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The Non-GMO Project is a nonprofit organization empowering people to care for themselves, the planet and future generations. Choose non-GMO!
The Non-GMO Project is a non-profit organization offering North America's ONLY third party verification for non-GMO food and products. The "Non-GMO Project Verified" label gives consumers an informed choice--it's your food, and your right.
08/20/2026
Mosquitoes have long been a target for public health interventions. Now, biotech is taking aim at them in a new way: by genetically engineering “self-limiting” mosquitoes and releasing them into the environment. 🦟 🧬
The promise is compelling: fewer mosquitoes, fewer diseases, fewer problems.
But the real story is more complex. Bioengineered mosquitoes raise questions about how quickly genetic engineering is moving into environments and ecosystems - setting off ecosystem changes that can’t be undone.
🔗 Read our new GMO Alert, “Biotech Joins the Battle Against Mosquitoes,” to learn more:
https://www.nongmoproject.org/blog/new-gmo-alert-biotech-joins-the-battle-against-mosquitoes/
More transparency about what’s actually in ultraprocessed food? We’re watching. 👀
With new changes to USDA regulations, many ultraprocessed foods will soon need to disclose their GMO ingredients with greater transparency.
The Center for Food Safety led the lawsuit against the USDA, arguing that the original exemption of highly processed ingredients meant many ultraprocessed foods containing GMO ingredients were going unlabeled - under current rules, around 70% of all GMO food ingredients are exempted from disclosure requirements.
In other words, eaters may finally be getting clearer, more accessible information about how their food is made.
08/13/2026
Last month, some of our team headed to SynBioBeta, the world’s largest synthetic biology conference, to ask questions and keep an eye on where this rapidly expanding industry is headed.
From precision fermentation to novel ingredients and biotech investment, the conversation in the room made one thing clear: the push to scale is accelerating. 🧬 💵
We wanted to take a closer look at what this could mean for our food system. Here’s what caught our attention.
Food systems are at the heart of our polycrisis, and if we want to move toward a different future, certain shifts are non-negotiable.
The way we grow, share, and eat our food is a doorway to reconnection and living in greater integrity with our bodies and the land. 🕸️
Quote by Vandana Shiva 🦋
07/31/2026
When our actions are rooted in a deep connection to life, they become an unstoppable force.
In a recent conversation on the Buyer's Desk Podcast, our founder and CEO, Megan Westgate, shares how this mindset is shaping our work to redefine food integrity and help reshape the future of natural food retail.
🎧🔗 Listen in:
https://bit.ly/4wx6ABj
We see a whooole lot of confusion online when it comes to understanding what GMOs are (and aren’t).
Here’s a roundup of the most common misconceptions floating around out there. If these are new to you, you’re not alone… but let’s set the record straight. 👀
1️⃣ GMOs are *not* the same as traditional selective breeding. The key difference is that GMOs change genetic structure in ways not organically possible.
2️⃣ Oversized or blemish-free produce isn’t automatically a GMO. That said, the photoshopped-looking produce we see in stores is also a result of industrial agriculture (and is worth paying attention to!).
3️⃣ GMOs don’t feed the world. 🙂↔️
Those are our big three! Bonus points in the comments if you can think of any others.
07/08/2026
Sugar may seem simple, but its supply chain isn't. 🙂↔️
Today, roughly half of the sugar produced in the U.S. comes from sugar beets... and about 95% of those sugar beets are genetically modified.
Beet sugar has historically been exempt from federal bioengineered labeling requirements, even though it's produced from genetically modified crops.
A recent federal court decision might be changing how USDA approaches that exemption in the future, but for now the existing rule remains in effect.
06/26/2026
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06/24/2026
🇪🇺 ⚠️ Last week, the European Parliament approved new rules that will exempt many gene-edited crops from existing GMO regulations.
Under the new rules, many NGT (New Genomic Techniques) crops could enter the market without risk assessments, traceability, or labeling.
This vote raises major concerns around transparency, consumer choice, seed ownership, and corporate influence in the food system- not just for Europe, but for the planet.
Deregulation hands over more patents and profit to corporations like Bayer, BASF, Corteva, and Syngenta, granting them further control over what farmers are allowed to grow.
06/16/2026
Seeds are living archives of our history. 🤲🫘�
Many have crossed oceans, adapted to changing environments, sustained communities through famine and drought, and carried cultural traditions from one generation to the next. ��
Examples are as vibrant and varied as our own evolving stories, and they remind us how the diversity we inherit can help us as we build for the future.
What seeds do you know that carry a story of place or community? 🌱🌱
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