Tag: gmos
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Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Sweet Corn a Flop?
A genetically engineered sweet corn that is biotech giant Monsanto’s first direct-to-consumer product appears to be a flop in the U.S. market, says a first-of-its-kind investigation. For four months beginning last June, Friends of the Earth tested 71 samples of fresh, frozen and canned sweet corn from eight areas in a nationwide sample, using a highly sensitive…
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Gaining Ground on Fight to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
“The ground we gained in Washington, in the form of votes, is nothing compared with the ground—in the form of soil and farms and fields—we plan to take back from Monsanto in the months and years ahead. Watch out, Monsanto. We have plans. And those plans include taking back our seeds, our food, our farms,…
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Colbert Lampoons Opponents of Washington GMO Labeling Initiative
Last night, The Colbert Report did a piece on I-522, the apparently defeated Washington state initiative that would have required foods containing genetically modified organisms to be labeled. This must-watch video features Max Goldberg of livingmaxwell.com, with Colbert’s usual tongue-in-cheek humor.
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Big Food’s Secret Plan to Kill GMO Labeling
With the disappointing results now in from I-522, the initiative in Washington State that would have required labeling of genetically engineered food (aka GMOs), the looming question is, what’s next? At least for the junk food lobby, that answer in painfully clear: Stop this state-level movement at any cost. In today’s New York Times, Stephanie Strom reports on…
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Washington Votes Down Initiative 522 to Label GMO Foods
Washington state voters on Tuesday rejected an initiative that would have required foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled. Had it passed, Initiative 522 would have made the state the first in the nation to require such labeling. The vote was 54.8 percent opposed to labeling and 45.2 percent in favor of it,…