By Mark Kastel How sweet. DSM (the parent of Martek Biosciences) partners with our friends at Monsanto to bring you new novel life forms to be incorporated into your diet (see the article below). That’s right, DSM, the same company that bamboozled the National Organic Standards Board, with raw lobbying might, bringing you genetically mutated… Read more »
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Nutritionally-Enhanced GM Crops? Too Bad About the Deformed Butterflies
The Ecologist by Claire Robinson / GM Watch Field of canolaSource: Massmo Relsig It looked like such a good idea: take the pressure off wild fish stocks by growing GM oilseeds that produce health-enhancing long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, writes Claire Robinson. But as a new study has established, those fish oils, novel in terrestrial ecosystems,… Read more »
Carrageenan Update
What Cornucopia Is Doing to Remove this Inflammatory Ingredient from Organics by Will Fantle Source: iStock Part of The Cornucopia Institute’s commitment to protecting the integrity of organics has been increased scrutiny given to non-organic and synthetic materials proposed for use in organic agriculture or in the processing of organic food products. Federal regulations ban… Read more »
Official Comments to the USDA National Organic Standards Board
1. Cornucopia testimony and detailed analysis on Martek Biosciences’ proposed novel DHA/ARA oils can be found at: https://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DHApacket_1of4.pdf https://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DHApacket_2of4.pdf https://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DHApacket_3of4.pdf https://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DHApacket_4of4.pdf 2. Cornucopia’s response to the wine industry lobby’s request for artificial preservatives (sulfites) in organic wine can be viewed at: https://www.cornucopia.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CornucopiaHCSulfurDioxideComment.pdf 3. A detailed response from The Cornucopia Institute, to the NOSB livestock committee’s… Read more »
Northeast Dairy Farmers File Suit Against DFA and Dean Foods
DMS and HP Hood also are charged with aiding in monopolization and price-fixing PRNewswire-USNewswire WASHINGTON — A class action, antitrust lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of Northeast dairy farmers against the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Dean Foods Company (“Dean”) in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt., according to lead attorney Benjamin Brown,… Read more »
National Organic Standards Board Votes to Reject More Synthetic Additives in Infant Formula
Positive news for organic consumers from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting currently taking place in Providence, Rhode Island: the NOSB has rejected the petitions to allow synthetic versions of the nutrients taurine, lycopene, lutein and l-carnitine in organic foods, including organic infant formula. The NOSB also rejected the petitions for two synthetic preservatives… Read more »
The New Frontier: Genetically Modified Oil Wars
GMO Journal Consumer Beware: the next generation of biotech crops focus directly on you. Unlike most of GM crops currently on the market, which are genetically altered to be herbicide and pesticide resistant, the new generation of GM crops are designed to express alleged nutritional benefits. Focusing on soybean oil — the fastest way to… Read more »
Genetically Engineered Crops – Why Scientists are Worried
Novel DNA Spreads into the Environment, Livestock and Humans By Pamela Coleman, PhD Farm and Food Policy Analyst The Cornucopia Institute The food in grocery stores today is unlike the food eaten by our ancestors, even a few hundred years ago. Part of the difference is easy access to highly processed foods that contain refined… Read more »
DNA Nip and Tuck Likely to Escape Labeling
Cornucopia’s Take: Although CRISPR technology is more precise than previous attempts at gene modification, scientists still do not have enough knowledge to determine whether there will be unintended consequences within the organism or the ecosystem it inhabits. It is shockingly easy to wield the power of gene editing: the equipment to perform CRISPR edits is… Read more »
Protecting Organic Seed Integrity
by Pamela Coleman, PhD Organic seed should be free of genetically engineered (GE) DNA, because organic regulations prohibit genetic engineering. Unfortunately, organic crops are threatened by inadvertent contamination from GE crops. In response to the threat, the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) published a workbook, Protecting Organic Seed Integrity: The Organic Farmer’s Handbook to… Read more »
