Tag: Genetically modified organism

  • Top Tofu Producer to Display Non-GMO Project Verification

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    Nasoya announces plan to display the Non-GMO Project Verification seal on pack in PR Newswire. Nasoya, America’s #1 brand of tofu, today announced that all of its tofu products will soon display the Non-GMO Project Verification seal on pack.  Nasoya tofu has long been produced using Non-GMO ingredients, and the brand is proud to display the…

  • Gates Foundation Invests in Monsanto Cont’d.

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    Here’s a revealing comment by Szophee in the thread to the Gates Foundation article: Let’s see who’s behind this push for a new ‘Green revolution’ in Africa: The whole project is being led by the US and UK governments (and paid for by their taxpayers), along with the rest of the G8. USAid is playing its…

  • GMO Genewashing

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    Reposted from Dr. Frank Lipman’s Blog: By Andrea Donsky  You may be familiar with the term “greenwashing” –- a term describing the deceptive practice companies use to purposely give off the impression that their products or policies are environmentally friendly, when in fact they aren’t. Greenwashing was first coined in 1986 by an environmentalist named…

  • Symbio Vanilla is not Natural

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    In Eco Childs Play, Jennifer Lance warns of a new product, Synbio Vanilla, being labeled as “natural” that is anything but: As a consumer, I do depend on the term “natural” to identify products I feel comfortable feeding my family. I do read labels. Even my kids read labels.  I trust in ingredients I can…

  • Golden Rice: Spending Millions to Reinvent the Wheel

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    Beth Hoffman’s article in Forbes mirrors my sentiments exactly.  In response to a commenter, she asks: The question is – after 30 years of research, how much has actually been spent creating a product like Golden Rice? How many billions of vitamin A supplements could have been purchased and passed out already – saving the…

  • Is extremism in defense of GM food a vice?

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    By Nathanael Johnson: Grist When a study came out in 2012 associating gruesomely lumpy rats with genetically modified food, critics trashed it so thoroughly that a group of researchers and advocates called foul. This went beyond legitimate scientific critique, they wrote. It was evidence that “those with a vested interest attempt to sow unreasonable doubt around inconvenient results.”More recently, a…

  • Chileans Protest Against the “Monsanto Law”

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    RT News provides video footage of protests in Chile against GMO’s and the “The Monsanto Law.” Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists say it will not only compromise food sovereignty in Chile, but will also harm consumer health. Mass protests were…

  • Fishey Fleet Coast-to-Coast Tour Ends at Seattle HempFest

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    Yesterday, the Fishy Fleet coast-to-coast tour ended at the 22nd annual Seattle HempFest. East coast driver Shannon Spectra, wrote a song about GMOs on the 10 day trip. In this video, she sings, hoop dances and reads the Yes On 522 Dr Bronner’s label that will be available in stores nationwide next month. Fishy Tomato: A genetically modified tomato, or…

  • Activist Farmers in Philippines Destroy Golden Rice Crops

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    Asingh at the Asian Pacific Post reports on a group of activist farmers in the Philippines who stormed a government research facility and destroyed an area of genetically modified rice crops the size of 10 football fields. According to New Scientist, the farmers say that genetically modified organism (GMO) foods have not been established to…

  • Anti-GMO Movement Flourishing

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    Lots of news today on the anti-GMO front. NASDAQ notes that the right-to-choose movement is gaining strength and may be negatively impacting Big Food Stocks: Companies like Monsanto — the dominant producer of most genetically modified corn, soybean, and cotton seeds — see its revenues tied to extreme weather conditions that affect crop yields, not…