Removing Consciousness From Farming
Every year, billions of animals suffer in the name of cultivating food for humanity. But, suppose none of them had minds? A nightmare or a solution? Via We Make Money Not Art: Each year, the UK raises...
View ArticleMonsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass GMO Labeling Bill
Will Allen and Ronnie Cummins write on AlterNet: The world’s most hated corporation is at it again, this time in Vermont. Despite overwhelming public support and support from a clear majority of... The...
View ArticleGuerrilla Labeling Of GMO Foods
When your government is so beholden to agribusiness that it won’t listen to overwhelming consumer demand for foods to be labeled if they contain genetically modified organisms, what do you do?...
View ArticleEating This Could Turn Your Gut into a Living Pesticide Factory
Dr. Mercola sounds the alarm on the latest unintended consequence of permitting genetically-modified organisms into the food supply: A new generation of insect larvae is eating the roots of genetically...
View ArticleHow California Could Force the Rest of the U.S. to Label GMO Foods
Reports Tom Philpott on Mother Jones: In November, California voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would require labeling of all foods containing ingredients from genetically modified crops....
View ArticleFDA: ‘Frankenfish’ Perfectly Safe
Hope you’re hungry, America: Another GMO mutant has been cleared for human consumption. The AquaAdvantage salmon grows twice as fast as other fish, and is deemed perfectly safe by your friends at......
View ArticleSay Hello to GMO!
Everything you need to know about the wonderful world of genetically modified organisms... The post Say Hello to GMO! appeared first on disinformation.
View ArticleFive Ways to Divest From Monsanto (and Other GMO Companies)
Kristen Schmitt writes at Urban Times: Monsanto, the mistress of the GMO initiative, needs a wake up call. While campaigns to label genetically modified organisms increase and state governments work to...
View ArticleEating A Stem Cell Burger
Somehow I can’t see carnivores wanting to eat stem cell burgers, and I can’t see vegetarians deciding they are acceptable either! Nonetheless Melissa Hogenboom investigates the taste of these lab grown...
View ArticleGolden Rice: A ‘Good’ GMO?
Could Golden Rice, a genetically modified strain of rice that imbues the grains with beta carotene, be the GMO that proves the exception to the Monsanto-led madness of Roundup Ready crops? Amy... The...
View ArticleMonsanto Goes Organic
Yes, you read that right, Monsanto is concocting a line of trademarked organic vegetables. Let’s hope it takes off and they decide to give up on their favorite genetically modified varietals. Report......
View ArticleOregon Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Ban of GE Crops
Lauren McCauley writes at Common Dreams: In a victory for sustainable food advocates everywhere, two counties in Oregon on Tuesday voted to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops....
View ArticleGoogle’s Frankenbuger
“Frankenburger” taste pioneer Josh Schonwald thinks that the $300,000 not-so-great lab grown meat-burger may soon become commercially viable and, perhaps, quite tasty, thanks to funding from Google’s...
View ArticleThe Future Will Be Full of Lab Grown Meat
Here’s another one of those lab-grown meat boosting articles, this time from Gizmodo. I think I’ll stick to tofu. In 2013, the world’s first lab-grown burger was unveiled to the world. It... The post...
View ArticleFood Industry Enlisted Academics in GMO Lobbying War
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Big Ag is trying to buy the support of academics to persuade people that GMO foods are safe, per the New York Times: At Monsanto, sales of genetically modified... The...
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