My company already has a non-GMO program, so why participate in the Non-GMO Project?
There are two important reasons. First of all, Non-GMO Project Verification offers transparency to your customers about your GMO avoidance practices. By enrolling in the Project, you gain the outreach and education support of our non-profit and the hundreds of retailers who support and endorse the Project. Retailers and consumers are looking for the assurance of independent, third party validation of product claims, and when it comes to GMOs, it is the Non-GMO Project that offers this. The second reason, which is also extremely important, is that maintaining a supply of non-GMO ingredients in the face of growing contamination risk takes coordinated, cooperative efforts. The Non-GMO Project’s uniform, industry-wide Standard and Verification Program create essential efficiency for an industry where sharing of co-packers and ingredient suppliers is common. By engaging a critical mass of companies, from seed growers to manufacturers, we achieve the economy of scale that makes long-term non
