St. Louis Business Journal by Ben Unglesbee Source: Occupy Reno Media Committee Monsanto Company has reached a settlement with wheat farmers in seven states, including Missouri, over the 2013 contamination of an Oregon wheat farm with the seed and biotech company’s genetically modified wheat. In the settlement, Monsanto did not admit liability and agreed to… Read more »
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EU Bans GM-Contaminated Honey From General Sale
Bavarian beekeepers forced to declare their honey as genetically modified because of contamination from nearby Monsanto crops The Guardian Leigh Phillips The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that honey which contains trace amounts of pollen from genetically modified (GM) corn must be labeled as GM produce and undergo full safety authorization before it… Read more »
AquaBounty Selling GMO Fish in Canada, Preparing Fish Farm in Indiana
Cornucopia’s Take: Canada does not require GMO labeling, and the GMO salmon, 25 years in the regulatory pipeline, is now being sold in that country. GMO labeling issues presently remain in the way of the introduction of this highly controversial fish into U.S. markets. AquaBounty awaits approval for its newest possible fish farm in Indiana…. Read more »
Pioneering Leader in Organic Food Production Resigns from Industry Lobby Group
Nature’s Path’s move “protests” betrayals by the Organic Trade Association The widely respected and leading organic breakfast foods manufacturer, Nature’s Path, announced the company’s resignation from membership in the Organic Trade Association (OTA), a prominent and increasingly controversial lobby group representing business interest in the industry. The announcement came in a letter to the organic… Read more »
Corporate Laundering Suit Over Food-Labeling Initiative Dismissed — For Now
The basic issue of the suit — the public’s right to know where money spent in the I-522 campaign comes from — remains unresolved. Seattle Post Intelligencer By Joel Connelly A Thurston County judge has dismissed a lawsuit by supporters of Initiative 522, which charged that the Grocery Manufacturers Association violated state disclosure laws by… Read more »
GMO Alfalfa is a Slow Starter
Cornucopia’s Take: Cornucopia vigorously opposed the introduction of GMO alfalfa. We highlighted many of the problems with the GMO version of this perennial and important crop for farmers. Both organic and conventional farmers expressed considerable concern over Monsanto’s alfalfa creation. It’s interesting that it has thus far failed to meet the biotech giant’s expectations. Growers… Read more »
Confused by the Oregonian’s GMO Confusion
Blue Oregon by Rick North That didn’t take long. Three days after GMO labeling supporters turned in over 155,000 signatures to put their initiative on November’s ballot, and four months before Election Day, the Oregonian editorial board sounded the alarm: “GMO food-labeling mandate would sow only confusion.” The labeling they fear would be worded “Produced with Genetic Engineering.” Let’s… Read more »
PNS Farms
NOTE: PNS Farms is not producing eggs at this time due to COVID-19 issues. They may restart production in the future. They write: “Our hens are housed in a wooden barn, comparable to the Ritz for people, where they eat high quality certified organic soy free feed (no antibiotics, no hormones, no animal by-products, no… Read more »
Corporate Secrets: How the Anti-522 Campaign was Planned
Seattle PI By Joel Connelly The Grocery Manufacturers Association began last December to plot how to defeat Initiative 522, the food labeling measure on Washington’s November ballot, with emphasis a “shielding individual companies from attack for providing funding,” according to a fascinating complaint filed Wednesday by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The AG is claiming… Read more »
Update: Oregon’s Measure 92
Image Source: Martin Deutsch While the No side has been declared the winner, the Yes side is closing the gap as the final ballots trickle in. Here’s the situation: Yes is trailing by 5,200 votes out of 1.5 million cast and the total keeps shrinking (http://oregonvotes.gov/results/2014G/1029276478.html). An automatic recount happens if the tally shrinks below… Read more »
