Top 5 - Organic News to Help You Grow #105

1. Sanky, The Forgotten Fruit of the Incas

Sanky is a round and green Andean fruit, which is produced by a more than two-meter high cactus at 3,500 meters above sea level. Sanky is a 100% ecological product that is free of chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

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2.  New Research Shines Light on Crop Protection Alternatives to Fumigation

One of the most difficult challenges to orchard renewal is the threat of nematodes and the broader replant disease complex of which nematodes are a big part. It’s often why growers who wish to farm organically establish an orchard using conventional practices and then transition to organic production.

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3. GRO Organic Hits the Ground Running with Major Programs Underway

Scores of organic companies and stakeholders have enthusiastically stepped up to invest almost $1.5 million in programs to advance organic food and farming -- initiatives to promote organic, educate consumers about organic’s benefits, assist organic farmers and foster critical organic research. And this is just the beginning.

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4.  Uncle Matt’s Organic Celebrates Twenty Year Anniversary

Uncle Matt’s Organic, the nation’s number one selling brand of organic orange juice, today announces the kickoff of their twentieth anniversary of growing and producing organic juices at Expo West Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California this week.

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5. Russia to Adopt New Law on Organics 

On January 1, 2020, Federal Law No. 280-FZ “On Organic Products and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” will enter into force. The new law will, for the first time, begin to regulate manufacturing, storage, transportation, labeling, and marketing of organic products.

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