Sustainable Food News published an article, detailing the recent landmark success of the Non-GMO Project. Sales of certified products has hit $1B. See the article for more details!
Call to Action: Help Protect Organic in the 2012 Farm Bill:In the last Farm Bill, the organic sector saw great progress in critical programs for staffing, capacity and oversight at the National Organic Program (NOP), critical data collection on organic agriculture, increased research at land-grant universities on organic farming, and support to reduce the cost of certification for small producers and handlers. ... more >>
Lifesource has a non-gmo pamphlet showing the roughly 400 non-GMO food items and 20 non-GMO supplement items they sell. LifeSource is also promoting these items with non-gmo shelf tags, a non-gmo end cap with product and information, informative signs hanging above their end cap. LifeSource Natural Foods is also instituting a moratorium on bringing in new products containing possible gmo ingredients unless they are non-GMO verified. See their 2011 Newsletter!
INFRA is working with the buyers to move forward on increasing our stance and policy for the group when it comes to Non-GMO verified effort. INFRA member Jimbo's Naturally explains that it's not a risk to take a stand.