Genetically Modified Organisms

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Name: Genetically Modified Organisms

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

The Customer is not Always Right: Why Supermarkets Show We Have a Problem with Evidence

Last month, a group of scientists sent an open letter to ten supermarkets, accusing them of “seriously misinforming customers on health risks”.The Voice of Young Science (VoYS) campaign says that by using “negative claims” – advertising products as free ... [Published Ein News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Mark Lynas, Aspartame, Genetically Modified Organisms, Friends of the Earth

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

5 Natural Pest Deterrents for the Garden

Whatever pests you may be grappling with this year, I highly encourage you not to resort to commercial pesticides. The poisons used in these products are just that—poisonous. Many of the products have links to Monsanto, a gigantic agriculture corporation ... [Published Indian Country Today Media Network - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Costa Rica, Pesticide, Deterrence, Agriculture

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

March against Monsanto is the beginning of the end for Monsanto

The grassroots movement is spreading across the nation, and the initiative spells out an increasingly massive number of activists and concerned citizens who will ultimately be responsible for ending the GMO juggernaut through peaceful protest and the ... [Published Current TV - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Patent, Agent Orange, Genetically Modified Organisms

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

GMO Bill Finalized In Vermonts House Legislature

The House Legislature in Vermont finalized a bill that requires genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) to be labeled. The final House vote was 99-42 in favor of the bill. To read more, click HERE. ... [Published Food Logistics - May 17 2013]

Entities: Genetically Modified Organisms

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Monsanto Company

Local activists join worldwide march against Monsanto events

Press release submitted by Richard ConantAs part of a growing movement reacting to widespread use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the general food supplyOn May 25th citizens of Eastern ... [Published Quad-Cities Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Genetically Modified Organisms

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

10 Worst GMO crops & GE foods

In the US, unlike in Europe, giant agricultural corporations, known as “Big AG” have subverted the greater good for profit, and have been growing and selling untested and unregulated genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically engineered (GE) ... [Published Examiner.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Agent Orange, Genetically Modified Organisms, Human Growth Hormone

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Ag health, safety landscape changing

By Dr. Mike Rosmann, IFT columnist Iowa Farmer Today | 0 commentsThere are gradual but significant shifts occurring in the way agriculture is being conducted and regulated and in the way agricultural research is being funded.These shifts reflect broad ... [Published Iowa Farmer Today - May 16 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Environment, Insect

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Raymond joins international March Against Monsanto

Raymond residents are joining in March Against Monsanto events May 25. Events have been planned in more than 30 countries worldwide, with numerous events throughout the United States.Activists have planned the simultaneous events, starting at 11 a.m. ... [Published Daily World - May 16 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Genetically Modified Organisms, Genetically Modified Foods, Mutant, Organism

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

OPINION: Embrace the biotech in your basket

SCIENTISTS are very good at explaining what it is they do — to other scientists. However, they are notoriously bad at explaining their research to the general public. Science is currently facing a PR crisis, as evidenced by polarising media coverage of ... [Published Food Stuff SA - May 16 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology, Agricultural Sciences, Brazil nut, Norman Borlaug

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Letter: Bill protects biotech firms, leaves humans and animals in danger

MARY A. COLBORN/AlleganIn April, Obama signed a bill with a provision that protects biotech companies from litigation. Quickly dubbed the Monsanto Protection Act, because it was written in part by representatives from the company, it strips consumers ... [Published Michigan Live - May 15 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology, Monsanto Company, Allegan (United States), Genetically Modified Corn, Mexico

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Maine Voices: L.D. 718 is about making intelligent food decisions with clear labeling

We grocers and other food retailers thrive on these questions. They're why we got into the business in the first place.They remind us that all food has a story, a pedigree that helps establish its value. Food is based on sequence, on one thing following ... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 15 2013]

Entities: Grocer, Genetically Modified Organisms, Pest-resistant, Maine Legislature, Nutrition

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Protesters Prepare March Against Monsanto as Seed Giant Logs Another Supreme Court Victory

FacebookIf you follow food politics you probably haven't heard very many nice things about Monsanto. Their agriculture products and policies have gained a surprising amount of control of the modern agrarian economy and changed a lot of the ways farmers ... [Published Dallas Observer - May 14 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Supreme Court, Soybean, Protesters

Quotes

"It makes it a little easier to spend that extra 50 cents" Beth Finnigan says

Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: Vending machines go natural [Published Union Leader - 1 hour ago]

...And an analysis of GMO usage by the US National Academy of Science concludes that "GE crops have had fewer adverse effects on the environment than non-GE crops produced conventionally." They've done this by reducing dangerous pesticides and fertiliser runoff and the need for additional tilling that dries soil and releases more carbon...

