Supersized genetically modified salmon grown fast and fat and after years of wrangling, are ready for market – but is the market ready for them? And why is the firm hidden away in Panama? The Guardian By Suzanne Goldenberg It is hard to think of a more unlikely setting for genetic experimentation or for raising… Read more »

Examiner.com Marketing chips and other processed snack foods, sodas, and sugary GMO cereals to registered dietitians is part of big business. Registered dietitians have to keep taking continuing education courses to keep their licenses. So who’s offering a lot of the required continuing education seminars? It’s not organic produce farmers. It’s the largest food manufacturers…. Read more »

Food Tank by Danielle Nierenberg, Sarah Small, and Sonal Choudhary This week, Food Tank has hand-picked 18 books that educate, inspire, and inform us—and make us look forward to cooking, eating, and sharing what we’ve learned. They highlight sustainable agriculture and farming practices around the world, and they give us ideas about how to eat… Read more »

Food Tank’s Fall Reading List FoodTank By Danielle Nierenberg and Anna Glasser Four times a year, Food Tank will be handpicking a selection of books (mostly newer releases, but several oldies) that have recently educated, inspired, and informed the work of this organization. Below are Food Tank’s “must read” Fall 2013 selections for those who are… Read more »

San Francisco Charonicle Carol Ness, Chronicle Staff Writer This might come as a shock to devotees of the Church of Michael Pollan, but his next article will be about orchid sex, not food. And his next book may not be about food, either. “My wife says it’s time for me to move on,” the UC… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Despite heavy pressure from industry, regulatory bodies, and food safety agencies, Christopher Portier, a carcinogenicity expert with over 30 years of research experience, continues to decry the use of chemical industry research to declare the safety of glyphosate. His insistence has put him, and the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: As gene editing technology has moved ahead, it has become a cheap hobby for the science-minded. Meanwhile, little attention has been paid by government entities around the world, and anyone can buy self-cloned DNA fragments online for their at home scientific experimentation. The main concern is the creation of dangerous organisms, deliberately or… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Solo vegetable farming is a dicey business, big growers have made it more difficult to find buyers, and the Amish lifestyle cultivates separation from the world, making internet advertising and timely phone calls impossible. Against these odds, a group of Amish farmers sell designer produce to restaurateurs in Washington, DC. How a small… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: While corporations continue to lock down patents on plant characteristics and merger mania encompasses agribusiness seed companies, forward-minded breeders worldwide are promising the traits and genes they work with to future generations, free of charge. HOW “OPEN SOURCE” SEED PRODUCERS FROM THE U.S. TO INDIA ARE CHANGING GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION Ensia by Rachel… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Over 800 cancer patients are suing Monsanto for failing to warn them about the risk of cancer associated with Roundup. Cornucopia will continue to follow this story as it unfolds. You can avoid toxic, synthetic pesticides by eating organic and local food from trusted producers. Patients: Roundup gave us cancer as EPA official… Read more »