Global Acceptance of GM Crops in Decline – New FOE Report
Global acceptance of genetically modified (GM) crops is in decline, with the number of countries cultivating falling for the first time, according to a new report from Friends of the Earth...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Bans All GMO Products and GM Crops
Kyrgyzstan has Wednesday become one of the first countries in the World to ban the cultivation of GM Crops alongside the import and sale of all GMO products, the news agency 24.kg has announced. The...
View ArticleUS Farmers Launch Billion Dollar Legal Actions over China GM Corn Export Scandal
Seed giant Syngenta faces billion-dollar class actions in three states, claiming China is rejecting U.S. corn shipments because Syngenta released a genetically altered variety before the crop was...
View ArticleAzerbaijan MP Mustafayeva: Sellers of GM Foods Should Be Fined
Azerbaijan should penalize those involved in the sale of food products containing genetically modified organisms, Member of Parliament, Head of the Research Institute on Human Rights, Ayten Mustafayeva...
View ArticleNorwegian Authorities Ban GM Fish Feed over Antibiotic Resistance Fears
According to the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has stopped approving (on a yearly basis) GMOs for use in fish feed that contain genes coding for antibiotic...
View ArticleProtests Target Gates Foundation Secret Meeting on Africa’s Seed Systems
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are sponsoring a secret meeting Monday in London to promote a recent report detailing in...
View ArticleCanadian Risk Assessment Finds GMO Salmon Susceptible to Disease
A never-before-seen draft environmental review of AquaBounty Technologies’ (ABTX) genetically engineered (GE) salmon reveals that Canadian government scientists disagree with the U.S. Food and Drug...
View ArticlePope Francis Slams GMOs and Pesticides for Environmental and Social Damage
Pope Francis slams both GMOs and pesticides in a draft of his major environmental document that was leaked Monday. He has also called for the financing of independent and interdisciplinary research to...
View ArticleGM Free India Slams Application for GMO Mustard Commercialization
Following a news report confirming that an application for approval for commercialization of GM mustard has been moved with India’s apex regulatory body GEAC (Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee in...
View ArticleVenezuela Bans GM Crops with New Seed Law
Venezuela’s seed law has the backing of campesinos and rural families and will regulate the production of hybrid seeds in Venezuela and prevent the research, production, importation and distribution of...
View ArticleExpert Groups Slam Canada’s GMO Salmon Approval for Human Consumption
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), Ecology Action Centre, Living Oceans Society and the Quebec network Vigilance OGM are expressing concerns over Health Canada’s approval of the world’s...
View ArticleUS GMO Soybean Farmers’ Expenses Shoot Up over Glyphosate Resistant Superweeds
Today, U.S. soybean producers spend 88 percent more on crop protectant products than they did six years ago, stated the 2015 National Ag Statistics Survey last month. Source: www.agweek.com/ “Aside...
View ArticleCalifornia University Sued for Failing to Release Public Records on GMOs and...
Consumer group U.S. Right to Know filed a lawsuit late Wednesday to compel the University of California, Davis to comply with requests for public records related to the university’s work on genetically...
View ArticleLatin American Scientists Slam Nobel Laureates over GMO Crops Support
The Union of Latin American Scientists Committed to Society and Nature (UCCSN-AL) has rejected Tuesday the recent letter signed by several Nobel Prize laureates in favor of genetically modified crops...
View ArticlePortuguese Farmers Turn Backs on Monsanto’s GMO Maize
Portuguese farmers are turning their backs on Monsanto’s genetically modified MON810, which is the only GM crop commercially grown in the European Union, according to the Portuguese government....
View ArticleThink US ‘GMO’ Agriculture Will End World Hunger? Think Again
The United Nations has forecast that world food production must double to feed 9 billion people by 2050. That assertion has become a relentless talking point in the growing debate over the...
View ArticlePope Francis Slams Biotech Industry and GMOs in World Food Day Letter
Pope Francis has made his strongest attack yet on genetically modified plants and animals (GMOs) and the Biotech Industry (which includes companies such as Monsanto, Bayer, Dow, Du Pont, Syngenta and...
View ArticleNestlé Shocks Monsanto with Non-GMO Product Push over Consumer Demand
Food giant Nestlé announced Tuesday that they will grow their non-GMO range of products due to the growing demand from consumers, in a shock to the Biotech Industry in the U.S.. Source:...
View ArticleUkraine Parliament Committee Supports Stronger GM Crops Moratorium
Despite massive pressure from U.S. multinational Monsanto and the Ukrainian Grain Association, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations supported a new moratorium Monday...
View ArticleMonsanto: The Pentagon’s Soldier in Colombia
In a nationwide referendum on the 2nd October 2016 Colombian voters rejected the government’s peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the largest extreme-left guerrilla movement...
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