[This action alert is over.] Public Can Comment Until Midnight Monday, September 12 Source: Jerald Jackson The USDA is nearing approval of a third genetically engineered apple from Okanagan Specialty Fruits. The company’s Fuji GMO apple is designed not to brown when sliced or exposed to air. Any apple eater knows that an apple’s freshness… Read more »
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Superbugs Found in Chicken Causing Antibiotic-Resistant Bladder Infections Linked to EIGHT MILLION Women
[Note: The use of antibiotics in the production of organic food from organic livestock is expressly prohibited in the U.S.] Daily Mail (UK) By Christine Show The roughly eight million women developing bladder infections in the United States every year may be getting a form of the illness resistant to antibiotics from the chicken they… Read more »
Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say
They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example. Los Angeles Times By Karen Kaplan Consumers who buy organic fruits and vegetables because they think they’re tastier, more nutritious and better for the environment are getting… Read more »
Does Your Favorite Ice Cream Contain Glyphosate?
Cornucopia’s Take: Longtime organic dairy farmer Will Allen wrote this piece below about Ben & Jerry’s empty promises to farmers and consumers. Because Ben & Jerry’s is made from conventional milk, The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently found glyphosate residue in the ice cream. Sign OCA’s petition to Ben & Jerry’s CEO telling them to… Read more »
The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science
Independent Science News By Claire Robinson and Jonathan Latham, PhD Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal, has jested that instead of scientific peer review, its rival The Lancet had a system of throwing a pile of papers down the stairs and publishing those that reached the bottom. On another occasion, Smith was… Read more »
The GM Lobby and Its ‘Seven Sins Against Science’
The Ecologist By Peter Melchett The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the ‘scientific high-ground’ by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated ‘anti-science’ luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables. Powerful forces in Western society have been promoting genetic engineering (now usually genetic… Read more »
A Game of Chicken
OregonLive by Lynne Terry USDA repeatedly blinked when facing salmonella outbreaks involving Foster Farms Over the course of a decade, hundreds of people from Eugene to Baker City to Portland and Seattle were struck by bouts of food poisoning so severe they fled to their doctors or emergency rooms for treatment. They had no idea… Read more »
UAVs Awaiting Take-off in US Agriculture
Farmers Guardian by John Wilkes Source: David Rodriguez Martin Like their counterparts in Europe, farmers in the United States see potential for the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in their businesses. However, a ban on the use of drones for commercial purposes is preventing any further development of the technology in agriculture from, quite… Read more »
Farther Afield
What Is Shiga Toxin Phage – And Why It Can Be Lethal Tom Willey T & D Willey Farms None of us can remain unconcerned about the tragic food safety drama unfolding in Germany over the last several weeks. Much remains to be learned regarding the origin of another seemingly novel pathogen, its stunning virulence… Read more »
GMO Science Deniers: Monsanto and the USDA
Huff Post by Andrew Kimbrell Perhaps no group of science deniers has been more ridiculed than those who deny the science of evolution. What you may not know is that Monsanto and our United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are among them. That’s right: for decades, Monsanto and its enablers inside the USDA have denied… Read more »
