Tag: United States Department of Agriculture

  • Human Genes Engineered Into Experimental GMO Rice Being Grown in Kansas

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    Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience is currently…

  • Hope for the world – one town at a time.

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    Pangasinan town issues ordinance for organic farming INGAYEN, Pangasinan—The agriculture town of Pozorrubio has taken steps toward promoting and developing organic farming, starting with the passage of an ordinance that mandates the local government to provide funds for the venture. The Pozorrubio town council has submitted the ordinance, titled “An ordinance institutionalizing, promoting and developing organic farming in Pozorrubio,”…

  • Chicago Urban Farm Receives USDA Organic Certification

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    The FarmedHere urban farming company, which has been successfully conducting urban farming work in the Chicago area since 2011, has received USDA organic certification. The organic vertical farming practice makes use of derelict warehouses to produce food for the community. The company recently expanded with a new 90,000 square foot post-industrial building in Bedford Park,…

  • Asia Curbs US imports of wheat after genetically modified sample found

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    The discovery of rogue genetically modified wheat in a farmer’s field in Oregon shook global confidence in the safety of America’s food supply on Friday. Billions in food exports were potentially at stake following the disclosure by the US Department of Agriculture of the existence of the GM wheat plants. The GM variant, developed by the agricultural giant Monsanto, has never…