Farming fresh

Lundberg Family Farms, located in Richvale, announced recently that 66 of its products are among the first to receive the “Non-GMO Verified” seal, meaning that the products are produced without genetic modifications.

Grant Lundberg, CEO of Lundberg Family Farms, is one of 11 governing members of the Non-GMO Project’s board of directors, and helped to draft the first comprehensive Non-GMO standards in the United States.

The project is a nonprofit organization created by leaders in all sectors of the organic- and natural-products industry throughout the United States and Canada, and is intended to give consumers a consistent Non-GMO choice when it comes to buying food.

While many companies claim their products to be “GMO-free,” the claims are not legally or scientifically defensible or verified by a third party, according to a press release from Lundberg Farms. The Non-GMO Project is the only organization that offers independent verification of testing for products in the U.S. and Canada.