Organic Consumers Association
Mark Lynas: US Right to Know funded by anti-vaccine activists
USRTK’s [U.S. Right to Know] funding is substantial. . . . . . . .To date, it has received $314,500 ...
Boycotting companies that backed GMO labeling compromise is hypocritical
Ronnie Cummins, director of the Organic Consumers Association lobbying group, has released a letter citing Gandhi. In it he described Gandhi leading ...
Science communicators condemn Facebook’s censorship of pro-science “We Love GMOs and Vaccines”
Anti-GMO and anti-vaccine activists--many of them are the same--have manipulated Facebook to shut down a pro science site, stirring sharp ...
Organic Consumers Association organizes boycott of brands that use QR code GMO labels
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is asking consumers to boycott brands that refuse to expressly label products made with genetically ...
Organic industry bitterly split over newly signed GMO label law
“Organic Traitors Team Up with Monsanto and [Grocery Manufacturers Association] on DARK Act,” reads a recent headline from Ronnie Cummins, director of the ...
Viewpoint: Economist Adam Smith knew a creep when he saw one
This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with the author's permission. “It is remarkable to see ...
Anti-GMO movement began more than 30 years ago with Jeremy Rifkin
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [T]he ...
As Congress dickers over GMO labeling, Brazil may offer path forward
Can we look to Brazil, where GMOs have been labeled since 2003, to learn what the effects of GMO labeling ...
9 misdirected arguments against GMOs that really reflect modern and organic ag issues
When discussing GMOs, many arguments are put forth on why they are “bad” and should be avoided. A molecular geneticist ...
Gary Ruskin and Jon Entine tangle over the GMO corporate connection
US Right to Know attacks GLP's Jon Entine as a 'corporate shill' and Entine responds, focusing on transparency and science ...
Rigid organic standards on antibiotic use leads to animal suffering, death
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The triumph of purist ...
Two moms on how Kevin Folta inspired their pro-biotech science writing and advocacy
Two science advocates explain why Kevin Folta deserved the 2016 CAST Borlaug Agricultural Communications Award he was awarded on April ...
Tale of a GMO protest: Pro and anti-biotech activists illustrate ideological, financial divide
A recent protest in Salem, OR highlights motivations and funding for activists on each side of biotech debate ...
Mark Lynas: Anti-GMO, anti-vaccine movements are linked
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...
Is GMO labeling a scare tactic?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To be considered organic, ...
Organic advocacy group calls Ag Secretary Vilsack’s call for national labeling bill “fear mongering”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Organic Consumers Association ...
View from Uganda: Anti-GMO critics smear Cornell, African science communicators
Cornell Alliance for Science has come under attack for reportedly promoting GMOs with dishonest, industry driven messages. But what is ...
Dr. Mercola offering $250,000 matching grant to support radical factions of the organic industry’s anti-GMO efforts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This week [February 22], ...
GMO face-off: USRTK’s Stacy Malkan vs Florida’s Kevin Folta
Contentious debate escalates over anti-GMO group’s strategy of using FOIA laws to ‘expose’ emails by scientists who support crop biotechnology ...
European Union reviews, rebukes bizarre Ayyadurai claim of formaldehyde in GMO soy
The "study" claiming that formaldehyde accumulates in genetically modified soybeans--widely touted by anti-GMO activists-- is an example of junk science--no ...
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 ...
How anti-GMO activists use monarch butterflies as ideological pawn
The anti-GMO movement blames GMOs on the decline of the monarch butterfly, but the problem is more complicated--the result of ...
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 ...
Nature Biotech: US Right to Know, Organic Consumers are “demagogues”, “anti-science zealots”
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Smear campaigns against those ...
Pro-biotech academic researchers contacted by Monsanto under fire
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co.’s undisclosed recruitment ...
Anti-GMO activists promote flawed paper claiming GMO soy accumulates formaldehyde
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists occasionally “go rogue,” ...
Should GMO drugs be perceived differently than GMO food?
Many of the same people who express outrage over genetic modification because it 'tinkers with Nature' are silent or supportive ...
