Rodale Institute By Jim Riddle Despite fundamental differences in what they represent, there are occasional calls to allow the use of genetic engineering (which produces genetically modified organisms, known as GMOs) within the USDA National Organic Program. GMO varieties are currently most widespread in corn, soybean, canola and cotton crops, in dairy production, and in… Read more »
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Vimeo by The Lexicon of Sustainability GMOs are Genetically Modified Organisms. They are created when scientists take DNA from one plant species and add it to the DNA of another and they’re probably already in what you eat and what you wear. Jessica Lundberg of Northern California’s Lundberg Family Farms advocates initiatives that would impose… Read more »
USDA Refuses to Regulate Gene Editing
Cornucopia’s Take: While President Obama considers signing the GMO labeling compromise, the newest GMO technique, gene editing, is escaping federal regulation. Cornucopia supports the precautionary principle: companies should prove the safety of their products before bringing them to market. Americans Are Buying Gene-Edited Food That’s Not Labeled GMO Bloomberg Technology by Craig Giammona and Jack Kaskey Source: Neil Howard… Read more »
GMOs Won’t Save the World – Sorry NY Times
Tucson Citizen (link is unavailable) by Kate Kaemerle But local, sustainable agriculture will. Here’s a piece from Anna Lappe on Grist.org taking on a NY Times editorial piece from a GMO drum-beater. They’ve had fifteen years to prove their point. Time’s up – ding, ding ding!
Pressure Mounts to Remove GMOs From Infant Formula
Abbott Laboratories Shareholders Set To Vote on Non-GMO Policy Cornucopia, WI – Shareholders of Abbott Laboratories will vote on whether the manufacturer of Similac, a leading brand of infant formula, should adopt a policy of sourcing ingredients that have not been genetically engineered. The vast majority of corn and soy-based ingredients in processed foods in… Read more »
As Labeling Vote Looms, Inconvenient Truths Are Ignored
HuffPost by Carey Gillam Source: Donkey Hotey The U.S. Senate looks poised to vote this week on the contentious national debate over GMO labeling, but as the potentially landmark vote looms, facts that should be at the heart of the discussion are being lost. And in that void, the issue has become highly divisive, pitting… Read more »
Anger as EU Ministers Give Green Light to GM-Contaminated Organic Food
Friends of the Earth has criticised the decision by EU Ministers to allow organic food to be contaminated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). EU Agriculture Ministers, including the UK, have adopted a new law which allows organic food containing up to 0.9 percent of GM content to be classed – and labelled – as organic…. Read more »
Proposed GMO Labeling Law Would Not Label Most GMOs
Cornucopia’s Take: The proposed GMO labeling law set to take effect in 2019 exempts products containing GMO sugars and oils or less than 5% GMO ingredients total. A recent Environmental Working Group analysis suggests that this would exempt the majority of products currently on the market containing GMO ingredients. Read the article below for more… Read more »
ACTION ALERT: Protect Organic/Non-GMO Farmers and the Purity of Our Food Supply
Comments Due March 4 Credit: USDA NRCS Organic and Non-GMO agriculture has shouldered the burden of GMO contamination for too long. This is our opportunity to tell the USDA that it must use its authority to: 1. Implement mandatory contamination prevention measures to avoid the problem and protect the organic and non-GMO sector; 2. Ensure… Read more »
New Study by USDA Proves It was Wrong About GE Alfalfa
[Please note that this article incorrectly identifies alfalfa as a perennial grass. It is, in fact, a perennial legume.] Digital Journal by Karen Graham Source: Lotus Johnson Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) Roundup-Ready alfalfa has already cost farmers millions of dollars, and now, a new study by the USDA, the same agency that re-approved it, has… Read more »
