Annie Leonard video: Labeling necessary ‘solution’ to empower people

Stacy Malkan | 
Annie Leonard, a proponent of sustainability and director of the Story of Stuff Project, released a video about how to ...
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Open letter to CEOs of ‘BigAgTech’: Change stance on GMO labeling, build consumer trust

David Ropeik | 
To reclaim consumer trust, agriculture companies must change their stance on labeling and support it, rather than fight it ...

Frankenfoods? Debunking 13 Myths Behind GMOs

Buzzfeed has joined the GMO debate, addressing some common myths behind GMOs using short, animated clips. Opponents of Genetically Modified ...

Uganda scientists develop wilt resistant banana

Francis Kagolo | 
Researchers at Kawanda national agricultural research laboratory have developed new varieties of bananas resistant to the devastating banana bacterial wilt ...

Geneticist who helped commercialize world’s first GMO food signs “non consensus” on GMO safety statement

Judson Parker | 
(Summary) Dr. Belinda Martinuea, a former member of the Michelmore Lab at the University of California Davis Genome Center, who ...

Labels could disarm the emotional and political triggers of GMOs

Nathanael Johnson | 
Grist's Nathanael Johnson examines the complex issue of labeling, outline some of the numerous problems and some of what he ...

Anti-GMO ‘zombie myths’: Influential enviro leaders such as Paul Ehrlich spread propaganda

Keith Kloor | 
In his latest blog post, Discover's Keith Kloor addresses the spread of popular anti-GMO myths, such as the supposed rise in ...
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Biofortified debates Consumers Union over GMO regulation, safety and labeling

Anastasia Bodnar, Michael Hansen | 
Watch as two scientists debate the GMO controversy, covering a range of topics including general safety, feeding studies and the ...

Humboldt County, CA: Group hopes to put GMO ban on 2014 ballot

Catherine Wong | 
Ten years after legal flaws sent an anti-GMOs measure to a withering end at the ballot box, a new group ...

GM rice passes safety tests in China

Researchers at China’s Agricultural University have concluded that testing on transgenic rice has so far brought no abnormalities. The results ...

University of Hawaii anti-GMO scientist supports Hawaii Island Bill 113

Hector Valenzuela | 
Hector Valenzuela, professor and Crop Specialist at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, writes in the Honolulu Civil Beat that GMOs have not ...

Serbia to allow import of GMOs under strict control

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Dragan Glamocic said in Brussels on Tuesday that Serbia will change the law ...

University of Washington professor speaks out in support of I-522

Sandi Doughton | 
The Seattle Times sat down with Phil Bereano, a professor emeritus of technical communication and co-founder of AGRA-Watch, a group ...

I-522 becomes most expensive initiative battle in Washington State’s history

Kirk Johnson | 
A ballot measure in next week’s election will give voters the chance to make Washington the first state to require ...

Manila: Department of Agriculture allows field trials for GM crops

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will allow field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops even as innovative technologies may potentially ...

Deconstructing the GMO debate: The difference between reason and ideology

Steven Novella | 
In his blog Neurologica, Steven Novella, MD, argues that ideology is rampant in the debate over GMOs and it's important to ...

Analysis of Kaua’i County bill 2491

Karl Haro von Mogel | 
Biofortified's Karl Haro von Mogel breaks down Kauai's bill 2491, which passed in the Kauai City Council 6-1. He notes ...

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization report calls for better biotech efforts in developing countries

A new [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] publication calls for greater national and international efforts to bring ...
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Biotech could improve sugarcane farming in India and beyond

According to the director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, scientists and sugarcane farmers should use the tools of ...

Genetic mechanisms may cause herbicide resistance in weeds

Stephanie Henry | 
(Summary) Farmers in Illinois have noticed over the last few years that the invasive waterhemp weed has become resistant to ...

UK Ecologist: GMOs produce ‘monopoly’ and ‘monoculture’

Satish Kumar | 
"My profound fear is that we will all be subjected to a greatly reduced number of mass-produced, unhealthy monocrop foods," ...

Proposed congressional bill bans the cultivation of GMOs in Costa Rica

Opposition lawmakers and environmental groups today filed a bill to Costa Rican Congress to establish a moratorium on the cultivation ...
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Should there be more marijuana genome projects?

Tabitha M. Powledge | 
The momentum for legalizing marijuana in the United States has been picking up steam in recent years, with nearly half ...

With brinjal (eggplant) approval, Bangladesh joins GMO club

The National Committee on Biosafety (NCB) yesterday officially released [Bangladesh's] first genetically modified (GM) food crop, brinjal, which is infused ...

Oregon’s top newspaper on Washington I-522: Don’t back “irrational” labeling

The Oregonian, Oregon's largest newspaper, has released an editorial opposing Washington's GMO-labeling bill. The editorial board argues that this bill ...

Role of GMOs for food security in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

(Summary) The Center for Strategic & International Studies has released a report that investigates the current status of the GMO ...

Consumers Union says labeling would not raise food prices, backs I-522

On Nov. 5, Washington state residents will vote on Initiative 522, a referendum that would require labels on foods that are ...
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