Cornucopia’s Take: Organic producers meet regularly in communities, conferences, and online to share stories and seek solutions to the growing crisis in the organic marketplace. As outlined in the article below, there are now two organics: life-affirming agricultural practices adhering to the spirit and letter of organic regulations and industrial-scale production methods, based on conventional… Read more »
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Too Soon? Kashi Launches Certified Organic Cereals Weeks After GMO Backlash
Organic Authority By Jill Ettinger Kellogg’s Kashi cereal division announced the launch of two new certified organic cereals on Tuesday: Simply Maize and Indigo Morning. The announcement comes just weeks after a photo condemning the cereal company for hidden genetically modified ingredients went viral on the Internet. Last year, The Cornucopia Institute, a public interest… Read more »
Give Your Input to USDA on GMO Labeling
Cornucopia’s Take: USDA is asking for stakeholder input on key issues of the GMO labeling law set to go into effect in 2018. We believe the most important issue here is to ensure that the USDA includes all gene-editing technologies in this labeling law. All Forms of Genetic Engineering Must Require Labels Organic Insider by… Read more »
Crop Flops: GMOs Lead Ag Down the Wrong Path
Grist by Tom Philpott Before I respond to Nathanael Johnson’s assertion that the “stakes are so low” in the debate over GMOs, I want to address a smaller point. “The debate isn’t about actual genetically modified organisms — if it was we’d be debating the individual plants, not GMOs as a whole,” Johnson writes. That’s a good… Read more »
Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food
New York Times By Amy Harmon and Andrew Pollack GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — On a recent sunny morning at the Big Y grocery here, Cynthia LaPier parked her cart in the cereal aisle. With a glance over her shoulder and a quick check of the ingredients, she plastered several boxes with hand-designed stickers from a… Read more »
Pesticide and GMO Companies Spend Big in Hawai’i
The Mom Hui – No GMOs; Credit: P. A. H. PR Watch by Rebekah Wilce Hawai’i has become “ground zero” in the controversy over genetically modified (GMO) crops and pesticides. With the seed crop industry (including conventional as well as GMO crops) reaping $146.3 million a year in sales resulting from its activities in Hawai’i, the out-of-state pesticide… Read more »
Proposed Bill Demands Mandatory GMO Labeling in R.I.
Proposition, similar to those in Maine and Connecticut, responds to increase in public awareness The Brown Daily Herald by Alon Galor Source: Wikimedia Commons Legislation introduced Jan. 15 would require genetically engineered products in Rhode Island to be clearly labeled “produced with genetic engineering,” and would also specify what the term “genetically engineered product” —… Read more »
Heavy Use of Herbicide Roundup Linked to Health Dangers: Study
Reuters By Carey Gillam (Reuters) – Heavy use of the world’s most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson’s, infertility and cancers, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed report, published last week in the scientific journal Entropy, said evidence indicates that residues of “glyphosate,” the… Read more »
Nestlé Sued Over “No GMO” Label
Cornucopia’s Take: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Nestlé for allegedly misleading consumers with a “No GMO Ingredients” label of its own creation. Lawyers contend the company’s label has no meaning, since products bearing the label contain dairy from GMO-fed cows. Several experts contend the suit has a difficult road forward, particularly since the… Read more »
Compromised GMO Labeling Bill Passes Senate
Source: John Griffiths The U.S. Senate has passed a GMO food labeling bill. Described as a compromise, the bill is truly a gift to Monsanto and the biotech industry. It takes away the rights of states to label GMO foods and seeds, does not require mandatory labeling on packages, and allows for the use of… Read more »
