Tag: Genetically Modified Organism
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President Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act
FOOD DEMOCRACY NOW! — For the past year, family farm advocates and legal experts have fought to stop the Monsanto Protection Act, another special interest corporate giveaway that fundamentally undermines …
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President Obama, Stop the Monsanto Protection Act
FOOD DEMOCRACY NOW! — The so-called “biotech rider” was included in budget legislation that won final approval from the House, avoiding a shutdown of the federal government on March 27, when the current funding was set to expire. The provision was slipped into the …
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Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth: Living in Balance with Nature
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL — Keen observers of the modern interplay of economics and nature, they are distraught by the change of weather and the destruction of the Earth. We meet a peaceful people—mistreated for centuries—who protest the …
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Major U.S. Supermarkets to Boycott GE Salmon
FOOD & WATER WATCH — A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups launched the Campaign for Genetically Engineered-Free Seafood by announcing that several major grocery retailers representing more than 2,000 stores across the U.S. have already committed not to sell genetically engineered seafood …
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Movement to Label GE Foods Stronger Than Ever
FOOD & WATER WATCH — Despite the narrow loss of Proposition 37 last November, the movement to label genetically engineered foods in California is …