Redlands Daily Facts Linda Richards, Correspondent One could say I’m on a bee kick. I’ve written several articles about honeybees and the other 1,600 bee species in California. I watch them on our landscaping here in Redlands, which features California natives and other habitat friendly plants, I observe the hive in the neighbor’s dead oak… Read more »
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Battle Over Beets
Corvallis Gazette-Times By Bennett Hall Organic seed producer Frank Morton has been warning people for years that genetically modified organisms pose a serious threat to the Willamette Valley’s vegetable seed industry. Now he thinks his worst GMO nightmare may be coming true. Roundup Ready sugarbeets – a patented variety engineered by Monsanto to tolerate the… Read more »
The Shocking Difference Between Organic & Non-GMO Labels – It’s Huge!
Food Babe by Vani Hari One of the things I love to do every year is visit The Natural Products Expo, I go to both shows every year (west coast and east coast) to see the types of natural products food companies are creating and meet the founders behind them. Every year I see more… Read more »
Dallas Chef Rids the Menu of Genetically-Modified Foods
KHOU.com (this link is no longer available) by Shelly Slater DALLAS — Meet the leader of the Mohawk Militia: Patrick Stark. As executive chef of Sundown at Granada, he’s one of the first to revamp his entire menu to be GMO-free. There’s nothing that’s been “genetically modified” here — just natural, organic products. “It’s got an… Read more »
Pro-technology Think Tank Claims Non-GMO Campaign “Deceives Consumers”
Cornucopia’s Take: The innocuously named industry think tank, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), has filed a Citizen Petition [PDF] with the FDA to request a prohibition on use of Non-GMO labeling on food. ITIF stops short of declaring all GMOs safe in their petition, but they do argue that there is no scientific difference between genetic… Read more »
Dietitians Get Paid to Hold Professional Opinions
Cornucopia’s Take: Bloggers often give their favorite products good press, and native advertising can sometimes be hard to separate from authors’ opinions. Dietitians have frequently taken money from corporations to espouse company lines they agree with. When should a professional disclose their sponsors? Information is a commodity, and each of us must determine who is funding… Read more »
Battle Over GMO Labeling has Natural Brands and Corporate Owners at Odds
With upcoming ballot in Washington state, advocates follow the money behind the corporate owners of natural brands Aljazeera America By Michael Ames It’s not easy eating green. Even the most informed omnivore must navigate a labyrinth of half-truths and dubious marketing claims to find foods that are, to use a loaded term, “natural.” And for… Read more »
GMOs and the Puppetmasters of Academia – What The New York Times Left Out
NOTE: The article below is in response to this New York Times article. The Ecologist by Dr. Jonathan Latham This one goes all the way to the top: Prof. Nina Fedoroff of Penn State, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, shown with President G W Bush. Source: Penn State The NYT’s expose of… Read more »
The Twisted Truth on GMOs
NOW Toronto by Michelle Adelman Jane Goodall Source: World Bank Photo Collection The muzzling of government scientists isn’t stopping the questions about GMO safety Last month’s rally in the nation’s capital against the alleged muzzling of government scientists signalled how tough it’s getting for scientists to speak the truth – especially when their work impinges… Read more »
Claims Of GMO Yield Increases Don’t Hold Up
Environmental Working Group by Emily Cassidy, Research Analyst Source: Lindsay Eyink At a hearing of the House Agriculture Committee this week, opponents of mandatory labeling of GMO foods trotted out the now familiar argument that genetically engineered crops are the key to feeding Earth’s mushrooming population. One witness was Professor Nina Fedoroff of Penn State… Read more »