools and practices for organic farmers.
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The UK reported that organic farmland grew by 2.4% last year, reversing a decline from 2018.
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