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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Highlights from the Non-GMO Challenge

In April of 2012, the Non-GMO Project launched the Non-GMO Challenge in celebration of Earth Month. The objective of the Challenge was to give people an opportunity to make a meaningful non-GMO commitment while learning more about GMOs and having fun in the process. On our website, there were daily and weekly activations that included answering [...]

Monday, April 30th, 2012

The Non-GMO Workplace

As part of the Non-GMO Project’s celebration of Earth Month, we asked Sustainable Connections, a local non-profit, to join us in taking the Non-GMO Challenge. Sustainable Connections has been a pioneer in building the local-living economy movement in the United States and Canada. Their work bringing businesses together to transform and model an economy [...]

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Non-GMO Project in Vogue

The current issue of Vogue magazine (May 2012) features an excellent article on GMOs. A well-researched piece by Eve Conant, “Lab to Table” covers the latest research on the technology as well as the burgeoning resistance movement. The article concludes with great info about the solutions offered by the Non-GMO Project, and ends with this [...]

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

Happy Earth Day!

While I certainly agree that “every day is Earth Day,” I also never turn down a chance to celebrate something good. Earth Day is a perfect time to pause and reflect on everything we’re already doing to support a sustainable Earth, and to deepen our commitments to protecting our one and only beautiful planet.

Monday, April 16th, 2012

10 Ways to Spring Clean GMOs Out of Your Home

You may already realize how critical a non-GMO diet is to the health of our planet—if so, good for you! Or you may be new to this issue and just starting to learn about all of the ways that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) threaten our soil, water, animals, insects and ecosystem at large. Either way, [...]

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Growing My Non-GMO Garden

My passion for living an organic lifestyle started back in the late 70’s when my daughter was born and I began to search in earnest for food to feed my family that was not laden with pesticides or chemical fertilizers.

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Join us in taking the Non-GMO Challenge

With all of the great farmers we have in and around Bellingham, eating local, organic, whole, and (of course) Non-GMO foods is rarely a challenge, and always a pleasure… when I’m at home. However, as an avid rock climber and mountaineer with too much on his plate (sorry, pun intended), I spend more time than I’d like to admit chowing on dehydrated meals, energy bars, and post-climb pizza. (oh my!) I’ll be honoring Earth Month this year by committing to clean up my act cliffside.

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Join us in taking the Non-GMO Challenge

You may already realize how critical a non-GMO diet is to the health of our planet—if so, good for you! Or you may be new to this issue and just starting to learn about all of the ways that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) threaten our soil, water, animals, insects and ecosystem at large. Either way, [...]

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

At the Natural Products Expo West Celebrating 5 Years

Reflections from Executive Director Megan Westgate (plus video and photos!) Five years ago, in March 2007 at the Natural Products Expo West, we officially launched the Non-GMO Project. I was given the opportunity to be on a non-GMO panel, and I presented the crowd of retailers and manufacturers with our idea for a non-GMO verification [...]

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Worth A Second Look: Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed the resurgence of a 2010 Huffington Post blog reviewing a study on GMO consumption and mammalian health. Conducted by the International Journal of Biological Sciences, the study shows major flaws in Monsanto’s interpretation of its own data from a 90-day feeding trial. After seeing the post over [...]

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Happy Holidays!

What an amazing year this has been! As you can see from the big smiles at our recent holiday potluck, we’re feeling joyful here at the Non-GMO Project. All the great food we’ve been sharing lately certainly has something to do with it (for inspiration, check out our new online recipe catalogue), but it’s not [...]

Friday, November 18th, 2011

A Non-GMO Project Thanksgiving

A quick poll at the Non-GMO Project office quickly designated Thanksgiving as one of our favorite holidays—admittedly, we are all garden-loving foodies who love nothing more than breaking bread with our nearest and dearest…

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

On the Road with the Non-GMO Project and Ms. Janelle Monáe

The Non-GMO Project goes on tour with Janelle Monáe as part of the Campus Consciousness Tour.

Monday, October 31st, 2011

An Idea Whose Time Has Come

It was almost exactly two months ago that I began my work as Communications Manager with the Non-GMO Project. What I have seen over the past eight weeks is nothing less than mind blowing.

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Clarification in Response to Cornucopia Report

It’s very important for people to understand that when they see our seal on a product, they can trust that compliance has been fully achieved with the only third-party standard for GMO avoidance in North America. Packaging for products that are enrolled but not verified cannot make any mention of the Non-GMO Project. Period.

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Right2Know March Blog #3

From Chris Keefe, Non-GMO Project Outreach Coordinator October 9 Chris reports, “Sammy was just getting off of work when we walked through his neighborhood. He was so excited about the March that he dropped his toolbox in the lag wagon, and started walking! After many miles, and hundreds of conversations, it looks like he [...]

