OregonLive by Jacy Marmaduke Source: Loren Kerns Family farms in the sunny Rogue Valley plan to celebrate this weekend as Jackson County’s first-in-Oregon GMO ban takes effect. Saturday is the first day people can alert county officials about violations of the ban on growing genetically altered crops. But officials won’t be patrolling or making farmers… Read more »
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Biotech and Agribusinesses Spending Heavily to Defeat State GMO Food Labeling Votes
Final Infographic Spotlights Dueling Food Brands on Colorado and Oregon Initiatives For the third election cycle in a row, biotech corporations and large agribusinesses narrowly defeated statewide citizen initiatives that would have mandated the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients on food packages. This time the electoral showdowns took place in Oregon, where it was… Read more »
A Hole in the Regulation of GMOs that Kudzu Could Fit Through
Union of Concerned Scientists by Doug Gurian-Sherman A little-noticed, almost nonchalant, article in the Columbus Dispatch last week portends substantial environmental and economic mischief. The article notes that Scotts Company is going forward with plans to commercialize GMO Kentucky bluegrass. Mentioned in passing was that this grass, engineered for resistance to the herbicide glyphosate (AKA Roundup), is not… Read more »
Research Details Deluge of Spending by Opponents of GMO Labeling
Final Infographic Spotlights Dueling Food Brands on Colorado and Oregon Initiatives For the third election cycle in a row, biotech corporations and large agribusinesses narrowly defeated statewide citizen initiatives that would have mandated the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) ingredients on food packages. This time the electoral showdowns took place in Oregon, where it was… Read more »
‘GMO Myths and Truths’ — Report Released by Genetic Engineers
Digital Journal By Ann Sewell In a groundbreaking report, two genetic engineers explain in detail why GMOs are not good for human health or the environment. The new report is titled “GMO Myths and Truths”. The report presents a large body of peer-reviewed scientific and other authoritative evidence of the hazards to health and the… Read more »
Leading Organic Industry CEO Condemns GMO Labeling “Sell-out”
Criticizes the Organic Trade Association and Some of Its Powerful Members David Bronner Cornucopia’s Take: David Bronner, CEO at Dr. Bronner’s, has been an activist and a leading voice for the real labeling of GMO foods. He also happens to be a long time member of the Organic Trade Association (OTA). He is harshly critical of… Read more »
Judge Considers Halting Vermont GMO Labeling Law
USA Today by Dan D’Ambrosio Source: Bloomsberries BURLINGTON, Vt. — A federal judge is weighing whether to put the brakes on Vermont’s first-in-the-nation genetically modified organism labeling law before it even goes into effect. Judge Christina Reiss had probing questions for both sides in the lawsuit that the Grocery Manufacturers Association filed against the state… Read more »
U.S. House Passes Anti-GMO Labeling Law
Reuters by Carey Gillam The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a hotly debated measure that blocks any mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically engineered crops, including pre-empting a state law set to take effect next year in Vermont. Source: 드림포유 Dubbed the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act by supporters, but the… Read more »
MOFGA Hails Maine’s Adoption of GMO Labeling Law
The Portland Daily Sun by Staff Report The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will celebrate Maine’s adoption of a law that provides for labeling of genetically engineered food. Governor Paul LePage has signed LD 718 — An Act To Protect Maine Food Consumers’ Right To Know about Genetically Engineered Food, MOFGA announced. MOFGA will… Read more »
GMO-Bananas are Going Into Human Trials – Why This Won’t End Well
Living Maxwell by Max Goldberg Credit: USDA I am not sure why it is but so many people, myself included, have an incredibly strong emotional attachment to bananas. This love for bananas extends to all parts of the world, and I saw this first-hand when I visited a banana plantation in Costa Rica. In fact, people who… Read more »
