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Genetically Modified Food

Mr. Smith Plays the Farm Card

Rob Smart | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Farms, Industrial Food, Farmers, Food, Agriculture, Science, Fertilizers, Genetically Modified Food, Capitalism, Chemicals, Green News
Rob Smart

Right from the start, Mr. Smith works hard to make "good food" advocates out to be a powerful force hellbent on destroying our abundant food system.

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Why Does McWilliams Lambast Locavores When His Real Beef Is With Meat Eaters?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Agribiz, Michael Pollan, James McWilliams, Just Food, Locavore, Farmers Markets, Books, Environment, Genetically Modified Food, Foodie, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Sandwiched between the caricatures of loco locavores and McWilliams' hey-ho-GMO cheerleading, lies the meat of the matter; we can't go on eating animals like this.

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Organic Agriculture Beats Biotech at its Own Game

Timothy LaSalle | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Biotech Crops, Nutritional Biochemistry, Biotech, Gm, Organic Food, Green News
Timothy LaSalle

The organic community may eventually be open to biotech crops if long-term, independent studies show there are no ecological or human health impacts. Before then, why risk it?

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FDA Needs To Dismiss Former Monsanto Counsel

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Genetically Engineered Milk, Monsanto, Michael Taylor, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Fda, Rbgh, Prostate Cancer, Colon Cancer, Fda Approval, Genetically Modified Food, FDA Warning, Is-Monsanto-Backing-Hr-875, Genetically Modified Organisms, Green News
Samuel S. Epstein

The recent appointment of Michael Taylor as FDA's Senior Food Safety Advisor is of major public health concern since he is a former counsel for Monsanto who argued rBGH was safe.

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African Food Security? USAID Has Used Taxpayer Money to Fund GMOs Abroad Since 1991

Paula Crossfield | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Usaid, Kenya, Africa, Tom Vilsack, Health, Environment, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Food Policy, Hillary Clinton, Gmos, Foreign Policy, Food Security, Iaastd, Kari, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Africans can look to India to see what a future of relying on biotech seeds looks like. There, a depleted water table, poisoned waterways and farmer suicides have been the result of the first Green Revolution.

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Free the Seeds!

Maria Rodale | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Genetically-Modified-Crops, Genetically Modified Food, Organic Farming, Organic Gardening, Organic Garden, Organic Gardens, Green News
Maria Rodale

In laboratories across the globe, seeds are being captured, submitted to intense and painful torture (too graphic to describe here), and held prisoner in a scheme for world food domination.

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Food, Inc. Gets Rave Reviews, Big Ag Shudders

Paula Crossfield | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Movement, Michael Pollan, Gmos, Food Inc., Fast Food, Genetically Modified Food, Food Policy, Regulation, Big Ag, Hillary Clinton, Food Safety, Legislation, Food Safety Enhancement Act, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Today, Food, Inc. debuts: it is certainly not a film to miss. Big Ag realizes that the tide is turning on the corporate control of our food system, and that their message is in jeopardy.

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Biotech FAIL: Bad Science, Worse Faith and Superweeds

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Precautionary Principle, Gmos, Biotechnology, Food Politics, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Real innovation in the agriculture world may not be the stuff of spliced genes and petrochemicals but a better understanding of time-tested methods of food production, like compost and worms.

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Is Your Food Genetically Modified (GM)? How To Tell

Dr. M.J. Wegmann | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Chemical-Fertilizers, Organic Food, World Racing Roundup, Health, Genetically Modified Corn, Genetically Modified Food, Genetically Modified Crops, Living News
Dr. M.J. Wegmann

The issue with GM food lies with a problem called Gene Transfer. This happens when genetic material from the crop can be found in the human.

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Michael Pollan Discusses His Vision For Genetically Modified Crops (VIDEO)

Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Michael Pollan, Green News

In the following video from fora.tv, Michael Pollan calls for an open source approach to genetic engineering. Pollan doesn't think that genetic modifi...

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Germany Bans Cultivation of Genetically Modified Corn

International | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Genetically Modified Food, Germany, Germany Bans Gm Corn, Health, Genetically Modified Corn, Corn, Living News

Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court a...

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Who Owns Our Food? Thoughts on a New Green Revolution

Paula Crossfield | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Philanthropy, Biotechnology, Nyc, Organic Food, Panel, Green-Washing, Genetically Modified Food, New Green Revolution, Tom Philpott, Monsanto, GM Seed, Raj Patel, The Green Revolution, Gates Foundation, Green News
Paula Crossfield

We need to stand up for all of those voices who have no say in how their land is developed under the auspices of philanthropy.

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The BBQ is Over...

Hillary Newman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Genetically Modified Food, Vegetarian, Green Living, Salmon, Biotech Agriculture, Bacon, Vegan, GM Foods, Center for Food Safety, Food Matters, Dna, Eating Matters, Fda, Nutrition, Health, Antibiotics, Hormone Treated Meat, Green News
Hillary Newman

The FDA is also not required to label when food comes from genetically engineered animals. Without clear labeling, many may soon be feeding their families manipulated animals.

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Why Bananas are a Parable For Our Times

Johann Hari | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Bananas, United Fruit, Rainforests, Bananas Dying, Johann Hari Bananas, Food Shortage, Food, Banana, Genetically Modified Food, Green News
Johann Hari

Bananas are dying. Soon -- in 5, 10 or 30 years -- the yellow creamy fruit as we know it will not exist.

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5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Population, Vegetarian, Cfl, Birds, China, Pollution, Vegetarianism, Coal, Soy, Eating Matters, Extinction, Climate Change, Genetically Modified Food, Deforestation, Global Warming, Energy, Population Growth, Clean Coal, Corn, Green Living, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Matters, Local Food, Population Control, Overpopulation, Mining, Genetically Modified, Environment, Food, Wind Turbines, Green News

Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

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Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Joseph Cortright, Gmos, Transition Team, Tom Vilsack, Dennis Wolff, Fda, Barack Obama, Monsanto, Rbgh, Secretary of Agriculture, Genetically Engineered Food, Michael Taylor, Unbossed, Dan Glickman, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Obama Transition, Obama GMOs, Bovine Growth Hormone, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, Steven Druker, Oregon, Genetic Engineering, Rbst, Obama Usda, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

Instead of giving us change and hope, biotech "Yes Men" on Obama's team may prolong the hypnotic "group think" that has been institutionalized over three previous administrations.

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