New York Times By Stephanie Strom Some of the nation’s major food companies declared victory on Wednesday over an initiative in Washington State that would have required labeling of some foods that contain biotech ingredients, although supporters of labeling held out hope that hundreds of thousands of uncounted votes might yet turn the tide. With… Read more »
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EU Bans GM-Contaminated Honey From General Sale
Bavarian beekeepers forced to declare their honey as genetically modified because of contamination from nearby Monsanto crops The Guardian Leigh Phillips The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that honey which contains trace amounts of pollen from genetically modified (GM) corn must be labeled as GM produce and undergo full safety authorization before it… Read more »
Monsanto Settles With Farmers Over GMO Wheat
St. Louis Business Journal by Ben Unglesbee Source: Occupy Reno Media Committee Monsanto Company has reached a settlement with wheat farmers in seven states, including Missouri, over the 2013 contamination of an Oregon wheat farm with the seed and biotech company’s genetically modified wheat. In the settlement, Monsanto did not admit liability and agreed to… Read more »
Farmers Expected to Double Dicamba-Ready Acreage to Prevent Drift Damage
Cornucopia’s Take: Although reports of less dicamba drift damage to crops in the 2018 season seem promising, many farmers are planting dicamba resistant (GMO) crops preventatively. University of Missouri professor Kevin Bradley has been tracking the rise in dicamba damage and notes growing damage to trees in areas where dicamba is used the most. Dicamba… Read more »
AquaBounty Selling GMO Fish in Canada, Preparing Fish Farm in Indiana
Cornucopia’s Take: Canada does not require GMO labeling, and the GMO salmon, 25 years in the regulatory pipeline, is now being sold in that country. GMO labeling issues presently remain in the way of the introduction of this highly controversial fish into U.S. markets. AquaBounty awaits approval for its newest possible fish farm in Indiana…. Read more »
PNS Farms
NOTE: PNS Farms is not producing eggs at this time due to COVID-19 issues. They may restart production in the future. They write: “Our hens are housed in a wooden barn, comparable to the Ritz for people, where they eat high quality certified organic soy free feed (no antibiotics, no hormones, no animal by-products, no… Read more »
Corporate Laundering Suit Over Food-Labeling Initiative Dismissed — For Now
The basic issue of the suit — the public’s right to know where money spent in the I-522 campaign comes from — remains unresolved. Seattle Post Intelligencer By Joel Connelly A Thurston County judge has dismissed a lawsuit by supporters of Initiative 522, which charged that the Grocery Manufacturers Association violated state disclosure laws by… Read more »
Pioneering Leader in Organic Food Production Resigns from Industry Lobby Group
Nature’s Path’s move “protests” betrayals by the Organic Trade Association The widely respected and leading organic breakfast foods manufacturer, Nature’s Path, announced the company’s resignation from membership in the Organic Trade Association (OTA), a prominent and increasingly controversial lobby group representing business interest in the industry. The announcement came in a letter to the organic… Read more »
Update: Oregon’s Measure 92
Image Source: Martin Deutsch While the No side has been declared the winner, the Yes side is closing the gap as the final ballots trickle in. Here’s the situation: Yes is trailing by 5,200 votes out of 1.5 million cast and the total keeps shrinking (http://oregonvotes.gov/results/2014G/1029276478.html). An automatic recount happens if the tally shrinks below… Read more »
Corporate Secrets: How the Anti-522 Campaign was Planned
Seattle PI By Joel Connelly The Grocery Manufacturers Association began last December to plot how to defeat Initiative 522, the food labeling measure on Washington’s November ballot, with emphasis a “shielding individual companies from attack for providing funding,” according to a fascinating complaint filed Wednesday by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The AG is claiming… Read more »