Ramez Naam: 'Science will save the planet (if we let it)' [Published Wired.co.uk - May 17 2013]

"I've been writing about science for quite a long time now," he explains. "I love stories about interesting organisms and extreme habitats, accidental discoveries and human ingenuity. These are stories that capture a sense of wonder, a term usually associated with sci-fi. In this case, the stories are about real research. Inherently, science communication is storytelling."

OPINION: Embrace the biotech in your basket [Published Food Stuff SA - May 16 2013]

"Ultimately, it's up to them to win it, the local people on the ground" he said

GMO labeling campaign money mostly from outside state [Published Equities.com - May 16 2013]

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House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public ... [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]
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How Campbell Soup Is Staying Hot [Published Motley Fool - May 17 2013]
Ag health, safety landscape changing [Published Iowa Farmer Today - May 16 2013]
Indiana's Green Acres: A place to be for early ... [Published Examiner.com - May 16 2013]
Raymond joins international March Against Monsanto [Published Daily World - May 16 2013]
Vermont wants Monsanto to label its GMOs [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 16 2013]
OPINION: Embrace the biotech in your basket [Published Food Stuff SA - May 16 2013]
Will Oregon Protect Monsanto? [Published Eugene Weekly - May 16 2013]
GMO labeling campaign money mostly from outside... [Published Equities.com - May 16 2013]
3 Vidarbha farmers end lives as CM Prithviraj C... [Published DNA India - May 16 2013]
A Few Words from a David Grefrath, who is curre... [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - May 16 2013]
3 farmers end lives as CM applies Rs 2,000crore... [Published DNA India - May 16 2013]
WHAT ARE GMOS AND WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID THEM [Published Newsvine - May 16 2013]
March Against Monsanto--Athens, GA [Published Athens Patch - May 16 2013]

Blogs

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National Food Security can be Attained in Ugand... [Published CropBiotech Update - May 15 2013] Calestous Juma, Professor and Director of Science, Technology and Globalization Project at Harvard University said that national food security in Uganda can be substantially improved by using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to get better yields. ...
Fascist USA: Supreme Court supports Monsanto, b... [Published St George West - May 14 2013] By Madison Ruppert: The Supreme Court unanimously backed patents on “self-replicating technology” like Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soybeans on Monday and along with it, backed the controversial licensing agreement preventing farmers from using ...
Droplet Digital™ PCR Works for GMO Quantification [Published Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 - May 13 2013] A study published in PLOS ONE finds that Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™) technology is suitable for routine analysis of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food, feed, and seeds. More than 60 countries representing 40 percent of the world’s population ...
Supreme Court sides with big agribusiness in Mo... [Published Raw Story - May 13 2013] The Supreme Court unanimously sided with agribusiness giant Monsanto on Monday against a 75-year-old Indiana soybean farmer for planting seeds without paying the company a “technology fee.”In the case Bowman v. Monsanto (PDF), justices expressed little ...
Starve the system [Published Green (Living) Review - May 11 2013] Starve the system and grow your own food by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In fact, grown your own food and make as much yourself as possible. That way you are beating the system and doing it your way. It is becoming pretty clear that industry ...

Audio/Video

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Inside Story Americas - The controversial Monsa... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 08 2013]

Press Releases

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Saffron Road Congratulates Whole Foods Market o... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Mar 08 2013]
Whole Foods Market© commits to full GMO transpa... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Mar 08 2013]
Warning: Your Valentine's Day Treats May Be Fil... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Feb 07 2013]
Submit Questions to Nobel Laureates and Other E... [Published CisionWire - English - Dec 06 2012]
shopOrganic.com re-launches as shopOrganic & sh... [Published PR Newswire - Oct 26 2012]