Family-owned premium poultry producer, Bell & Evans, is to invest US$500m in US organic-certified grains, announcing a sourcing deal with Cargill that aims to transition 50,000 acres of conventional corn and soybean production to USDA Certified Organic....
Assessing ingredients and supply chains for potential fraud, planning to address vulnerabilities and ensure mitigation efforts are effective are all steps in a new company-based anti-fraud program.
The lack of organic education resources, soil fertility and weed challenges along with transition period risk are some of the main hurdles to further expansion of organic feed and food grain production, say US organic groups.