Product Contains Genetically Engineered Material
Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) has once again introduced a bill that would require require the labeling of all foods that contain or are produced with genetically engineered material. It is a...
View ArticleWagging the Dog: FDA Restricts Certain Antibiotics In Animals
U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an order to restrict unapproved use of cephalosporin class of antibiotics in farm animals. Many, however, are critical of the agency's decision to regulate a...
View ArticleMonsanto’s Vistive Gold Soybean Oil Concerns Persist
Monsanto's genetically modified soybeans to be used for cooking oil containing lower levels of saturated fats and higher levels monounsaturated fats were approved last year by U.S. regulators. Yet,...
View ArticleUSDA Deregulates GMO Sugar Beets
After a lengthy legal battle the U.S. Department of Agriculture decided to completely deregulate Monsanto's genetically engineered sugar beets.
View ArticleToxic Biotech Provisions of the Farm Bill
New changes in the House Agriculture Committee’s discussion draft of the 2012 Farm Bill will eviscerate the oversight function of the USDA over GMOs.
View ArticleBeef Industry Slams Common Sense Healthy Eating As Extremism
A posted announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture caused quite a stir on Wednesday when it appeared to embrace the "Meatless Monday" campaign until it heard from the beef industry. Oops!
View ArticleMother Nature Outsmarts Monsanto Corn
The claim that GMOs reduce pesticide use -- a main selling point -- should be abandoned by the industry that is gobbling up dramatic pesticide sales growth in response to hardy plant pests rapidly...
View ArticleU.S. Pesticide Use: Back To The Future
Is "cutting-edge" biotechnology taking American agriculture backwards into a more toxic past?
View ArticleGlyphosate Resistance Downplayed In USDA Report
A recent number crunching report by the Electronic Research Service (ERS) arm of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) gives the reader an eye full of charts, graphs and statistics but not the full...
View ArticleIndustry-Friendly Approach to Regulating GMOs
The Economic Research Service, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its second report, Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States, downplayed the impact of glyphosate resistance and...
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