GMO

Barent explains why using non-GMO agricultural materials in bioplastics (aka biopolymers), is the right thing to do

This long-awaited film release by French filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin is now finally available in the US!

The formal release of this chilling documentary is scheduled for fall 2008 with public showings around the nation, but the film is now available as a pre-publication release.

Last week, the heir to the British throne, HRH Prince Charles, spoke out about Genetically Manipulated crops and their many and varied impacts on food production. Recognised as an opponent of industrialised agriculture, the Prince's comments come at an opportune time, and will surely re-ignite debate in the GM arena as scientists plead for more sites to run tests on, while opponents continue the fight, even taking to destroying crops at one test site earlier this year in the UK.

After years of banning imports of Genetically Modified Foods, the European Union is poised to finally remove their import van.  Analysts cite cost factors.

Scientists say they have found the first confirmation that insects have developed resistance to transgenic crops that have been modified to resist pests. They found evidence of genetic mutation among bollworms (Helicoverpa zea) in a dozen GM cotton fields sown in Mississippi and Arkansas

A post on EcoSpace.cc a few days back on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (also known as the Doomsday Seed Vault) generated some feedback about allowing seeds of Genetically Modified Organisms to be collected for storage in case of disaster. The topic of GMO crops is certainly a hotly debated one - what are your thoughts?

1 out of 15 kids born after 2004 has a food allergy.  That is huge!  Are our children perhaps the guinea pigs in an experiment of untested, unregulated food science?

Progressio have produced FREE seed packet to raise awareness about the threat that Terminator technology poses to poor farmers in the developing world and to the environment. The seed packet contains the letter to send to your MP (Don't worry, no GM seeds included!).

ACT NOW, SPREAD THE WORD, STOP GM CROPS!

Given the tremendous impact our dietary habits, agricultural systems and methods of animal husbandry have on our quality of life and our environment, we’re excited to announce we’ll be running portions of world renowned John Robbins' highly readable and world-changing book, ‘The Food Revolution’, as a series on Celsias.

The corporate braumeisters of Anheuser-Busch have let genetically engineered rice contaminate their Budweiser beer, independent laboratory testing has revealed. Tests show rice used in Anheuser-Busch's east coast US breweries is contaminated with genetically engineered rice varieties outlawed in most of the world.

Uh oh… Let’s hope there aren’t mass mutations.

Farmers in the Midwest are concerned that pollen from genetically engineered alfalfa, that’s grown primarily in the Northwest, could and would migrate to organic crops.

As of September 1, producers in Russia will be legally required to label any product containing more than 0.9 percent genetically modified (GM) ingredients. However, law enforcers look set to run into difficulties as experts warn that Moscow lacks the necessarily facilities to carry out tests.

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