Glyphosate a Carcinogen?  Monsanto Sues California to Prove Otherwise
Jan27

Glyphosate a Carcinogen? Monsanto Sues California to Prove Otherwise

Monsanto just filed a lawsuit against California to try prevent the state from listing glyphosate (Roundup’s main ingredient), as a carcinogen. Monsanto sued the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) on Thursday in Fresno County Court, seeking an injunction to stop it from glyphosate to the state’s Proposition 65 list of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Last...

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The Ghana GMO Debate
Jan22

The Ghana GMO Debate

Answering the question of how to farm most effectively in Ghana is proving to be quite complicated. Although there’s more to the African agricultural dilemma than a cut and dried GMO vs. non-GMO debate, it certainly plays a large role.  Pro-GMO advocates claim Africa currently holds high levels of poverty, malnutrition, and hunger, coupled with a low level of agricultural productivity.  They feel GM technology is the answer....

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Non-GMO Gatorade?  Gatorade Jumps on the Bandwagon
Jan21

Non-GMO Gatorade? Gatorade Jumps on the Bandwagon

Organic, non-GMO Gatorade? We’ve talked about the irony behind PepsiCo’s Tropicana brand sporting itself as a non-GMO product (if you haven’t read Tropicana Non GMO Label Just a Marketing Gimmick, Part 1 and Part 2, click the links to get up to speed), but apparently, PepsiCo is just getting started.   Most recently, they revealed plans to create organic Gatorade in 2016, as part of their initiative to re-brand a...

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Brazil Fines Nestle For Failing to Label GMOs
Jan20

Brazil Fines Nestle For Failing to Label GMOs

Uh oh — looks like Nestle and five other food manufacturers haven’t been living up to their end of the bargain when it comes placing warning labels on their GMO products. In 2010, Brazil’s Consumer Protection Agency Senacon conducted quite the time-consuming investigation on GMOs, an investigation that discovered these companies were slipping GMOs into cake mixes, snacks and various other products being sold in the...

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Campbell Adding GMO Ingredients to Campbell’s Soup Labels
Jan12

Campbell Adding GMO Ingredients to Campbell’s Soup Labels

Currently, Vermont, Connecticut and Maine have passed mandatory GMO labeling laws, and in July, Vermont will be the first to enact it (pending federal legislation still in the works). Critics, including Campbell, speculate state-by-state GMO labeling requirements will prove confusing for everyone, but they feel optimistic a federal solution will be reached soon. Yet, for now, Campbell is voluntarily adding GMO ingredients to its...

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Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak Raises Questions
Jan08

Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak Raises Questions

Ridiculous conspiracy theory?  Or conceivable possibility, that a giant food conglomerate or agro-chemical company is behind the recent Chipotle E. Coli outbreak?  Either way, a significant amount of drama has surrounded the Chipotle GMO situation from the start… With the E. Coli outbreak, the illnesses started November 18- 26, 2015, and, according to cdc.gov, as of December 18, 2015, 53 people were reported as infected with the...

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