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Natural Grocers Celebrates Major Win for Clear GMO Labeling

USDA must revise its rules to ensure disclosures are accurate and accessible in its next rulemaking.

January 19, 2026

Natural Grocers, the nation's largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer, led the GMO-focused lawsuit to uphold consumers' right to clear, accurate and easily accessible information about their food.

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“Agriculture is Destroying the Planet” (Say What?)

October 16, 2024

Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director of Organic & Natural Health Association

The challenges we face regarding the potential proliferation of SynBio products and their infiltration into finished products are many.

Does the GMO Labeling Win Signal the End of Obfuscation?

September 19, 2022

Alan Lewis

The recent federal court ruling on the legality of the 2018 GMO labeling laws confirmed the obvious: a checkerboard square that shoppers can’t read is not an adequate GMO disclosure. That was the small but significant win for Natural Grocers and other plaintiffs resulting from the lawsuit filed by the...

GMOs: Basics to Know

What exactly are GMOs? Read on for an overview of Genetically Modified Organisma.

June 23, 2022

Carol Poliner, Learn Natural

Did you know about 75% of packaged foods contain GMO ingredients? What exactly are GMOs? Read on for an overview.

USDA's Proposal for GMO Labeling Draws Industry Ire

May 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C. - The public comment period is open for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recently unveiled proposal for food labeling of products using GMOs. Instead of food labels including the words "genetically modified" or "genetically engineered," the USDA wants to substitute the initials BE – for Bio-Engineered foods. ...

USDA Sued for Delays on QR Code Study

August 30, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, DC — The Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a federal lawsuit this week against the Trump Administration for its failure to comply with the 2016 federal law on the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) food. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are...

From “Dark Act” to “Disappearing Act”

August 15, 2016

The GMO Labeling Act legislation is now federal law. It seemingly defies every criticism that our do-nothing-Congress is gridlocked and unable to pass legislation that benefits the wellbeing of the American population. National standards, we’ve been told, will protect consumers from the “confusion” and “increased costs” of a “patchwork quilt”...

Compromise on National GMO Labeling Reached

June 24, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Pat Roberts (R-KS), the Committee Chairman, reached a bipartisan agreement Thursday, on legislation for a national GMO labeling standard that would preempt the Vermont mandatory labeling law. While the proposed bill does require...