Tag: Genetically Engineered Foods

  • France Stands Up to Monsanto, Bans Seed Giant’s GMO Corn

    On Saturday, France’s agriculture ministry temporarily banned the sale, use and cultivation of Monsanto’s MON 810 genetically engineered (GE) corn—the only variety that had been authorized in the European Union (EU). [caption id="attachment_326569" align="alignnone" width="500"] Genetically engineered corn is facing fierce resistant from both French environmentalists and country officials. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The French…

  • ‘Big Food’ Ready for Costly Battle as States Consider GMO Labeling Bills

    In 2014, half the states will likely consider placing special labels on food that use genetically modified organisms (GMOs), according to Pamela M. Prah at PEW’s Stateline. [caption id="attachment_326151" align="alignnone" width="500"] Even though 64 countries have mandated the labeling of GMO foods, the U.S. has been slow to adopt such regulation. Connecticut and Maine have passed labeling…

  • Survey Shows Organic Farmers Pay the Price for GMO Contamination

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will finalize its comment period this week on the feasibility of genetically modified organisms (GMO) and non-GMO crops to coexist. Today, to highlight prevalent problems that already exist, Food & Water Watch in partnership with the Organic Farmers’ Agency for Relationship Marketing (OFARM) released survey results showing contamination from GMO crops…

  • 5 Reasons Monsanto’s ‘Science’ Doesn’t Add Up

    By Ronnie Cummins and Katherine Paul To hear the pesticide and junk food marketers of the world tell it, anyone who questions the value, legitimacy or safety of GMO (genetically modified organisms) crops is naïve, anti-science and irrational to the point of hysteria. But how long can Monsanto ignore the mounting actual scientific evidence that their technology is…

  • Petition Launched to Halt GMO Production, Pesticide Use in Hawaii

    A Maui Citizens Group is asking Hawaiians to sign a petition released on Monday that would give voters the choice of whether or not to temporarily suspend the production of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Hawaii’s second-largest island, reports Reuters. [caption id="attachment_323307" align="alignnone" width="500"] In a recent poll, 54 percent of Maui County citizens said…