News regarding the dangers of GMOs and biotech, and the advantages of organic sustainable agriculture.
URGENT: Congress to consider dangerous rider in support of genetically engineered crops
Alliance for Natural Health
Congress is considering a sneaky, pro-GMO rider to a funding bill, and it may become law without anyone realizing it—unless you take action NOW!
The biotech industry has managed to insert a dangerous rider in support of genetically engineered crops into the FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations bill. It is scheduled to be […]
Why genetically engineered food is dangerous: New report by genetic engineers
Earth Open Source
LONDON, UK – Aren’t critics of genetically engineered food anti-science? Isn’t the debate
over GMOs (genetically modified organisms) a spat between emotional but ignorant activists
on one hand and rational GM-supporting scientists on the other?
A new report released today, “GMO Myths and Truths,”[1] challenges these claims. The
report presents a large body of peer-reviewed scientific […]
Senator Bernie Sanders Proposes Amendment to Farm Bill Requiring Labeling of GMOs
Right now the U.S. Senate is working to hammer out the final details on the farm bill and it isn’t pretty. While a number of important reforms have been won, like getting rid of wasteful direct payments, agribusiness lobbyists have succeeded in larding the bill up with billions in inefficient programs that harm America’s […]
Five million Brazilian farmers Sue Monsanto and Win $2 Billion
by Subodh Varma
The Times of India
Five million Brazilian farmers have taken on US based biotech company Monsanto through a lawsuit demanding return of about 6.2 billion euros taken as royalties from them. The farmers are claiming that the powerful company has unfairly extracted these royalties from poor farmers because they were using seeds produced from […]
Celebrities partner with Monsanto, G8, to biowreck African farms with GMOs
by Rady Ananda
Activist Post
At the G8 Summit held two weeks ago at Camp David, President Obama met with private industry and African heads of state to launch the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a euphemism for monocultured, genetically modified crops and toxic agrochemicals aimed at making poor farmers debt slaves to corporations, while […]
Farmers, Consumers and Public Interest Groups Square off Against Corporate Interests at USDA Organic Meeting
by The Cornucopia Institute
ALBUQUERQUE, NM: Passions flared at the semiannual meeting of the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the federal advisory panel approved a number of synthetic ingredients for use in organics, over the objection of the majority of industry participants.
The meeting came on the heels of […]
American Medical Association Considers Labels on Genetically Engineered Food
Fairfield, IA – May 23, 2012—The Indiana State Medical Association and the Illinois State Medical Society have both introduced resolutions to the American Medical Association supporting Federal legislation and/or regulations to require labeling of food with genetically engineered ingredients [1] The Reference Committee for Science and Technology is accepting comments from AMA membership until […]
FDA Approves Drug Made from Genetically Modified Plants
by Dr. Mercola
In a dramatic move that shows that the U.S. FDA is softening its stand on bio-pharmed treatments, the agency has approved the country’s first genetically modified plant intended for the treatment of a human disease.
An Israeli firm grew human disease enzymes in carrot cells, and produced a treatment for Gaucher disease that […]
Label GMO Battle in California: Grassroots vs. Big Ag
by Emily Stevenson
Alliance for Natural Health
It’s been less than three weeks since the California Right to Know campaign submitted enough signatures to put mandatory GMO labeling on this November’s ballot.
If the vote were today, it would pass!
Current polls show a majority of California voters support the Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. Unfortunately, the […]
The Organic Watergate
Action Alert
The Organic Watergate
Don’t Let Organic Food be Corrupted
with Suspect Synthetic Ingredients,
Biased Science, and Corporate Influence
The Cornucopia Institute
Sign and Send in Your Proxy Letter
Consumers rightly expect high standards for organic food when they pay premium prices for organic products. Yet increasingly, corporate influence is corrupting the management of the USDA’s organic program […]
American livestock get extra dose of antibiotics from spent ethanol grain, report says
By Monica Eng
The Chicago Tribune
As the battle wages on over the safety of feeding antibiotics to livestock for growth promotion, a new report reveals yet another source of unregulated antibiotics in American animal feed–spent ethanol grain.
The new report by advocacy group the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy suggests that a relatively new source […]
Over 50% of Argentina’s Cultivated Land is GMO Soy, with Serious Health Effects
by Dr. Mercola
Roundup Ready soy is now being cultivated on a massive scale across the globe, along with the exponentially increasing use of the herbicide Roundup. Monsanto’s “Roundup Ready” soy beans are genetically modified to survive otherwise lethal doses of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the company’s herbicide Roundup.
It’s a win-win for Monsanto. But […]
Mothers Threatened with Criminal Charges Openly Defy Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Raw Milk Freedom Fighters
Minneapolis, MN—Several Minnesota mothers who organize community access to local fresh farm foods plan to risk criminal charges by openly and publicly defying warnings from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The MDA has threatened several mothers, conducted investigations against them and sent them warning letters that if they continue helping […]
The GMO Labeling Initiative WILL Be on the Ballot in California! Let the Battle Begin
Alliance for Natural Health
The California Right to Know 2012 Ballot Initiative collected enough signatures—and now, with your help, you can become part of history.
Tomorrow, on May 2, the campaign will be turning in enough signatures to put the California Right to Know GMO labeling initiative on the ballot—nearly one MILLION signatures! This massive achievement […]
Tell USDA to Say No to Agent Orange Corn!
by Judith McGeary
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
Dow Chemical is seeking USDA approval for a genetically modified (GM) version of corn that is resistant to 2,4-D, a major component of the highly toxic Agent Orange. Agent Orange was the chemical defoliant used by the U.S. military in Vietnam, and it caused many serious medical conditions […]
Roundup Herbicide Linked To Parkinson’s-Related Brain Damage
by Sayer Ji
GreenMedInfo.com
Alarming new research published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology supports the emerging connection between glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, and neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian disorders.
Published this month (April, 2012), the new study entitled “Glyphosate induced cell death through apoptotic and authophagic mechanisms,” investigated the potential brain-damaging […]
California Takes National Spotlight on GMO Labeling Issue
http://labelgmos.org – the California Committee for the Right to Know wants to let you know about this new ballot initiative in California and what it REALLY means for you and your family.
Our mission is to get this initiative on the CA 2012 ballot to require mandatory labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients.
We […]
HOGWASH – Bakers Green Acres vs. Michigan DNR & Michigan Pork Producers Association
Bakers Green Acres and a handful of hog farmers scattered through Michigan are left standing after the April 1st, declaratory ruling issued by the Michigan DNR.
Allegedly backed by the corporate pork industry, the DNR has begun issuing raids on family farms; forcing farmers to execute entire herds of healthy pigs.
This update conveys the bigger […]
Local Food Sovereignty Laws in Maine Come to a Test with Farmer Brown
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Back in the summer of 2011 we covered the story of how local towns in Maine were passing “Food Sovereignty” laws to allow sale of locally produced food without interference of regulators. Read the story here.
Then on November 9, Dan Brown, a family farmer in Blue Hill, Maine, was served […]
Special Investigative Report: Will GMOs Really Feed the World?
by Alliance for Natural Health
That’s what genetic engineering advocates claim. But science (and a shocking number of developing-world suicides) debunk this myth.
BIO, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, says that a genetically engineered crop improves insect resistance, enhances herbicide tolerance, and facilitates the use of more environmentally sustainable farming practices by generating higher crop yields with […]