Cornucopia’s Take: Heilongjiang province is taking precautionary measures with GMOs, in opposition to Chinese central government sentiment. Given the recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that state and local governments can regulate GM crops, perhaps U.S. states will follow suit. China’s Top Grain Producing Province Bans GM Crops Sustainable Pulse Source: Connie Ma Farmers in northeast… Read more »
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Monsanto, Pesticide Companies Contribute Another $5.5 Million to Kill GMO Labeling Initiative
Gnom.es National News Service (link no longer available) SACRAMENTO, Calif.- The following is being released by the California Right to Know campaign: Monsanto just gave an additional $2.89 million to defeat Proposition 37, which would require labeling of genetically engineered foods in California. Monsanto’s total contribution against Proposition 37 now stands at $7.1 million, according to… Read more »
The Organic Label is Losing Its Cachet with Shoppers
Cornucopia’s Take: Market researchers at The Hartman Group note that the rise in organic claims on junk food has decreased public trust. Cornucopia supports the organic label, but we encourage shoppers to be mindful of ingredient lists. While the organic label ensures there are no pesticides or toxic synthetic chemicals in a food product, it… Read more »
Saving Seed
[A version of this story originally appeared in The Cultivator, The Cornucopia Institute’s quarterly print publication available to members and online.] Image Courtesy of Matthew Goldfarb and Petra Page-Mann In the blink of the past 50 years, chemical corporations have come to control over 50% of the global seed supply. It’s a sharp departure from human history:… Read more »
Smart Chickens Weren’t Duped By Foul Play
The Sunday Independent via www.iol.co.za By Eleanor Momberg Chickens refusing to eat the maize they had been fed has led to the discovery that their feed had been genetically modified to include a well-known weed and insect killer. Strilli Oppenheimer was recently approached by Dawid Klopper, the head gardener at the family estate, Brenthurst, informing… Read more »
GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health
The New England Journal of Medicine by Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., and Charles Benbrook, Ph.D. Image source: Will Fuller N Engl J Med 2015; 373:693-695August 20, 2015DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1505660 Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not high on most physicians’ worry lists. If we think at all about biotechnology, most of us probably focus on direct threats… Read more »
“Extreme” Levels of Roundup Detected in Food
Rodale News by Leah Zerbe You probably wouldn’t knowingly eat a substance known to induce death in human cells. But that’s what millions of people are doing every day, even when they’re enjoying foods with “natural” on the label. Norwegian scientists just published a new study that will appear in the June issue of Food Technology showing high levels… Read more »
Escaped GMO Grass Threatens Oregon
Cornucopia’s Take: According to this article, since its first field tests in Oregon in 2003, Scotts’ GMO bentgrass has contaminated fields and wilderness, threatening endangered plants in a 30-mile range. Suspiciously, Scotts has told the USDA it will not commercialize the grass, while still seeking deregulation. The USDA appears prepared to give up oversight, to… Read more »
Farmers Abandoning GMO Seeds and the Reason Will Surprise You
Off the Grid News by Daniel Jennings A growing number of farmers are abandoning genetically modified seeds, but it’s not because they are ideologically opposed to the industry. Simply put, they say non-GMO crops are more productive and profitable. Modern Farmer magazine discovered that there is a movement among farmers abandoning genetically modified organisms (GMO) because of simple… Read more »
Michigan Democrats Stand Up for Factory Farmed “Organic” Eggs
Cornucopia’s Take: Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan helped the Trump administration kill the proposed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule earlier this year. Stabenow has received almost $30,000 from the behemoth “organic” egg producer Herbruck’s, a massive confinement operation that uses enclosed porches rather than allowing the birds real outdoor access. View images of their… Read more »
