GMOs
If our farming ancestors could see what we’ve done with data, the dramatic changes would astonish them.
In an 18-page letter to nine US Cabinet-level officials, Food & Water Watch joined the National Farmers Union to urge the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) to block a proposed acquisition of Swiss agribusiness Syngenta by the Chinese state-owned enterprise ChemChina.
The Senate moved closer to final action on legislation later this week that would preempt a Vermont mandatory labeling law for certain genetically modified foods, advancing a bipartisan measure supported by the food industry but opposed by anti-GMO advocates. The 65-32 bipartisan vote on a procedural motion was delayed briefly by protesters against the GMO agreement but is expected to be approved by the Senate, perhaps yet this week.
Genetically engineered (GE) crops have had “generally favorable economic outcomes” for producers and an extensive two-year review “found no substantiated evidence that foods from GE crops were less safe than foods from non-GE crops,” according to a report released today by the National Academies of Science (NAS).
My country’s government would rather see people starve than let them eat genetically modified food.
The worst thing we can do for people who struggle to feed their families is to make food more expensive.
Campbell Soup Co., breaking ranks with other major U.S. food producers, announced plans to cite genetically modified organisms on product packaging and threw its support behind efforts to create a single mandatory labeling standard.
The federal government on Thursday issued new guidelines for the voluntary labeling of genetically modified foods, outlining what food manufacturers should and should not say.
Monsanto’s MON 87411 was recently deregulated by the USDA. This is the first step in a multi-year process to get the trait approved by regulatory agencies and into the hands of farmers.
Fast-food chain Chipotle’s own website reveals that its “G-M-Over It” marketing slogan - a smear campaign against conventional food and the farmers who grow it - is nonsense.
With billions of dollars at stake, the negotiations over Monsanto’s proposed—and so far rejected—merger with Syngenta have moved on to a very visible stage, with both companies speaking directly to shareholders, farmers, and the public.
U.S. adults surveyed don’t always agree with the scientific consensus on certain topics, including the safety of GMOs, climate change causes and more.
Ponsi Trivisvavet might reside in Minnesota, but she lives in the world of global agriculture.
Maui County is home to just 160,000 residents, but the moratorium could have effects across the nation because multinational seed producers Monsanto Co. and Dow Chemical research and develop new varieties there.
Don’t care for politics? You’re not alone, especially this year, when the approval rating for Congress falls somewhere near palmer amaranth on the popularity scale in farm country.
Indiana and other Midwestern corn and soybean farmers are being accused of threatening the survival of monarch butterflies.
While the measure is likely to have limited impact, it does signal the GMO labeling push is gaining momentum.
US Regulators Clear Path for Genetically Modified Salmon
Somewhere in the Midwest, a restaurant is frying foods with oil made from gene-edited soybeans. That’s according to the company making the oil, which says it’s the first commercial use of a gene-edited food in the U.S.
Food blogger Vani Hari is known as an eager critic of how food is produced and consumed who tends to draw strong followers – and detractors. Her latest, a hit piece on cottonseed oil, drew a lengthy response from Cotton Incorporated.
Amid rumors and anti-GMO messaging, one researcher is striving to use genetic modification to not just improve crop health, but potentially save consumer lives. Aspergillus, which creates carcinogenic aflatoxin, can now be controlled through genetic modification.
A New York snack business is using Nebraska corn to create munchies from ingredients that haven’t been genetically modified.
The country has rejected over 1.2 million tons of U.S. corn cargoes since last year because they contain MIR 162.
Jackson County, Ore., won’t be enforcing the ban on genetically modified crops approved by voters last May until a lawsuit filed by alfalfa famers is resolved.
The lawsuit was at least the second attempt by environmental groups to overturn the department’s decision to deregulate the genetically engineered crop.
A former USDA scientist has plead guilty to stealing seeds.
Think of it as photosynthesis on steroids. Photosynthesis is how plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into food. But it’s a very inefficient process, using less than one percent of the energy available, scientists said.
Monsanto speaks to investors about its motivation to pursue Syngenta.
The European Union (EU) court recently ruled in favor of Italian farmer Giorgio Fidenato who planted GMO corn. Italy didn’t allow farmers to plant GMO products and sued Fidenato in 2013, according to AP.
Seed fails to control damaging worm, group says in letter.