FoodTank by Timothy Wise Source: BASF As the vitriol intensifies in what passes for debate over the safety of genetically modified foods, scientific inquiry, thankfully, continues. A Tufts researcher, Sheldon Krimsky, recently published his assessment of the last seven years of peer-reviewed evidence, finding 26 studies that “reported adverse effects or uncertainties of GMOs fed to animals.” If… Read more »
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John Vollmer Farms in Big Way on Small Acreage
Southeast Farm Press by Roy Roberson Coming over from the dark side may be a bit of a dramatization as to how North Carolina grower John Vollmer got into organic farming, but he did move from selling agricultural chemicals to growing crops without them, and is in the process of rewriting the book on sustainable,… Read more »
With No Labeling, Few Realize They Are Eating Genetically Modified Foods
Some consumers are concerned that such foods may pose health risks and say manufacturers should be required to identify them for consumers The Chicago Tribune By Monica Eng, Tribune reporter When a team of activists wearing white hazmat suits showed up at a Chicago grocery store to protest the sale of genetically modified foods, they… Read more »
Do-Gooders Who Could Do Better
Barrons Online By Bill Alpert ETHICAL CONSUMERISM IS IN. Sales have reached tens of billions of dollars for coffee, milk, lumber and other products grown organically. Or in an environmentally sustainable way. Or by farmers who got a fair piece of the action. The movement has spurred sales for Whole Foods Markets, Green Mountain Coffee… Read more »
Big Ag Attacks Organic: Hoover Institution Provides Spin for Monsanto Again
Cornucopia’s Take: Newsweek has recently posted a sensational article, “The Campaign for Organic Food is a Deceitful, Expensive Scam,” by the infamous Dr. Henry I. Miller. In it, the author takes aim at our colleagues, Ronnie Cummins of the Organic Consumers Association and Andrew Kimbrell of the Center for Food Safety, and questions the investigative… Read more »
Dietitians Get Paid to Hold Professional Opinions
Cornucopia’s Take: Bloggers often give their favorite products good press, and native advertising can sometimes be hard to separate from authors’ opinions. Dietitians have frequently taken money from corporations to espouse company lines they agree with. When should a professional disclose their sponsors? Information is a commodity, and each of us must determine who is funding… Read more »
How Regenerative Organic Agriculture Can Save the Planet
EcoWatch by John W. Roulac John W. Roulac [Editor’s note: This article is part two of a two-part series. Read part one.] We now know that 20-30 percent of manmade greenhouse gases in the atmosphere comes from industrial agriculture. Petrochemicals are for cars, not for the soil. By dumping ag chemicals onto our soils, we disrupt nature’s delicate… Read more »
Can GMOs Save the World?
Aljazeera America by Anna Lappé Source: Peter Blanchard In October in Istanbul, farmers, agricultural researchers and advocates from around the world gathered for the Organic World Congress, organized by the 42-year-old International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM). With 800 affiliates in 124 countries, IFOAM comes together every three years to gauge its global efforts to promote… Read more »
Wholesale Approval of Genetically Engineered Foods — Obama Administration Disappoints/Angers Public
Agent Orange Herbicide Ingredient Would be Widely Used USDA seeks comments for Monsanto and Dow genetically engineered crops Cornucopia, WI – Over the holidays, the United States Department of Agriculture announced its approval of a novel strain of genetically engineered corn, developed by Monsanto, purportedly being “drought tolerant.” Despite receiving nearly 45,000 public comments in… Read more »
Farmers and Seed Producers Launch Preemptive Strike against Monsanto
Lawsuit Filed To Protect Themselves from Unfair Patent Enforcement on Genetically Modified Seed Action Would Prohibit Biotechnology Giant from Suing Organic Farmers and Seed Growers If Innocently Contaminated by Roundup Ready Genes NEW York: On behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) filed suit today against… Read more »
