Tag: GMOs
House Passes GMO Label Law, Advocates Urge Obama to Veto the...
The majority of Americans support labeling for GMOs and will hold their elected officials accountable for stripping away this transparency.
Clinton Backs Monsanto’s Case That to Be Anti Monsanto Is to...
“There is no comparison between the actual scientific consensus that global warming is real and man-made, and the phony ‘scientific’ ‘consensus’ that GMOs are safe.”
First Commercial Crop of GMO Arctic Apples About to Hit Market
Following intense consumer backlash, a number of major food companies such as Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Gerber expressed that they had no plans to source or sell the GMO apple.
6 Questions for Monsanto
Monsanto, the biotech giant, has become the poster-child for all that’s wrong with our industrial food and farming system.
‘Frankenfish’ Threatens Food Safety
Despite the continued fight from public health and climate activists, genetically modified salmon has been officially authorized for sale in Canada.
Dannon Yogurt to Remove GMO Ingredients and Source Milk from Non-GMO...
Dannon will work with farmers to maintain company wide standards for animal welfare and soil standards.
Nestlé Removes GMO Ingredients from Ice Cream
Nestlé will be removing all GMOs from six of its top selling ice cream brands.
In a Surprise Win for Democracy Over Corporate Power, GMO Labeling...
Those predicting an easy Senate defeat for mandatory labeling saw corporations fold one by one in the face of a strong food movement.
Monsanto Reports Lower Earnings, Profits Amid Pressure From Consumers, Vermont GMO...
Monsanto’s latest earnings report comes amid a wave of companies announcing plans to label genetically modified ingredients to comply with Vermont’s law, resulting in many large food corporations losing profits.
5 Million Nigerians Oppose Monsanto’s Plans to Introduce GMO Cotton and...
Besides the potential contamination of local maize varieties, the groups argued that the health risks of introducing GMO maize into Nigeria could be “enormous” considering that maize is a staple food in their diet.
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73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal
The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns
UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.