Indiana Public Media News By Sehvilla Mann [This is the second story in a three-part series on pesticide drift.] As Red Gold Incorporated Director of Agriculture Steve Smith watches cans of tomato sauce whip down the line at the company’s processing plant in Orestes, he says it is his job to worry about the bite pesticide drift… Read more »
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Recap of NY State GMO Food Labeling Hearing
Living MaxWell Max Goldberg, at Living MaxWell, catches up with the Center for Food Safety’s Andrew Kimbrell in New York to discuss the GMO food labeling bill that is gathering attention in New York state. Kimbrell was part of the hearing held by state legislators gathering information on the proposal to label foods containing genetically… Read more »
Dow’s Controversial New GMO Corn Delayed Amid Protests
* Dow AgroSciences awaiting regulatory approval * Says ramping up seed production, hopeful for 2014 sales * Critics oppose use of Enlist herbicide and Enlist crops Reuters By Carey Gillam (Reuters) – A controversial new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, will be delayed at least another year as the… Read more »
GMO Drought-Tolerant Corn Over-Promises: Plant Scientist
Reuters By Carey Gillam CHICAGO (Reuters) – Utilizing biotech “drought-tolerant” corn to boost global food production would be a less-effective tactic than planting conventional corn and improving agronomic practices, a veteran plant scientist said on Tuesday. “The technology has gotten a tremendous amount of attention. We think undue attention,” said Doug Gurian-Sherman, a plant pathologist… Read more »
No Gold in Golden Rice, Says GMO Expert
All Voices By Gerry Albert Corpuz, Dorcas Yee-Bee and John Lloyd Hoffman MANILA, Philippines-Gold is absent in golden rice. Dr. Michael HansenMichael Hansen, Senior Scientist of the Consumers Union (USA) stressed this concern during a forum on the controversial Golden Rice staged recently at the NCAS Auditorium, University of the Philippines Los Banos in Laguna… Read more »
GMOs: The One Thing You Can Do While Obama Considers Vetoing Non-Labeling Legislation
This alert is over. [Read the letters calling for a presidential veto below.] Source: DonkeyHotey President Obama has yet to sign the toothless GMO food labeling bill passed by Congress. If you already called the President, or signed one of the “unofficial” petitions, urging him to veto the bill you still have one more chance… Read more »
B.C. Fruit Growers Want to Block Canadian Sales of Arctic Apple
Global News by Kimberly Davidson KELOWNA – The B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association doesn’t want to see the genetically modified Arctic apple on grocery store shelves in Canada. The group passed a resolution at its annual general meeting in Kelowna to ask the Canadian government to de-register the product.
Uncle Sam
Numerous breakfast cereal brands are owned by the company Attune Foods: the organic Erewhon brand and non-organic, conventional brands Uncle Sam, New Morning and Skinner’s Raisin Bran. They write, “In 1908, a physician recommended that Uncle Sam cereal founder, Lafayette Coltrin, add flaxseed to his diet. Mr. Coltrin found that he enjoyed the flaxseed sprinkled… Read more »
Jim Gerritsen on Food Sleuth Radio
Melinda Hemmelgarn, of Food Sleuth Radio interviews, Jim Gerritsen, an organic farmer, owner and operator of Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, Maine, and President of the Maine-based Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA). Gerritsen discusses OSGATA’s lawsuit against Monsanto in 2011 and why it’s critical to challenge seed patents. He also shares his perspective… Read more »
USDA Extends Comment Period on GMO Apple Through December 16
This Action Alert is Over. Contacted by Cornucopia staff, the USDA today confirmed that they have extended the comment period through Monday, December 16 on the controversial genetically engineered Arctic Apple®. The federal website comment portal had been experiencing availability problems and was cited as the reason for the extension. Okanagan Specialty Fruits has developed… Read more »
