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Co-op says #NotInMySupermarket
Co-op says #NotInMySupermarket After a joint letter organised by Beyond GM and Slow Food UK, and signed by a wide range of organisations, including the Sustainable Food Trust, Co-op is the first UK supermarket to say it will not stock products made from untested and unregulated ‘gene-edited’. In response to a civil society appeal […]
Genetically Modified Seeds: Conceived as a Weapon
Genetically Modified Seeds: Conceived as a Weapon Part III GM seeds and GM food carry great risks for all nations, so much so that for many reasons it is probably imperative these foods be banned outright. This subject is too large to be discussed here, but one aspect requires brief notice. If we were to […]
Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal?
Boris Johnson, GMOs and Glyphosate: Irresponsible, Negligent and Criminal? In his first speech to parliament as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said: “Let’s start now to liberate the UK’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti-genetic modification rules and let’s develop the blight-resistant crops that will feed the world.” Johnson reads from a well-rehearsed script. The ‘GM […]
‘Modified’: A Film About GMOs and the Corruption of the Food Supply for Profit
‘Modified’: A Film About GMOs and the Corruption of the Food Supply for Profit Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it’s not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it’s a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights are being eroded […]
Post-Brexit Farming, Glyphosate and GMOs
Post-Brexit Farming, Glyphosate and GMOs The following is an edited and abridged version of an open letter recently sent by Dr Rosemary Mason to Michael Gove, the British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The full version containing relevant citations and additional data and information may be accessed here. You can also find on […]
Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Our Malevolent Benefactors and Their Master Plan for Humanity
Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Our Malevolent Benefactors and Their Master Plan for Humanity The men who pull all the media, political and business levers in much of the world now want to pretend to save us from ourselves by backing GMOs and other questionable technologies. ABusiness Insider story by author Aria Bendix caught my eye this […]
Center for Science in the Public Interest Greg Jaffe Cornell and GMOs
Center for Science in the Public Interest Greg Jaffe Cornell and GMOs The Center for Science in the Public Interest is known in public interest circles as one of the premiere food safety public interest groups in Washington, D.C. But that reputation has suffered over the years because of the group’s stance on genetically modified […]
Agrarian Crisis: Father of Green Revolution in India Rejects GM Crops as Farmers Demand Justice in Delhi
Agrarian Crisis: Father of Green Revolution in India Rejects GM Crops as Farmers Demand Justice in Delhi Genetically modified (GM) cotton in India is a failure. India should reject GM mustard. And like the Green Revolution, GM agriculture poses risks and is unsustainable. Regulatory bodies are dogged by incompetency and conflicts of interest. GM crops […]
Bioweapon? Scientists Sound Alarm Over DARPA Plans To Spread Viruses Using Insects
Bioweapon? Scientists Sound Alarm Over DARPA Plans To Spread Viruses Using Insects A team of scientist sounds the alarm in a new Science Policy Forum report about a mysterious US government program that is developing genetically modified viruses that would be dispersed into the environment using insects. The virus-infected or ‘Frankenstein’ insects are being developed as […]
GMO Agriculture and the Narrative of Choice
GMO Agriculture and the Narrative of Choice The pro-GMO lobby claim critics of the technology ‘deny farmers choice’. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies. It is all about maximising choice and options. Taken at face value, who would want to deny choice? At the same time, however, […]
GMO Golden Rice Offers No Nutritional Benefits Says FDA
GMO Golden Rice Offers No Nutritional Benefits Says FDA Golden Rice grain compared to white rice grain in screenhouse of Golden Rice plants. Photo: International Rice Institute. The biotech industry and its supporters have promoted GMO Golden Rice for decades as an urgently needed solution to vitamin A deficiency. But, in a surprising twist, the […]
The Royal Society and the GMO-Agrochemical Sector
The Royal Society and the GMO-Agrochemical Sector The Royal Society in the UK is a self-governing fellowship of distinguished scientists. Its purpose is reflected in its founding charters of the 1660s: to recognise, promote and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. Its motto, nullius in […]
Monsanto, Bayer and Neoliberalism: A Case of Hobson’s Choice
Monsanto, Bayer and Neoliberalism: A Case of Hobson’s Choice A Bayer marketing professional recently stated on Twitter that critics of GMOs deny choice to farmers. It’s a common accusation by the pro-GMO lobby. In a previous article, I noted the idea that GMOs offer increased choice is erroneous and that, by implication, corporations like Bayer or […]
Neil Young Slams Obama, Bayer, Says Fuck Monsanto!
Neil Young Slams Obama, Bayer, Says Fuck Monsanto! Photo © Brian Bruner / Brian Bruner Photography In addition to providing a stunning performance during the 31st Farm Aid concert in Bristow, VA Neil Young stole the show at the press conference before the event began. While Farm Aid has always been focused on saving family farmers who are […]
Why the fight for GMO labeling is (possibly) over
Why the fight for GMO labeling is (possibly) over Ever since it became clear that Vermont’s law for mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically engineered ingredients would actually go into force this summer, the big question has been how many food companies would choose to label their products and how many would choose simply not to […]
