Oxitec filed an application with the EPA to release of a new type of GMO mosquito in the Florida Keys to kill a species known to carry fatal diseases.
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Oxitec filed an application with the EPA to release of a new type of GMO mosquito in the Florida Keys to kill a species known to carry fatal diseases.
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The agri-chemical giant has a storied history of using shady tactics to attack critics and influence the media.
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To help facilitate connections and link together the rapidly growing U.S. organic supply chain, the Organic Trade Association has unveiled its new Find.Organic business directory.
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To help fight fraud, the Organic Trade Association announced the development of three online training courses to bolster its Organic Fraud Prevention Solutions program.
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Not surprisingly, the new 3-tier food certification from Moms Across America includes testing glyphosate and heavy metals, among things.
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According to a new Whole Foods Market survey, 80% of Millennials value quality when it comes to food shopping, and nearly 70% are willing to spend more money on high-quality foods.
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The most heated debate within this sector is whether farming can be truly regenerative if synthetic chemicals are used.
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According to a report from Rabobank, organic apples, strawberries and bell peppers are among items seeing downward pressure on price, while cantaloupe, table grapes and oranges are holding their premiums better.
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According to the Annual Acreage Report released by Mercaris, farmers will harvest 3.1 million acres of U.S. land certified for organic field crop production, an increase of 7 percent over 2018.
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Poor organic branding and a lack of policing are two of the major challenges facing the organic industry in the APAC region today.
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Led by organic chocolate company Alter Eco, this new Amazon Alliance has committed to protecting 3 million Amazonian trees.
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Amazon is currently testing a system called “Orville” that allows Prime users to scan their hands to ring up a purchase at Whole Foods.
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OFARM’s former executive director John Bobbe and Cornucopia’s Anne Ross have joined forces to again impress upon the USDA’s National Organic Program that the import crisis is ongoing and that the agency has not done enough to stop it.
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With the cottage cheese industry experiencing a resurgence in popularity, Cornucopia rates more than 100 cottage cheese products from 24 brands.
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As they leave their hives, the bees get coated with a beneficial fungus that they spread to plants, which has proven to protect fruit from mold.
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Juice Beauty is being studied by UC-Davis for developing grapes and olives specifically for skin benefits.
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A look at why some organic food brands and other companies are hiding their sustainability initiatives from consumers.
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Germany will ban the use of the cancer-causing weedkiller glyphosate by the end of 2023 and will limit its use before then.
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With rural America badly hurting and 70% of farmers making less than a quarter of their income from farming, two leading presidential candidates have put the idea of supply management back on the table.
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Since 2009, the People’s Garden at the USDA in Washington, D.C. has highlighted organic agriculture. But no longer.
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In just-released emails, a Monsanto executive expressed his desire to “beat the sh*t” out of Moms Across America, a grassroots advocacy group concerned about cancer links to Monsanto’s flagship weedkiller, Roundup.
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Nestlé has made a significant bet on the organic baby snack market by investing approximately $40M in a Portuguese production facility.
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As concerns grow about glyphosate contaminating our food supply, Thrive Market has become the first national retailer to support the Glyphosate Residue Free certification.
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The word ‘organic’ appears on 23% percent of foodservice menus, nearly two and half times what was seen a decade ago.
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