Tag: Genetically Modified Food - Page 6
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Why Other Countries Are Scared of GMOs and We're Not
After reports last week that India halted plans to introduce a genetically modified eggplant to the market because of an outcry from environmental groups and the general public, it begs to question why in the US genetically modified
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From the Forums: Genetically Engineered Forests
PeterLepacus is worried for his forests: Genetic engineering is coming to the forests...Two industry giants, International Paper Co. and MeadWestvaco Corp., are planning to transform plantation forests of the
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Study Finds Monsanto's GMO Corn Causes Organ Damage in Rodents
Few subjects attract more ire and debate than genetically modified foods--and Monsanto reigns over the entire industry. The very idea of genetically engineering crops has always made many queasy--and now,
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Weird Research: Genetically Altering Tobacco For Use As Biofuel Crop
Welcome to addictive auto emissions. Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University are working toward turning tobacco into a source of oil used for biofuel (Science Daily). Breathing exhaust could be
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GMO Bans, Laws, and Labels from Around the World
Prince Charles has called them the "biggest environmental disaster of all time," while agriculture industrialists like Monsanto swear they're safe for human consumption and a boon for the environment.
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Pork Meat 'Grown' in Labs to be Sold in Grocery Stores as Soon as 2014
The prospect has always been intriguing, to say the least: producing meat without having to raise, feed, or butcher animals. It could prove to be a far less resource-intensive way
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Genetically Engineered Agriculture Results in Increased Herbicide Usage; Weed Resistance, Farming Costs and Health Concerns on the Rise
If gentically engineered (GE) crops mean more chemicals, farmer costs, and health risks...is that a good thing?
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Attitudes Toward Genetically Modified Foods are Changing, According to World's Largest Purveyor of GMOs
Soybeans are one of the world's most genetically modified crops. Photo credit: Clearly Ambiguous via Flickr/Creative Commons Food security is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the global food discussion, and for good reason -- it's a big challenge
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Scientists Develop Rot-Proof Apple that Stays Fresh for 4 Months
Photo credit: Abhijit Tembhekar via Flickr/Creative Commonsdigg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/scientists-develop-rot-proof-apple-stays-fresh-four-months.php';Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot
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Can India Achieve Food Security?
The World Summit on Food Security convenes next week in Rome, and the buzz leading up to it has focused on what it will take to produce enough food to feed the world. It's an issue that sounds simple
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The Fight Over the Future of Food: Monsanto, GMOs, and How to Feed the World
On the eve of the World Summit on Food Security, Reuters has an excellent two-part special report about the future of food. Specifically, it covers the intersection of two notions that are being
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Whole Foods CEO Defends Health Insurance Views, His Right to Speak, in New WSJ Interview
Treehugger has been closely following the saga of Whole Foods CEO and co-founder John Mackey since he published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal saying, among other things, that "A careful reading of both the Declaration of Independence and the
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Dear Big Ag: World Hunger Is Not for Sale
The objectives of this week's Global Harvest Initiative symposium, which focused on coordinated efforts to address world hunger, were compelling. World hunger already affects 1 billion people and the numbers are
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When Farming Goes Corporate
At TreeHugger, genetically modified organisms (GMO) have long provided reason for concern. Large monocultures, which are typical of GMO, can be riddled with pests. As a result, monocultures are often dressed with a toxic cocktail of
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Germany Bans Planting of Monsanto GM Corn
The European Union has long allowed the commercial planting of genetically modified crop seeds (regulatory details available here). However, Germany,
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Monsanto "Seedless" Corn Sold To South African Farmers
Cash cropping farmers - those who grow grain to sell on the open market - are accustomed to dealing with reduced yields caused by an unsteady climate, for example; or from insect
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The Guardian on Genetically Modified Food
The Guardian's normally intelligent and balanced Sunday Observer spilled a lot of ink over genetically modified food. But unlike North America, at least they have a debate, we just get served. Here are a few links:
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Survey: Do You Support Genetically Modified Food?
In Japan, they say no to Genetically modified foods. In India last week, Prince Charles once again " plunged straight into the most controversial and emotive of all the debates over GM crops and foods by highlighting the suicides of small farmers."
