Living Maxwell by Max Goldberg Credit: USDA I am not sure why it is but so many people, myself included, have an incredibly strong emotional attachment to bananas. This love for bananas extends to all parts of the world, and I saw this first-hand when I visited a banana plantation in Costa Rica. In fact, people who… Read more »
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GMO Food-Labels Measure to Be Filed
The Seattle Times By Melissa Allison A legislative initiative that would require food companies to label products containing genetically modified organisms is set to be filed Thursday with the Secretary of State’s office in Olympia. A similar measure was defeated by California voters last fall in a battle that pitted big and small businesses against… Read more »
GM Crops Threaten to Replace Natural Seeds
Daily Monitor By RICHARD MUGISHA It is alarming that the biotechnology industry and the governments that support them are pushing for Genetically Modified (GM) crops and food into Uganda without due regard to local communities’ livelihoods, bio-safety and democratic rights. GMOs such as genetically engineered maize, cotton and soya are rapidly finding their entry into… Read more »
Maui May Become Hawaii’s Next Battlefield Over GMOs and Pesticides
Honolulu Civil Beat By Sophie Cocke The fight over genetically engineered crops and pesticides is shifting to Maui. Councilwoman Elle Cochran plans to submit a bill to the Maui County Council on Friday requiring agricultural companies to disclose details about their pesticide use to the county, while farmers would have to report any genetically altered… Read more »
Oregon Counties Ban Cultivation of GMO Crops
RT Despite the flood of corporate money poured into two small Oregon counties, local residents voted on Tuesday to ban genetically engineered crops from being planted within their borders. Although Jackson County itself is home to less than 120,000 registered voters, the measure to ban genetically modified crops (GMOs) made headlines around the nation when… Read more »
General Mills Will Label GMOs on Products Nationwide
Alternet by Willy Blackmore, TakePart Source: USDA The company will follow the standards set by Vermont’s labeling law until a national standard is set. Vermont started a revolution, and its effects will soon spread across the country. No, we aren’t talking about Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee but the 2014 law passed… Read more »
The Great Mexican Maize Massacre
Gene Giants Prepare the Genetic Wipe-out of One of the World’s Most Important Food Crops ETC Group Agribusiness giants Monsanto, DuPont and Dow are plotting the boldest coup of a global food crop in history. If their requests to allow a massive commercial planting of genetically modified (GM) maize are approved in the next two… Read more »
State of Fever: Monsanto’s GMO Policy Infecting All Levels of Government
By Will Fantle, Codirector From the Summer issue of The Cultivator From the USDA to foreign policy, Congress, state governments, elections and the courts, the feverish politics of genetically modified foods (GMOs) have infected decision making and dramatically tilted policies towards the desires of Monsanto and the Biotech industry. Candidate Barack Obama in 2008 promised… Read more »
Scientists State: There Is No Scientific Consensus on GMO Safety
Bioscience Resource Project Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD, The Bioscience Resource Project’s Executive Director and Science Director have joined over 90 other scientists, academics, and physicians in signing the Statement described in today’s European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) Press. There is no scientific consensus on the safety of… Read more »
More US farmers Planting Non-GMO Soybeans This Year
For the first time since 1996, acres of Roundup Ready genetically modified soybeans could drop as more farmers decide to plant non-GMO. The Organic & Non-GMO Report Low commodity soybean prices, attractive premiums, and rising prices for genetically modified soybean seed are leading American farmers to plant more acres of non-GMO soybeans this year. Representatives… Read more »
