The Guardian by Christopher Pala Source: Alexis Baden-Mayer Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the… Read more »
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Bacteria Shows Promise for Increasing Drought Tolerance in Crops
Cornucopia’s Take: Initial trials of microbe coatings on cotton and wheat seeds have shown impressive yield improvements for both crops. This new technology bypasses genetic modification in favor of studying and employing the bacteria found naturally on plants in the field that demonstrate drought tolerance. Scientists Want to Replace Pesticides With Bacteria Bloomberg News by… Read more »
The Cornucopia Institute Rates More than 100 Cottage Cheese Products in New Scorecard
Comprehensive Report Gives Consumers Valuable Tool to Decode Dairy Aisle The Cornucopia Institute, which produces science-based reports that empower consumers to make informed decisions about their food choices, recently completed an investigation into the cottage cheese industry, a re-emerging market that’s forecasted to grow nearly 10% by 2022. Its new Cottage Cheese Scorecard rates more… Read more »
Sign On: No GMOs in Organic!
This petition is closed. The Cornucopia Institute recently reported on troubling comments made by USDA Under Secretary Ibach at a House Agriculture Subcommittee meeting regarding the possibility of gene editing in organic. Sign our petition below! If your organization would like to sign on, please contact us.
GMO Labeling Bill Voted Down In Senate
Huffington Post By Michael McAuliff WASHINGTON — The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating genetically modified food. The Senate voted overwhelmingly — 71 to 27 — against an amendment to the sweeping farm bill, squashing a measure that… Read more »
Poland Beekeepers Kick Monsanto Out of the Hive, Successfully Ban Bee-Killing GM Corn
Natural News by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer A significant health freedom victory has taken place in the European nation of Poland, where all plantings of Monsanto’s MON810, a genetically-modified (GM) variety of maize (corn) that produces its own built-in Bt insecticide in every kernel, have been officially banned. The decision comes after thousands of… Read more »
US Farmers May Stop Planting GMs After Poor Global Yields
Farmers Weekly By Robyn Vinter Some US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant GM crops saw smaller yields globally than their non-GM counterparts. Farmers in the USA pay about an extra $100 per acre for GM seed, and many are questioning whether they will continue to… Read more »
GMO Potatoes Have Arrived. But Will Anyone Buy Them?
NPR by Dan Charles Source: The Daily Call On the face of it, the new potato varieties called “Innate” seem attractive. If you peel the brown skin off their white flesh, you won’t find many unsightly black spots. And when you fry them, you’ll probably get a much smaller dose of a potentially harmful chemical…. Read more »
Ecology Action Shares Biointensive Farming with the World
Cornucopia’s Take: While Big Ag insists that GMOs are the only way to feed the world, this nonprofit is teaching interns to grow more food on less land. Biointensive farming methods build the soil quickly and use far less water to grow more food than conventional or GMO methods. How Three U.S. Mini-Farms are Sowing the… Read more »
Proposition 37 Petition
Dear ______, After a deluge of misleading advertisements, California voters rejected Proposition 37, which proposed labels on foods containing genetically engineered ingredients. Many organic companies stepped up to the plate and contributed to support this initiative. If you are one of those companies, I would like to sincerely thank you. It is important to me… Read more »
