After conducting a thorough and scientifically detailed investigation into the detection last year of genetically engineered (GE) wheat growing in a single field on a single farm in Oregon, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has concluded that the presence…
By Ken Roseboro For nearly 15 years, Frank Kutka has been working to save prevent genetically modified (GMO) corn from cross-pollinating with organic and other corn varieties. Kutka, a plant breeder, has been developing what he calls “Organic Ready” corn varieties that have the ability…
The Great Granddaughter of General Mills’ Co-Founder Speaks Out Robyn O’Brien – Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Today, at General Mills’ shareholder meeting, something remarkable happened. And if it doesn’t speak to the changing food landscape in the U.S., I don’t know what does. Shareholders were…
By Heather Callaghan One thing’s for sure: when Dr. Oz speaks, people listen. Many a healthfood store and tea shop owner have saluted him when he mentions their goods on air – and their stores fill up. In the past he has drawn cheers and…
(Beyond Pesticides, September 18, 2014) After a reported $90 million loss from rejected shipments of genetically engineered (GE) corn seeds that are not approved in China, the U.S. grain company Cargill Inc. sued the biotech giant Syngenta AG. According to Cargill, since mid-November 2013, China…
By Amanda Froelich, True Activist You care about your health, and you’re also vigilant of the fact that foods that have been genetically modified have been shown to cause allergies, organ failure, and general toxicity. Therefore it should be essential such scary franken-foods are avoided….
By Nick Meyer, Alt Health Works The grassroots movement for food integrity has done a lot of good in the world, especially thanks to the powerful reach of social media. Graphics, articles, and other content has reached countless millions of people and has helped light…
By Blair Richards, Mercury News Australia Primary Industries Minister Jeremy Rockliff has announced the state will remain GMO-free for at least the next five years. TASMANIAN agriculture is set to remain free of genetically modified organisms for at least five more years, with the State…
By Real Farmacy Let me guess. One of your favorite go-to meals is shells and white cheddar and you find yourself having to ration boxes of cheddar bunnies so that you don’t devour the whole package in one sitting. I don’t blame you. Nowadays it’s…
by Arjun Walia Data linking GMOs and pesticides to human health ailments continues to emerge, as a new report put together by the Ministry of Health in Cordoba, Argentina has found that increased levels of crop spraying in Argentina’s most extensively farmed areas has resulted…
By Heather Callaghan Big Biotech’s promise to feed the world, by squeezing out every other choice against the will of the impoverished people intended as the target – is beyond cruel and exploitative. It is another way that the U.S. occupies other countries. How else…
By Brandon Turbeville After years of leading the charge against genetically modified food, California now has its own anti-GMO/pro-organic political candidate. James Hinton, an Independent running for California’s US House District 5, has come out strong against the proliferation of GM food in the US…
By Heather Callaghan Close on the heels of their new food import bans, Russia is enacting stricter methods to keep GMOs off the table. Russia has a consumer safety watchdog group called Rospotrebnadzor – also known as the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection…
The China Development Strategy Research Society Committee of Cultural Strategy organized a unique event in Beijing during the last week of July to discuss the global harm caused by GMOs and glyphosate-based herbicides. The Food Safety & Sustainable Agriculture Forum 2014 held in China’s capital…
By Heather Callaghan Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson made waves last week with a video and Facebook letter aimed at critics of genetically modified organisms in food. His argument spun the idea that the process to achieve a GMO is exactly the same as traditional agricultural…
By Heather Callaghan While people have been torn over beloved astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s recent comments on genetically modified organisms, another beloved Neil took a stand – largely unnoticed. While Tyson claims he never took a side, he still holds that genetic engineering is no…
By Heather Callaghan Of course not – he is, after all, a PhD – but he will let fans think that. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, Cosmos host, and is beloved for his sense of humor and putting complex concepts into layman’s terms. He…
Today, 64 established scientists, researchers and professionals submitted an open letter to the U.S. National Academy of Science’s National Research Council (NRC), strongly criticizing the council’s proposal of a panel of experts tasked with completing a new NRC study, “Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects.” According…
By Heather Callaghan Earlier this year, two Oregon cities voted at the ordinance level to ban GMO cultivation. This November, Oregon state residents will have the ability to vote on whether they want genetically modified foods labeled – or not. There has been an outpouring…
By Heather Callaghan Writers are often barraged with email invites to attend conferences to become better writers with promises that, in time, their efforts will produce a lucrative income. There are niche writing workshops as well, such as “food blogging.” The hitch, of course, is…
