U.S. Right to Know by Carey Gillam Bruce Chassy Source: University of Illinois Former University of Illinois food science professor Bruce Chassy is known for his academic gravitas. Now retired nearly four years, Chassy still writes and speaks often about food safety issues, identifying himself with the full weight of the decades of experience earned… Read more »
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Q&A: Dr. Pedro Sanchez Discusses Cuba
UC Food Observer by Rose Hayden-Smith, PhD Dr. Pedro Sanchez Source: Columbia University Dr. Pedro Sanchez currently serves as director of the Agriculture and Food Security Center at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Sanchez left his native Cuba at age 18 to study at Cornell University, where he received B.S., M.S. and PhD degrees in soil science…. Read more »
Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii’s Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops
The Guardian by Christopher Pala Source: Alexis Baden-Mayer Local doctors are in the eye of a storm swirling for the past three years over whether corn that’s been genetically modified to resist pesticides is a source of prosperity, as companies claim, or of birth defects and illnesses Pediatrician Carla Nelson remembers catching sight of the… Read more »
Glyphosate/Roundup & Human Male Infertility
The Permaculture Research Institute by Dr Mae-Wan Ho A steep decline in human male sperm count concomitant with rise in testicular germ cell cancer, congenital malformations of the male reproductive tract and drop in serum testosterone levels, all pointing towards increasing exposure to glyphosate/Roundup herbicides during the past decades, now corroborated by lab findings. A fully… Read more »
Research Shows that Monsanto’s Big Claims for GMO Food Are Probably Wrong
It’s going to be a tough row to hoe, from here on out for Monsanto. Alternet By Jill Richardson Oops. The World Food Prize committee’s got a bit of egg on its face—genetically engineered egg. They just awarded the World Food Prize to three scientists, including one from Syngenta and one from Monsanto, who invented… Read more »
Turmoil Shakes National Organics Standards Board Meeting in Texas
Board Decision Making Colored by Restrictions to Authority and Governance Imposed by USDA CORNUCOPIA, WI – Protests, an arrest and parliamentary maneuvers marked the beginning of the semi-annual meeting of the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). After the initial turmoil subsided its members wrestled with the implications of widely criticized changes to its authority… Read more »
Unseemly Emails Between Lobbyists and USDA Staffers
Cornucopia’s Take: The story below does not describe any illegal behavior, but it clearly demonstrates the industry-friendly conditions at the USDA. Emails brought to the light of day via a Freedom of Information request show working relationships among industry players and USDA staffers, many of whom were industry lobbyists prior to working for the government…. Read more »
Office of Inspector General Finds NOP’s Import Controls Lacking
Cornucopia’s Take: The Office of the Inspector General released their audit of the National Organic Program (NOP) in September. They found that the NOP’s controls over U.S. ports of entry are inadequate and equivalency agreements with other countries lack transparency. Cornucopia has filed a rulemaking petition with the USDA to strengthen import oversight. Audit: USDA’s organic… Read more »
A Rush of Americans, Seeking Gold in Cuban Soil
New York Times by Kim Severson Source: David Williams HAVANA — Being an agricultural official in Cuba these days is like living in a resort town all your friends want to visit. You rarely get a moment to yourself. For months, Havana’s government offices and its prettiest urban farms have been filled with American bureaucrats,… Read more »
God’s Red Pencil? CRISPR and the Three Myths of Precise Genome Editing
Independent Science News by Jonathan Latham, PhD CRISPR gene editing involves guide RNA and a protein that can cut DNA. Image source: Georgios Karamanis For the benefit of those parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public relations blitz is at full tilt. It concerns an emerging set of methods… Read more »
