Tag: Genetically Modified Food - Page 2
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Kickstart Film 'Open Sesame-The Story of Seeds' and Save Heirlooms
The Open Sesame documentary examines the importance of open source seeds.
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Meet the Scientific "Experts" Claiming GMO Foods are Safe
A conservative corporate shill, a pediatrician who promotes Coke, more...
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Nature Outsmarts Monsanto: Pests Develop Resistance to GM Corn
You just can't fool Mother Nature.
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Why PepsiCo is Fighting GMO Labeling in California
The nation’s largest peddler of soda and junk food has the most at stake in ballot measure.
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Fighting GMO Labeling in California is Food Lobby's "Highest Priority"
It seems rather ironic that the same food makers taking advantage of every inch of food packaging space to convince shoppers to purchase its products would object so strongly to labeling for something they claim is not harmful.
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Stay-at-Home Dad Wins Right to Front Yard Vegetable Garden
This Missouri gardener fought a city of Ferguson citation and order to remove his garden.
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California GMO Labeling Law Successfully Makes It on the Ballot
California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act makes it on the ballot for the November election
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FDA Approved Drug Produced in Genetically Engineered Carrot Cells
Genetically engineered plants will be our next drug factories?
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World Hunger Is About Politics, Power & Rights More Than Crop Yields & Biotech
Next time someone tries telling you that without using such and such genetically engineered biotech crop we won't be able to solve world hunger, just quote them some Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
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Senate Votes to Keep Consumers in the Dark About GMO Ingredients
An amendment to the Farm Bill which would have, for the first time, unambiguously granted states the right to require GMO labeling was soundly rejected by the Senate.
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Farm Bill Amendment Would Allow State Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods
The amendment, introduced by Vermont senator Bernie Sanders and California's Barbara Boxer, would allow states to label GMO ingredients without fear of lawsuit from manufacturers.
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India to Mandate Labeling GMO Ingredients in January
If India and pretty much every other wealthy nation on the planet can muster the political will to label GMO crops, why can't the US?
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Genetically Modified Canola Found Growing Wild in Switzerland, Even Though It's Banned There
A small, further, example of how genetically modified crops aren't quite as easy to control as their manufacturers would like.
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Monsanto's Drought Tolerant Corn Outpaced by Conventional Breeding, Better Farming Practices
A new report from Union of Concerned Scientists finds that conventional crop breeding and better farming practices has increased drought tolerance 2-3 times more than genetic engineering, and at a lower cost.
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Genetically Modified Eggplant Field Trials Halted by Court in Philippines
The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.
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Occupy's GlobalMay Manifesto Has Lots of Points Green Movement Should Get Behind
If you still have lingering doubts that the aims of the Occupy movement and the green movement are largely in alignment, this should but those doubts to rest.
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Connecticut Fears Monsanto - Bill to Label GM Ingredients Dead Due to Lawsuit Worries
"The labeling provision was eliminated from the bill due to fears that it opened the state up to a lawsuit. The attorneys for the leadership & Governor's office felt the Constitutional rights of Monsanto gave them the power to successfully sue the state."
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5 Indian Farmers Commit Suicide in Past Two Days Over Debts & That's Just in One District of One State
This comes as a new report warns that genetically modified eggplant, currently banned for cultivation but pushed for by agribusiness, could be an environmental threat.
