Capital Press By Mateusz Perkowski Some foreign suppliers of crops have been caught with fraudulent organic certificates in recent years. Premium prices are likely the motivation for the forgeries. A sloppy forgery doomed an attempt by Monaz Manufacturing and Supply Services to pass off its crops as organic. A suspicious customer noticed irregularities and missing information… Read more »
GM Crops Bring Brazil Lower Yields and Higher Chemical Use
Sustainable Pulse GM crops in Brazil have brought higher agrochemical use and lower yields and productivity, according to a new report based on government data. Source: EcoDebate (GMWatch Translation from Portuguese) In the report, the researcher makes some clear points regarding the consequences of this technology: high dependence, increased monoculture, increased use of pesticides and… Read more »
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USDA Report Opens Door to Seeds Modified to Resist Herbicide Used as Agent Orange Ingredient
Newser (link no longer available) MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture opened the door Friday to commercial sales of corn and soybean seeds genetically engineered to resist the weed killer 2,4-D, which is best known as an ingredient in the Vietnam War-era herbicide Agent Orange. The U.S. military stopped using Agent Orange in 1971,… Read more »
USDA Power Grab
[A version of this story originally appeared in The Cultivator, The Cornucopia Institute’s quarterly print publication available to members and online.] National Organic Program Guts Synthetic Materials Decision-Making Process By Will Fantle The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) stands accused of a power grab due to changing a fundamental decision-making process impacting organic food and agriculture. Miles… Read more »
The F.D.A.’s Not-Really-Such-Good-News
New York Times By Mark Bittman That “good” news you may have read last week about the Food and Drug Administration’s curbing antibiotics in animal feed may not be so good after all. In fact, it appears that the F.D.A. has once again refused to do all it could to protect public health. For those… Read more »
