[Note: See Cornucopia’s infographic for a recent accounting of what companies are spending on the I-522 GMO food labeling initiative.] MYNorthwest.com SEATTLE (AP) – With a week to go before the November election, the Grocery Manufacturers Association is turning up the heat in the fight over labeling genetically engineered foods, giving heavily in recent days… Read more »
Los Angeles May Become Largest GMO-Free Area in the US
RT.com Los Angeles is considering a ban on the cultivation, sale and distribution of genetically modified organisms, which would make the city the largest GMO-free zone in the US. Los Angeles City Councilmen Paul Koretz and Mitch O’Farrell introduced Friday a motion to curb growth and proliferation of GMO seeds and plants within the city…. Read more »
What’s That Smell? Exotic Scents Made From Re-engineered Yeast
[NOTE: If it’s not insidious enough that unregulated, synthetic chemicals are being sprayed as “air fresheners” in public restrooms nationwide, and even in hospitals, or as “trademarks scents” by hotel chains like Hilton Garden Inn and Hyatt Place, now we might be breathing in genetically modified organisms. This disturbing New York Times article outlines genetically… Read more »
Report: Feeding Antibiotics to Livestock is Bad for Humans, but Congress Won’t Stop it
Washington Post By Melinda Henneberger The farm and pharmaceutical lobbies have blocked all meaningful efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics in raising livestock in the United States, a practice that contributes to an increasingly urgent public health risk, a study released Tuesday found. Congress has killed every effort to restrict the feeding of farm… Read more »
Busting Food Myths for Two Generations
The Nation By Peter Rothberg There may be no family in the history of the republic which has done more to promote culinary awareness, sustainability and food justice than the indefatigable Lappé clan. Frances Moore Lappé’s seminal and best-selling 1971 book, Diet for a Small Planet, launched one of the first substantive critiques of the… Read more »
Moms for Labeling Sues No on 522 to Stop Ads with False Disclosures and Freeze Illegal Contributions
No on 522 campaign opposing GMO food ingredient labeling could face penalties of up to $7 million FuseWashington (Seattle) – Moms for Labeling filed suit Monday against the No on 522 campaign, seeking to force their advertisements to comply with Washington’s campaign finance disclosure laws. In addition, the suit asked the judge to “sequester” the… Read more »
Eight Mini-Stories of Family Farmers Nourishing the World — And More
Huffington Post By Danielle Nierenberg Co-authored by Delaney Workman Agriculture is responsible for approximately 70 percent of the world’s fresh water use, 20-30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, and 80 percent of global deforestation. But there doesn’t have to be a trade-off between a healthy planet and full plates. Small-scale family farmers are feeding… 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 »
How to Keep Your Seeds Alive for Years
Ecowatch By Kaye Spector There’s three conditions to maintain to keep your prized heirloom seeds viable: keep them cool, dry and dark. Seeds are embryos encased in a womb shell, or, as the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center explains, “A seed is a plant in a box with its lunch.” Because seeds are alive, they’ll inevitably… Read more »
Corporate Secrets: How the Anti-522 Campaign was Planned
Seattle PI By Joel Connelly The Grocery Manufacturers Association began last December to plot how to defeat Initiative 522, the food labeling measure on Washington’s November ballot, with emphasis a “shielding individual companies from attack for providing funding,” according to a fascinating complaint filed Wednesday by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The AG is claiming… Read more »
