The Nanfang by Charles Liu Source: Alexander Synaptic “To ensure food safety and protect students’ health” Taiwan amended its School Health Act on Monday, banning the use of genetically modified food ingredients. In passing the amendments, lawmakers said all schools in the country must get rid of GM foods in order to ensure food safety and protect students’ health…. Read more »
YouTube by Associated Press Critics call it “frankenfish,” but the Food and Drug Administration granted approval Thursday of the first genetically modified animal cleared for human consumption in the US. The engineered salmon could be available within a couple of years. (Nov. 19)
Here’s a humorous and poignant video looking at genetically engineered food from the perspective of Monsanto executives. Click on the link, turn up the volume and enjoy the clever banter. Then think about how you can impact the historic vote this November in California on requiring the labeling of genetically engineered food ingredients.
The Organic & Non-GMO Report “The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science” Agro-ecologist Don Lotter published a paper titled “The Genetic Engineering of Food and the Failure of Science” in the 2009 edition of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. The paper makes a damning case against genetically… Read more »
NOSB Split 8:7 Favoring Industry Lobbyists over Farmers [This article was previously published in the winter issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Linley Dixon, PhD Senior Scientist at The Cornucopia Institute USDA Secretary Perdue tours the Lēf Hydroponic Farm in NH Source: Lance Cheung, USDA Can conventional, GMO, glyphosate-sprayed soybeans be certified USDA Organic? Of course… Read more »
NYU Local By Melissa Cronin The battle against Monsanto Company is gaining new ground, as the Supreme Court announced Friday that it would take a suit against the agro-giant this winter. The court will review an appeal brought by Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman, who Monsanto claims infringed on its patent rights by reusing its herbicide-tolerant… Read more »
Corporate Elites Betray Organics [This article was previously published in the fall issue of The Cultivator, Cornucopia’s quarterly newsletter.] by Will Fantle, Codirector at The Cornucopia Institute Source: Adobe Stock The looming July 1 implementation date for Vermont’s first-of-a-kind, historic GMO food ingredients labeling law pushed Monsanto and other corporate giants in retailing, biotechnology, and agribusiness into… Read more »
Modern Farmer by Kristin Ohlson Credit: Rennett Stowe There are thousands and thousands of bees that are not honeybees out there, pollinating our flowers and helping plants produce food. Who knew? Hear that hum as a bumblebee settles onto a tomato blossom? It’s a faint but powerful sound: The bee is working hard. It’s grabbing… Read more »
Food Safety News Connecticut is the first U.S. state to pass a law requiring the labeling of genetically modified food. The liberal internet environmental news magazine Grist summed up the law when it was passed Tuesday: “Connecticut will label GMOs if you do too,” Grist reported. While tied to what other states do, Connecticut did… Read more »
EcoWatch by John W. Roulac John W. Roulac [Editor’s note: This article is part two of a two-part series. Read part one.] We now know that 20-30 percent of manmade greenhouse gases in the atmosphere comes from industrial agriculture. Petrochemicals are for cars, not for the soil. By dumping ag chemicals onto our soils, we disrupt nature’s delicate… Read more »
