Food Safety News by Cookson Beecher Like a persistent mosquito that keeps coming back no matter how many times you bat it away, the controversial issue of mandated labeling for genetically engineered foods in the United States just won’t go away. The latest example of that persistence is legislation proposed in Washington state that would… Read more »
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USDA Offers GMOs a Total Makeover in Labeling
Cornucopia’s Take: U.S. consumers typically think of genetically engineered food as “GE” or “GMO,” but the proposed logos to identify such products on grocery shelves use the brand-new letters “BE” for “bioengineered.” Cornucopia considers this re-branding a proposed betrayal of the public trust by the USDA. Public comments will be accepted at regulations.gov until July… Read more »
Bill to Stop GMO Labeling Set to Move in House
AgriPulse by Philip Brasher Secretary Vilsack Source: USDA WASHINGTON, April 30, 2015 – A House committee is preparing for the first time to move a bill that would preempt state GMO labeling laws, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is offering support for the effort. The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Fred Upton… Read more »
Nutritionally-Enhanced GM Crops? Too Bad About the Deformed Butterflies
The Ecologist by Claire Robinson / GM Watch Field of canolaSource: Massmo Relsig It looked like such a good idea: take the pressure off wild fish stocks by growing GM oilseeds that produce health-enhancing long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, writes Claire Robinson. But as a new study has established, those fish oils, novel in terrestrial ecosystems,… Read more »
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly = Decoding the GMO Food Fight in Washington State
Updated 11/2 The Cornucopia Institute has updated the infographic detailing supporters and opponents of Washington state’s historic November 5 vote on the labeling of GMO food ingredients, known as I-522. The infographic allows consumers to identify corporate and organizational supporters and opponents of the right-to-know what is in your food. It helps consumers make purchasing… Read more »
GMO Crops Mean More Herbicide, Not Less
Forbes By Beth Hoffman Over the past 15 years, farmers around the world have planted ever larger tracts of genetically engineered crops. According to the USDA, in 2012 more than 93 percent of soy planted was “herbicide tolerant,” engineered to withstand herbicides (sold by the same companies who patent and sell the seeds). Likewise, 73 percent… Read more »
Eight States, Environmental Groups Back Vermont in GMO Labeling Lawsuit
VT Digger by Erin Mansfield Vermont State Capitol Source: Daniel Mennerich Eight states and several organizations have filed briefs in federal appeals court supporting Vermont’s food labeling law, joining the state in its battle against corporate interests. Attorneys general in Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Illinois, New Hampshire and Washington filed a friend-of-the-court brief this… Read more »
Supreme Court Denies Family Farmers the Right to Self-Defense from Monsanto Abuse
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark A. Kastel, 608-625-2042 Supreme Court Denies Family Farmers the Right to Self-Defense from Monsanto Abuse Refusal to Reinstate OSGATA et al v. Monsanto Prevents Farmers from Protecting Themselves Beyond Partial Court of Appeals Victory https://www.cornucopia.org/2014/01/supreme-court-denies-family-farmers-right-self-defense-monsanto-abuse/ The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision January 13 in the landmark federal lawsuit, Organic… Read more »
Supreme Court Denies Family Farmers the Right to Self-Defense from Monsanto Abuse
Refusal to Reinstate OSGATA et al v. Monsanto Prevents Farmers from Protecting Themselves Beyond Partial Court of Appeals Victory The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision January 13 in the landmark federal lawsuit, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto. Farmers were denied the right to argue their case in court and… Read more »
McDonald’s Rejects Simplot’s Genetically Modified Potato
The Idaho agribusiness continues to get blowback over the Innate line of spuds. Idaho Statesman by Zach Kyle Source: Bowen Chin The J.R. Simplot Co.’s freshly approved genetically modified potato is not being welcomed by one of the company’s oldest business partners. McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food company and a longtime buyer of Simplot potatoes… Read more »
