The Wire (this link no longer available) by Matt Kanner Mainers are leading a national push to restore family farming It was 20 degrees below zero when farmer Jim Gerritsen got up on the early morning of Feb. 13. Gerritson operates Wood Prairie Farm in rural Bridgewater, Maine, near the Canadian border in Aroostook County, the… Read more »
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Monsanto GMOs Defeated by Oregon Organic Farmers as Federal Judge Upholds Seed Ban
AlterNet by Steven Rosenfeld Community activists win at key stage in court. A coalition of Oregon organic farmers has beaten Monsanto—the corporate agriculture giant—in a landmark federal lawsuit that will make national waves by the way that their rural county banned the use of genetically modified seeds. On Friday, Mark D. Clarke, a federal magistrate… Read more »
Don’t Think You’re Eating GMOs? Think Again
Inspired Bites by Robyn O’Brien You may not think you are eating genetically modified foods, but chances are that if you’ve grabbed a back of chips, loaf of bread or any other staple from the grocery store, you are. Just how pervasive are genetically modified foods in the US? Very. The ingredients listed below are… Read more »
NEW VIDEO: Organic Spies Goes Underground Looking at Whole Foods and GMOs
A new investigative video from a clandestine group, Organic Spies, takes a look at Whole Foods Market and the grocer’s sale of GMO foods. While the company has been instrumental in creating a national market for many organic foods and products, they also rely heavily on the sale of “natural” foods, many containing GMOs. Whole… Read more »
Newsletter – Fall 2011
Our hardcopy newsletter for Fall 2011 is now available online. Please see it at the below link. In it you’ll find:
German Supermarket Giants Demand Return to GMO-Free Fed Poultry
Global GMO Free Coalition by Henry Rowlands Credit: Fir0002/Flagstaffotos Germany’s top supermarkets, the powerhouses of Europe when it comes to retail, have delivered a blow to the biotech industry by forcing the German poultry industry to return to the use of non-GMO feed. Global GMO Free Coalition on Facebook It was announced last Thursday that… Read more »
Aroostook Farmer the Face of Organic Growers’ Fight Against Monsanto
[NOTE: The Cornucopia Institute is also part of the lawsuit challenging Monsanto’s patenting of life.] Bangor Daily News By Kathrynn Ohmstead I have wanted to catch up with Bridgewater organic farmer Jim Gerritsen ever since he was named in October to the 2011 list of 25 visionaries who are changing the world by the national… Read more »
70 Groups Tell Obama: Don’t Restrict GMO Labeling in Trade Agreements
Consumer rights on the table in US-EU trade talks Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy by Andrew Ranallo Credit: Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center Seventy consumer, farm and food groups, and businesses (including The Cornucopia Institute) urged the Obama Administration in a letter not to restrict efforts to label genetically modified foods in the ongoing… Read more »
New Poll: Nearly Nine in 10 Americans Want Labels on GMO Food Strong Support for Labels Crosses Party Lines
Just Label It By an overwhelming margin, American voters say consumers should have the right to know if their food is genetically modified, with 89 percent in support of mandatory GMO labeling, according to a new national poll. Nearly the same number of consumers would like to see the labels in an easy to read… Read more »
A Message from the Organic Consumers Association and Millions Against Monsanto
Rally for States’ Rights to Label GMOs! We Need Thousands of People. And You. The GMO labeling movement won big in Vermont this year. And we may still win in Oregon, once all the votes are in. But those laws will be nullified, and we will lose the right to pass any future state or… Read more »
