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Michael McAuliff

Senate Rejects Plan To Label Genetically Modified Food

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating ge...

Resurrecting High-Tech Spuds Years After Monsanto Revolt

AP | By JOHN MILLER | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resur...

Mothers of Pure Food, Rebirthing a Movement

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Elizabeth Kucinich

This Mother's Day, let us remember mothers and women who understood the patriotic nature of standing up for wholesome food, of standing up for the health of young children who would become our future.

The Only Real Way to End GMOs

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.08.2013 | Green
Maria Rodale

The other day I was feeling overwhelmed, depressed, and defeated about the whole GMO thing. There is SO MUCH evidence that GMOs, and the chemicals th...

A New Diet for the Planet?

Mark Tercek | Posted 05.01.2013 | Green
Mark Tercek

You might expect me to say that environmentalists should say no to meat, and that we should focus on changing what people eat in the interest of saving the planet. But it's not quite so simple.

Will New York Be First State to Require Labeling of GMO Food?

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.30.2013 | Green
Karl Grossman

The biotechnology industry's drive for GMOs has been incredibly undemocratic and the process is quite likely unhealthy. Labeling is a minimum -- so people can at least know what food is genetically modified and choose what's still GMO-free.

Eat-In at the FDA

Ben Droz | Posted 04.10.2013 | DC
Ben Droz

Whatever your thoughts on GMO foods or GMO fish, whether you eat them or avoid them, please take action. f you don't, the FDA will continue to spend American tax dollars asking the wrong questions.

Who Snuck A Rider Into The Ag Bill That Ordered The USDA To Ignore Judges?

Mother Jones | By Tom Philpott | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics

As I reported a couple of weeks ago, a recent Senate bill came with a nice bonus for the genetically modified seed industry: a rider, wholly unrelated...

Lucia Graves

'Monsanto Protection Act' Foes Find Unusual Ally

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.02.2013 | Green

The so-called "Monsanto Protection Act," a controversial provision protecting the biotech giant from litigation, has found an unusual critic in the te...

The Virus in Our Food Supply

Maria Rodale | Posted 04.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Alberto Gonzalez, founder and CEO of GustOrganics President George Washington once said, "It is miserable for a farmer to be oblig...

Obama Slammed For Signing 'Monsanto Protection Act'

HuffPost Live | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green

Does the newly signed Farmer Assurance Provision, aka the 'Monsanto Protection Act,' mean that GMO crops can evade any serious scientific or regulator...

GMOs Gotta Go!

SidneyAnne Stone | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green
SidneyAnne Stone

It becomes very disheartening to those of us actually trying to live a genuinely healthy lifestyle only to find out that the fruits and vegetables you've been consuming may well be as bad for you as the red meat you've been avoiding.

A Breakdown Of The GMO Debate

Posted 03.26.2013 | Green

From the Boulder iJournal's Troy Hooper: BOULDER — Ever since genetically modified organisms entered the mainstream in 1996, Alfalfa's has tried ...

Whole Foods Makes Huge Announcement

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 03.08.2013 | Green

Whole Foods has announced that by 2018, all products in U.S. and Canada stores must be labeled if they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). ...

Emily Swanson

Poll Shows What Americans Think Of GMOs

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Swanson | Posted 03.04.2013 | Green

Americans are largely uncertain over whether genetically modified foods are safe for the environment or safe to eat, but the vast majority say that fo...

Joe Satran

Monsanto, As Goliath, Faces Small-Town Farmer In Supreme Court GMO Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 02.22.2013 | Green

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Vernon H. Bowman v. Monsanto Co, a six-year-long legal battle between a 75-year-old Indian...

WATCH: Farmer Suicide, GMOs And Seed Saving

Daniel Klein | Posted 04.13.2013 | Home
Daniel Klein

On our recent trip to India, we got a wake up call from environmental activist Dr. Vandana Shiva on the reality of these issues and how they can impact farmers to the point of suicide (270,000 farmers have killed themselves in the last 15 years).

5 Food Myths Debunked

Maria Rodale | Posted 04.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger, Nathanael Johnson, award-winning journalist I grew up in a nature-worshipping, somewhat hippie family, and with my book, All Natu...

Eating This Could Turn Your Gut Into a Living Pesticide Factory

Dr. Joseph Mercola | Posted 03.31.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Joseph Mercola

A new generation of insect larvae is eating the roots of genetically-engineered corn intended to be resistant to such pests. The failure of Monsanto's genetically-modified Bt corn could be the most serious threat ever to a genetically-modified crop in the U.S.

Dissecting Our Health

Maria Rodale | Posted 03.31.2013 | Green
Maria Rodale

by guest blogger Coach Mark Smallwood, Rodale Institute executive director The end of 2012 raised quite a few eyebrows and much ire as some quiet a...

Is Genetically Engineered Salmon Safe?

Ocean Robbins | Posted 03.23.2013 | Green
Ocean Robbins

But there are massively disturbing ethical, environmental, and health concerns that make the introduction of Frankenfish highly controversial.

Another Environmentalist Apologizes Over GMOs

Ken Cook | Posted 01.18.2013 | Green
Ken Cook

At the time, it seemed quixotic to campaign against GMOs. The FDA and USDA were blithely rolling on their backs for multinational corporations that were poised to reap billions of dollars in profit from the technology. Now I see the error of my ways.

Genetically Modified Food: One Step Closer to Your Plate

David Ropeik | Posted 03.12.2013 | Green
David Ropeik

The FDA recently announced its decision about the safety of salmon genetically engineered to grow faster, saying the fish are safe for consumption and would have "no significant impact on the environment." Sure enough, the anti-GM folks reacted with almost knee-jerk predictability.

GMO Labeling Measure Heads To Washington State Ballot

Reuters | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.09.2013 | Home

By Jonathan Kaminsky OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan 4 (Reuters) - A measure to require special labeling of genetically modified foods appeared vi...

The Future of Food Series: Exponential Solutions to Transforming Our Food System

Christiana Wyly | Posted 02.12.2013 | Green
Christiana Wyly

By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people who will be joining the seven billion of us who are already here on the planet. And we need to figure out how to do this as effectively, ethically and as environmentally sensibly as possible.