GMO

What Netflix’s Okja Gets Right About Big Food

What Netflix’s Okja Gets Right About Big Food

By Samantha Henry Netflix’s recent, original feature film Okja has triggered a bit of disruption amongst both those in the film industry and enthusiasts in the food movement. The movie targets several issues concerning the current state of our food system, and could be a great watch for those curious about where our food system […]

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    Internal EPA Documents Show Scramble for Data on Monsanto’s Roundup

    Internal EPA Documents Show Scramble for Data on Monsanto’s Roundup

    By Carey Gillam As agrochemical giant Monsanto Co. faces a growing wave of U.S. lawsuits over its top-selling Roundup herbicide line, among its key defense arguments is that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long backed the safety of the weed-killing products. And indeed, the EPA has been a stalwart supporter of Monsanto Co.’s […]

    ‘Secret Docs’ Show Monsanto’s Attempt to Influence Writers, Bribe Scientists

    ‘Secret Docs’ Show Monsanto’s Attempt to Influence Writers, Bribe Scientists

    By Jessica Corbett A trove of Monsanto’s internal records released on Tuesday raises serious concerns about company efforts to influence media reports and scientific research related to risks posed by is popular weedkiller, Roundup. As the New York Times reported: Documents show that Henry I. Miller, an academic and a vocal proponent of genetically modified […]

    17 States Investigate Dicamba Damage Complaints Spanning 2.5 Million Acres

    17 States Investigate Dicamba Damage Complaints Spanning 2.5 Million Acres

    Complaints of crop damage from the powerful and volatile weedkiller dicamba have increased rapidly around the country. According to weed scientist and University of Missouri associate professor Kevin Bradley, 17 state governments are investigating more than 1,400 official complaints of dicamba-related injuries this year covering 2.5 million acres. “This is a substantial problem that needs […]

    Just Released Docs Show Monsanto ‘Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data’

    Just Released Docs Show Monsanto ‘Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data’

    By Carey Gillam Four months after the publication of a batch of internal Monsanto Co. documents stirred international controversy, a new trove of company records was released early Tuesday, providing fresh fuel for a heated global debate over whether or not the agricultural chemical giant suppressed information about the potential dangers of its Roundup herbicide […]

    Organic Farmers Fight Release of GMO Moths

    Organic Farmers Fight Release of GMO Moths

    The Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY) denounced the USDA’s permit for the world’s first open-air trials of the Genetically Engineered (GE) Diamondback moth to be released in Geneva, New York. This announcement came concurrently with the availability of a final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for the field release […]

    How the GMO Industry Gets Journalists to Buy Its Messages

    How the GMO Industry Gets Journalists to Buy Its Messages

    Monsanto’s corporate behavior has been so counterproductive that it has damaged the reputation of the entire food biotechnology industry (I document this in Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety). What to do? How about convincing journalists that food biotechnology is the solution to the world’s food problems and that any criticism of it is […]

    250,000+ Oppose USDA Proposal to Approve First-Ever Genetically Engineered Forest Tree

    250,000+ Oppose USDA Proposal to Approve First-Ever Genetically Engineered Forest Tree

    More than a quarter of a million people and 500 organizations submitted comments Wednesday rejecting the commercialization of ArborGen Inc.’s genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees, which, if approved, would be the first-ever GE forest tree approved in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed approval in April 2017, releasing a draft Environmental Impact […]