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Right2Know March Blog #2

From Chris Keefe, Non-GMO Project Outreach Coordinator October 4, 2011 Everybody’s Kitchen serves hot breakfast and marchers chow down, while Cheryl from Transcendent Yoga leads us through some morning poses. It’s a beautiful morning in New Brunswick! Many thanks also to Will and the Bike Library for letting us spend the night! [...]

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Right2Know March Blog #1

From Chris Keefe, Non-GMO Project Outreach Coordinator October 2, 2011 Hi everyone! Quick update. Miss you all. Day 1 – Manhattan – exciting day, hundreds of people at the event in Prospect Park, covered 16 miles, dropped by the UN, and had a lot of great conversations on the streets of the city. A little [...]

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

UN Commission Poised to Adopt New Labeling Guidelines for GMO Food

The Non-GMO Project sponsored activist Phil Bereano’s participation in the UN’s 39th Codex Alimentarius Session. The Commission is now poised to adopt Labeling Guidelines for GMO foods providing protection from the WTO for national-scale GMO-labeling programs.

Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Team Organic will Never Surrender to Monsanto: Now We Continue the Fight, Together

Non-GMO Project Executive Director Megan Westgate calls for unification in the wake of USDA’s damaging decision to deregulate genetically modified alfalfa.

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Holiday Celebrating With Non-GMO Choices

If you’re like me, you often feel a bit vulnerable during the holiday season when confronted with tempting holiday sweets and foods that would normally be on your “do not eat” list. Fortunately, we have options! There are now an ever increasing number of brands, either enrolled in the Non-GMO Project Verification Program or those that have completed the process (bearing the product Seal of Verification)

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Who Is To Blame For The Superweed Invasion?

A second contribution from our wonderful guest blogger Deniza Gertsberg, author of the GMO Journal. ====== A fundamental change occurred when the first genetically engineered crops went commercial in 1996. Farmers who planted GE crops that were altered to withstand continued application of herbicide glyphosate began to rely on a single system for weed management — the [...]

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

October is Non-GMO Month: 10-10-10 is No-GMO Day

By guest blogger Rady Ananda, author of Food Freedom ====== Okay, here’s your chance, with a new way for you to know that your food does not contain genetically modified organisms. The Non-GMO Project, a collection of top suppliers and advocates in the organic industry, and the only no-GMO certifier in North America, has kicked off a [...]

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Life is a Cabaret

From Non-GMO Month Guest Blogger, Jeanne Blackwell AKA “Mom”, co-author of Hole in the Fence (holeinthefence.net/) ====== Prize in a Cracker Jack box, quite the cabaret for kids of all ages. Never know what you are going to get and always excited to find out. I like a little cabaret with my Mongolian barbecue and [...]

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

6 Reasons To Avoid GMOs

From guest blogger Deniza Gertsberg, author of the GMO Journal. ======== When was the last time you thought about how food was made, where it came from, whether and if it was chemically treated? With the first ever Non GMO Month around the corner, an awareness campaign launched by the Non GMO Project, perhaps now [...]

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Just say NO to GMO

From Non-GMO Month guest contributor Dr. Gayle Eversole, writer of the Natural Health News Blog (naturalhealthnews.blogspot.com) ==== Time goes by so very quickly it often seems amazing that so many topics I have written or taught about for more than a decade and more are being written about as if they were new concepts. Genetic [...]

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Robyn O'Brien on Genetically Modified Salmon

Now I’m not sure about you, but these headlines about our food supply are getting pretty tough to stomach. From egg recalls large enough to feed every American two scrambled eggs to meat recalls warning us about e. Coli in our hamburgers, I can’t help but yearn for simpler times. But the latest food headline [...]

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Interns Experience Expo West

Imagine every brand and company you have ever thought of or associated with the natural product industry. Then add a thousand more companies that you have never even heard of. Next, picture all of the representatives associated with each company, plus everyone with a considerable interest in the industry. As interns working for the Non-GMO Project we were completely amazed when we walked into the Anaheim Convention Center for the tradeshow…

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Fresh Picked Interns

In a small sunlit office in Upland, CA, the smell of cloves and the sound of keyboards clacking linger gently in the air as the employees of the Non-GMO Project work diligently on databases, events, and more.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

"Fresh": A Review

While films such as “Food Inc.,” “The Future of Food” and “Fresh” are all informative on the problems which arise from the industrialization of food, “Fresh” seems to be the best example of a film that focuses on the potential solutions from all aspects of the food chain.

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