[A hearing will be held in the Senate on Wednesday, October 21. Call 888-894-1033 to leave a message for your Senators and tell them to oppose the DARK Act and to protect your right to know what is in your food.] Global Healing Center by Dr. Edward Group DC, NP, DACBN, DCBCN, DABFM Join The… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Max Goldberg takes a look at how the toothless GMO food labeling bill came to pass.  He is a respected observer of the organic industry, writing about it regularly in his blog, Living MaxWell. President Obama Signs the Disastrous Federal GMO-Labeling Bill, Putting the Future of Organic in Danger Living MaxWell by Max… Read more »

Yahoo News LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two million people marched in protest against seed giant Monsanto in hundreds of rallies across the U.S. and in over 50 other countries on Saturday. “March Against Monsanto” protesters say they wanted to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce… Read more »

Huffington Post Large biotech companies like Syngenta, Monsanto, Pioneer, Dow and BASF have long been experimenting with GMO crops and seeds in Hawaii. They have farms on Oahu, Kauai and Molokai, but they’ve never operated on Hawaii’s Big Island — and now they never will. On Tuesday, the Hawaii County Council passed a bill, 6-3,… Read more »

Mercola.com by Dr. Mercola Credit: NRCS The pesticide and junk food industries continue to cause harm, even deaths, while destroying our rights and indemnifying themselves from liability. That’s the take-home message from the September 8 article in The Progressive,1 which recounts the travails of residents in Cedar Valley, Oregon. It’s also the take-home message of other related… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Caius Rommens, PhD spent his career in bioengineering with Monsanto and JR Simplot. Encouraged by other industry scientists and the companies he worked for, he is responsible for the GMO traits in potatoes that have made it quietly to the market. In the article below, Rommens reflects on his past work and the… Read more »

Crosscut (Seattle, WA) By Amy Pennington Eastern Washington farmers are increasingly worried about agricultural invasion from Monsanto’s unwanted genetically modified and patent-protected seeds, which can threaten a farm’s organic status and land them in court. Now a national coalition of independent farmers is fighting back. Lazy R Ranch sits just outside of Spokane and raises… Read more »

Reuters by Carey Gillam Credit: OCA May 20 (Reuters) – Voters in a small Oregon county were considering on Tuesday a controversial measure that would ban cultivation of genetically engineered crops within their boundaries. The measure in Jackson County in southern Oregon, has drawn national attention and more than $1 million in campaign funding to… Read more »

Consumer Reports by Eric Schlosser Source: USDA During our 80th-anniversary year, Consumer Reports is introducing a series of provocative opinion essays by leading thinkers on urgent consumer issues. We hope you’ll join the conversation with us. Severely obese schoolchildren, E. coli outbreaks, salmonella in ground beef, arsenic in apple juice and rice, poultry sickened by… Read more »

Report documents on-the-ground dangers of methyl iodide-type fumigant pesticides Pesticide Action Network SISQUOC, CA — Pesticide Action Network and local community members today released a new report documenting high levels of pesticide drift in the California community of Sisquoc. Poison Gases in the Field: Pesticides put California families in danger presents results of community air… Read more »