Tag: Genetically Modified Food - Page 7
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China Plans Massive $3.5 Billion GM Crops Push
Driven by the increasingly pressing need to provide a stable food supply for its surging population (1.3 billion and growing), China has decided to engineer its own "Green Revolution" by embarking on a massive $3.5 billion GM crops
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Germany Approves "GM-Free" Label
There's a good chance that the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India and China are segmenting completely from Europe with regard to genetically modified food policy making. In Europe, the emphasis seems to have gone from regulation of GM
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As US Politicians Take Up Climate, Europe Champions Chironomidae
The thing about "GM" corn, as it is popularly known, is that as a result of the genetic modifications, entire corn plants are shot through with Bt toxin, concentrations of which vary depending on whether it is fruit, leaf, stem, pollen, root, etc.
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Iowa Presidential Primary Making GM Food Labeling A Campaign Issue
If this ball stays in play it could easily become the seminal indicator of candidate green-ness. Either you are for GM food labeling, or you are not. Simple enough. Sure, there are practical details to attend to with packaging space available, and
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Quote of the Day: David Suzuki on Genetically Engineered Crops
We have been told that genetically engineered (GE) material just disperses in nature, but in fact, it is remarkably permanent. Biologically engineered genes and DNA have been found to persist in soil organisms, in insects, pollen, and especially water,
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Wired's Artifacts from the Future: Fusion Food
Possibly coming to a produce store near you: Monsanto's Cinna-Del, the only GM apple that expresses both cinnamon and sugar, only $26.99 per kilo! Or how about Skippy's Creamy JonaNut, "all the great taste and texture of a
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TH Forums Highlights: Genetically Modified Foods, Gas Mileage Regulations and More
The beat goes on in The TreeHugger Forums, with a small explosion over the Vegan-Hummer vs. Omnivore-Hybrid debate we covered last week (let's keep it civilized, folks. We're all playing for the same team here). Aside from that, there's lots of
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They are Playing With Our Food Again
It is such a contradiction that individual or States' Rights, so dear to Americans, mean so little when it comes to the environment. First, in the energy bill, certain coal state Reps tried to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from granting
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GM Food Debates Heats Up with Global Warming
If you think the pro-genetically-modified-foods camp is pushy now, just wait till global warming starts razing the planet's surface, creating even harsher environments for food crops.
