Just Label It
Recapping the 2015 GMO debate: Science eclipses ‘Dark’ voices of anti-biotech hysteria
The year ends with a Congressional battle over GMO labeling after the historic approval of the first animal modified for ...
‘SmartLabels’ not good enough for GMO critics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Proponents of mandatory GMO ...
Here’s how to do GMO labeling so everyone wins
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. What would it look ...
Senate panel warms to GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On October 21st, for ...
Anti-GMO ‘Big Lie’: Is labeling really about our “Right to Know”?
Anti-GMO leaders often claim they are not against crop biotechnology; their only desire is a 'right to know' what's in ...
FOIA emails reveal anti-GMO, pro-organic spin ‘A team’ led by Tom Philpott and Michael Pollan
A trove of new emails tied to former professor Charles Benbrook shines an ethically harsh light on the journalistic ethics ...
FOIA: Organic industry, Chuck Benbrook orchestrated anti-GMO “independent” research, marketing
FOIA released emails show that the former university professor whose research is the lynchpin of the anti-GMOs industry's public case ...
New York Times publishes emails of Charles Benbrook, paid organic consultant who produced ‘industry talking points’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Charles M. Benbrook, formerly ...
Next-generation genetic engineering must address public fears
Next generation innovations for genetic modification of food and medicine face an uncertain future. Avoiding the public acceptance failures that ...
Wash Po’s Tamar Haspel addresses conflict of interest charges
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [This post is excerpted ...
Does the organic led anti-GMO campaign have race-related undertones?
The most visible symbol of the US organic movement calls the American food system "apartheid, food slavery and [a] food ...
Why Ben and Jerry’s, Non-GMO project, others oppose SAFE Act
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From my perspective, HR1599 ...
Tufts nutrition expert navigates ‘destructive debate’ over GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [Editor's Note] Parke Wilde ...
“Big Food” (Goliath) lobbies and “Good Food” (David) doesn’t? Don’t believe the propaganda
Food politics rage in Washington over who spends more on lobbying: Big Food or Big Organics. Here's the skinny on ...
Science moms to celebrity moms: Let’s discuss GMOs, farming, safety and health together
The anti-GMO movement moved away long ago from grounded positions in science to promoting fear, and using celebrities as their ...
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow lectures Congress on science and safety of GMOs
Gwyneth Paltrow lent a touch of Hollywood glamor Wednesday to a campaign against legislation that would prevent the labelling of ...
The fall of Gary Hirshberg: From reformer to reactionary anti-science propagandist?
Gary Hirshberg is in the midst of rewriting his legacy from admired 'social responsibility' leader to crank apologist for disinformation ...
Hollywood celebrities embrace pseudoscience, promote anti-GMO movie “Consumed”
Even as the consensus on the safety of GMO foods grows, a faction in Hollywood appears to be lining up ...
Is anti-biotech mandatory labeling lobby now acknowledging GMOs are safe?
Two competing federal bills are working their way through Congress that would override the mishmash of state-by-state GMO labeling laws. One of ...
Gary Hirshberg’s Stonyfield faces hypocrisy backlash over misleading labels
Glass house alert: Stonyfield's yogurts are filled with unknown and unlabeled chemicals. Shouldn't you "just label it", Gary? ...
My journey from suburban mom and chef to GMO and science advocate
I’m a suburban mom. I became an accidental activist when I uncovered a nefarious corporate/government scheme to poison my food ...
Celebrity mom’s Mother’s Day video demonizes GMO foods as dangerous
Malin Akerman, Frances Fisher, Constance Zimmer, Sharon Osbourne. These Hollywood A-listers have one big thing in common: They’re mothers who ...
Anti-GMO “Right to Know” movement cashing in on scaring and confusing consumers
We have no right to know if our food is GMO. Why? Because the term “GMO” is an arbitrary classification ...
How is Chipotle’s PR gimmick going? Left and right agree food chain public face of science illiteracy
The food chain's "bold" move, announcing a faux ban on GMOs in its food, has blown up big time. Chipotle ...
PepsiCo targeted in campaign by GM labeling proponents
Backers of mandatory labeling for genetically modified foods launched a campaign aimed at turning back food company lobbying against labeling, ...
Would GMO labeling cause $500 increase in grocery bill?
A study by Cornell University Professor William Lesser found that if GMO labeling is required in New York, a family of ...
Is it a GMO? Smart phone scan could address label concerns, but anti-GMOers oppose it
In the ever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offers this idea: Use your smartphone ...