Tag: GMO

  • Agrochemical Companies and their stockholders the only ones who need genetically engineered crops

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    In the opinion section of Pambazuka News, Ali Masmadi Jehu Appiah, a Chairperson for Food Sovereignty Ghana, asserts, “The only people who need genetically engineered crops are the foreign seed and agrochemical companies and their stockholders.”  He provides a compelling argument for why Ghana should reject genetically engineered Bt cotton: After several years of apparent short-term success in…

  • Torturing Animals with GMO Feed

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    Katherine Paul of The Organic Consumers Association asks, “what happens when animals are confined in cramped, filthy environments and force-fed monoculture diets of genetically modified corn and soy?” A lot can happen. Calves are born too weak to walk, with enlarged joints and limb deformities. Piglets experience rapidly deteriorating health, a “failure to thrive” so…

  • List of Common GMO Products

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    Many of us would like to have a list of GMO foods in order to make better informed choices at the supermarket. Rayshell Clapper at redOrbit.com compiled a list of some of the most common GMO foods to help discerning shoppers: 1. Corn Corn is perhaps the most controversial on the list of GMO foods because…

  • Anti-GMO Activists Launch Fishy Art Car Campaign

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    Fishy Art Cars set to launch anti-GMO campaign on August 5th reports Arin Greenwood at the Huffington Post: On August fish — sorry, make that August 5th — anti-GMO activists will be launching a nationwide demonstration with a visual punch. Part of that punch is a car topped by a fish tomato sculpture, nicknamed Fishy Tomato,…

  • Another Victory for Seed Freedom

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    Dr. Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned advocate for seed freedom and opponent of GMO’s, explains why the Indian Court’s rejection of Monsanto’s climate resilient plant patent is so important to seed freedom: Monsanto tried to create an irrelevant and false opposition of natural production of plants versus production based on human intervention. This is false because…

  • Cracks in GMO Empire Beginning to Appear

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    When it comes to food policy, Monsanto always seems to be at the fore.  Will Fantle tells us why in EcoWatch: From the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to foreign policy, Congress, state governments, elections and the courts, the feverish politics of genetically modified foods (GMOs) have infected decision making and dramatically tilted policies towards the desires…

  • Hawaiians fight back against GMO experiments

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    By John Upton The state of Hawaii has become a lot like the island of Dr. Moreau. Except that instead of Dr. Moreau — the mad scientist in H.G. Wells’s 1896 novel who vivisected animals into beast-people — Hawaii is ruled by the GMO industry. Shutterstock: The Island of Dr. Monsanto. Monsanto, Dow AgroSciences, Syngenta, DuPont Pioneer, and BASF…

  • Opposition to GMO’s Growing Around the World

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    In a piece in bulatlat.com, Rhennie Cantiga cites toxicologist Dr. Romy Quijano: “There are numerous studies on the harmful effects of GMOs but pro-GMO scientists refuse to see this. Their blindness is not caused by GMO but by the money offered by big companies.” Cantiga goes on to further report: Citing hazards to health, environment and…

  • Justice Begins with Seeds 2013 International Conference featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva

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    Event Date(s): 08/02/2013 (All day) – 08/03/2013 (All day) Location: Plymouth Church, United Church of Christ 1217 6th Ave, Seattle WA 98101 and Seattle First Presbyterian Church, 1013 8th Ave, Seattle WA 98104 USA Join food justice and NON-GMO food advocates for dozens of workshops, presentations, and networking opportunities to examine the issues related to GMOs. Get the…

  • Engineered crops approved before their health impact fully studied

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    By Terri Fann Genetically engineered foods are pervasive in American agriculture, but many safety questions remain. The U.S. government has approved genetically engineered foods (commonly known as GMOs) based on studies conducted by the same corporations that profit from their sale. GMOs are produced through the process of genetic engineering — forcing DNA from one…