non-GMO
GLP Podcast: Non-GMO Project targets synthetic biology; What do our genes do? Time to toss your multivitamin?
The Non-GMO Project has targeted synthetic biology on behalf of consumers, but does the public really need protection from a ...
What are the Challenges Facing Modern Farming Around the World?
Mary Boote, Chief Executive Officer of the GlobalFarmer Network | June 12, 2018Highlights: Agricultural biotech solutions are being denied to ...
Podcast: How 1970s fat-free fad launched organic, non-GMO and other ‘absurd’ labeling schemes
Go walk the aisles of your local grocery store and see how many products are being marketed for what they ...
Viewpoint: All milk is ‘non-GMO,’ and 4 other facts you should know before you go grocery shopping
Just as you don’t want food with empty calories, avoid food with empty label claims such as “____-free”, “natural”, “farm-raised” ...
Viewpoint: Avoid these 6 bogus labels at the grocery store to save money
Are you paying more for certain food labels? Who can blame you! With the rise of labels and wanting to ...
El Pollo Loco launches plant-based menu made from in-house, ‘non-GMO’ vegan chicken
El Pollo Loco is now offering plant-based chicken systemwide through its new Chickenless Pollo Taco and Burrito menu items, according ...
Non-GMO, high-protein ‘smart peas’ slated for 2021 debut, with other ‘super trait’ crop varieties to follow
Equinom, an Israeli startup, raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding from BASF Venture Capital, Roquette, Trendlines ...
Non GMO salt? Gluten free orange juice? No hormone-added chicken? Study suggests many consumers willingly overpay even when they learn food label claims are bogus
Previous studies, as well as market sales data, show some consumers are willing to pay a premium for redundant or ...
Viewpoint: Conventional, organic farmers risk alienating consumers by ‘trashing’ each other’s products
I once rescued a car from a mechanic who was pushing much unnecessary “repair” work. The ethical mechanic I took ...
Geneticist Pamela Ronald: Non GMO food label ‘dupes’ Americans into buying $26 billion worth of mostly misleadingly-labeled products
DESPITE broad scientific consensus that genetically modified (GMO) food is safe, there has been a proliferation of product labels seeking ...
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb suggests regulators may crack down on ‘confusing’ non-GMO labels
If FDA ever enforces its own rules, they could stop lots of nonsense labels on food, and recent comments by ...
Viewpoint: Don’t overpay for greens labeled ‘non-GMO’—because there’s no genetically modified lettuce
Have you ever eaten genetically modified arugula? We’re positive you haven’t — because it doesn’t exist! But that hasn’t stopped ...
Viewpoint: How organic, non-GMO marketing turned food labels into ‘wild west’ of deceptive advertising
Food labels these days are like the Wild West of dishonest advertising. Plant juice can be called milk, steak can ...
Judge green lights class action lawsuit over Nestle’s ‘No GMO Ingredients’ product label
A federal judge .... denied a bid by food and beverage giant Nestle to toss a consumer class action claiming ...
9 popular ‘eco-friendly’ everyday things that really aren’t…including buying non-GMO foods
We all care about the environment at least a tiny bit. Some of us more than others. But there are ...
Viewpoint: Non-GMO, organic, gluten free? Demystifying misleading food labels
Take a look at our label guide to know when a label is meaningful and when you’re just throwing away ...
Blockchain could help keep ‘counterfeit’ products out of organic, non-GMO certification schemes
More and more food products and beverages are branded and accompanied by a variety of certification schemes. For instance, organic ...
Dietitian: ‘Ancient, non-GMO’ salt is a marketing scam—don’t fall for it
My head was spinning after a recent salt-buying trek .... I saw salts with a non-GMO label. To be GMO, ...
30,000 food products with Non-GMO Project label may be “false or misleading,” FDA guidance document says
The Non-GMO label may soon see its ubiquitous butterfly wings trimmed ...
10 GMO memes backed up by science
Anti-GMO activists have churned out memes critical of GM crops and food. Now science enthusiasts are fighting back with fact-based ...
GMO Free label movement spins out of control—Now it’s on cat litter and condoms
From acai to condoms, companies are capitalizing on anti-GMO fervor, with misleading labels. At bus stops all over my neighborhood are ...
Talking Biotech: Meet the liquor store owner boycotting Smirnoff’s ‘non-GMO’ vodka
Meet Allison Nondorf, a farmer and co-owner of A&C Liquid Assets in Kansas. The liquor store refuses to sell Smirnoff's ...
With GMO soybean market booming, is there a future for conventional varieties?
Almost all the world's soybean grown today is GMO, which it is very difficult to find non-GMO soybeans. Begging the ...
Industry group ‘resurrects’ USDA’s canceled organic food research program
Three months after the U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled the plug on a plan to establish a national organic promotion ...
How food companies’ switch to non-GMO ingredients could hurt the poor
Consumers have paid significantly higher prices for non-GM foods compared with conventional counterparts in four categories, a new analysis shows ...
Viewpoint: The faulty logic behind popular anti-GMO meme ‘it just feels right’
I don’t know about you, but I have never liked the sound the letters TO, TWO, and TOO makes. Maybe ...
Talking Biotech: Should milk, meat and eggs from animals fed GMO crops be labeled?
Geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam: Data shows that products from animals fed genetically engineered crops are no different than those fed ...