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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 ...
It’s all bug spray in the end: Organic pesticides not necessarily safer for bees
Many critics of conventional agriculture claim organic food is grown with "natural" and "botanical" pesticides that are safer than synthetic ...
A co-existence peace plan for GMOs and organics
Could organic and GM farming step past the rhetoric and vitriol, and co-exist? The science says yes ...
Can Bernie Sanders act like a progressive on GMOs, overcome tribal allegiances, embrace science?
The desire to eat organic and the opposition to genetic modification technology in agriculture can be primal and precautionary to ...
Will Hollywood anti-GMO/pro-labeling activists Lena Dunham and Gwyneth Paltrow consider science?
Human geneticist who now opposes mandatory GMO labeling appeals to actresses to engage independent university scientists and not just ideologues ...
Why former organic farmer, food inspector turned against Big Organic to embrace GMOs
Nothing cuts deeper than feeling betrayed. That's the story of a former organic farmer who now believes the industry who ...
Fraud or drift? USDA finds 43 percent of organic foods contain ‘prohibited’ substances
Pesticides have been found in nearly half of organic fields. Is this a case of accidental drift, or fraud? ...
5 Myths about GMOs
In the neverending debate about genetically modified foods, which myths do you believe? ...
Farm to boardroom: US organic industry dominated by mega corporations
According to the anti-GMO narrative, organic is frail David fighting for its life against the Goliaths of Big Ag and ...
Farmers abandoning organic farming despite lure of higher price premiums
Organic food sales are booming and some studies claim it's more profitable for farmers because of cprice premiums. But costs ...
Why Whole Foods and Chipotle’s anti-GMO campaigning has lost my business
I’ve become an accidental activist on behalf of GMOs, in part because of misleading fear based marketing campaigns by food ...
UK GM wheat trial highlights costs of violent activism
The failure of GM wheat developed by UK researchers to repel pests not only highlighted the scientific process, but also ...
Organic industry and other funders behind Séralini’s anti-GMO studies
Financial support for the release and publicity of the laboratory animal feeding study by Gilles-Eric Séralini comes from a range ...
Myth busting Foodie Farmer: Do conventional farmers “douse” fields in chemicals?
Conventional farmers, especially those who grow genetically modified crops, are often accused of "dousing" or "drowning" their fields in chemical ...
The Case for GMOs and Sustainability
From conventional breeding to mutagenesis, none of our foods that we eat today is the product of Nature’s way. But ...
Pro-GMO marchers shocked at unfocused anger of March Against Monsanto protesters
The most striking and at times frightening aspect of the March Against Monsanto was the unfocused vitriol voiced by the ...
‘Natural’ illusions: Biologist’s failed attempt to defend organic food
Swedish writer trained in biology had embraced organic food and farming for years as a safer and healthier alternative to ...
GMO battle: March Against Myths protests March Against Monsanto
Science Power Hour host Vern Blazek interviews Kavin Senapathy, co-founder of March Against Myths About Modification. Known as MAMyths, the ...
