Sayer Ji
Activist Post

According to a report released yesterday by GMWatch, China destroyed three shipments of GM corn imported from the US.

The first two shipments are referenced on the website of the Zhuhai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, confirming that two illegal GM corn shipments entered Wanzai Port in Zhuhai City on May 7th, and were subsequently destroyed: Read More

NASA is funding research into 3D printed food which would provide astronauts with meals during long space flights. The futuristic food printers would use cartridges of powder and oils which would have a shelf life of 30 years. Read More

By: Kenneth Schortgen Jr

The USDA announced recently that deregulation of Genetically Modified (GMO) corn can go forward to help in the processing of ethanol. The agency specified that the allowing of the GMO production would be dedicated towards fuel, not food, as Americans still have hesitantcy over eating GMO products. Read More

The UN has been working on ways to end world hunger for decades, but their newest idea does not involve economics, politics, or even food: The organization is now advising people to eat more insects.

Insect farming is “one of the many ways to address food and feed security,” the agency said in a 200-page report released at a news conference at the UN’s Rome headquarters. Read More

The so-called Monsanto Protection Act signed into law earlier this year caused such an outrage that people around the world are planning to protest the biotech company later this month. Now a United States senator is expected to try and repeal that law.

According to the Huffington Post, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) plans to introduce an amendment in Washington that would repeal Section 735 from the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 Read More

The stars seem to be aligning against genetically modified crop pioneer Monsanto.

A video promoting a global “March Against Monsanto” has enlisted the help of celebrities like Bill Maher, Danny DeVito and Dave Matthews to sound the alarm over what those critics say are the potential health dangers of GMO crops. Read More

The below image is a very interesting one.. This proves the ‘GMO foods are barley eatable by wild animals. These animals have a high state of awareness and of the quality of the food. They loved the organically grown corn.. Who doesn’t! So remember, don’t eat it if it’s got GMOs.. Read More

Daisy Luther
Activist Post

There’s a dirty little secret in some organic fruit orchards. That juicy apple or pear that you just paid triple the price for may have been sprayed with antibiotics. Yep – that’s right. The USDA has approved “new options for organic producers and processors.”

Last August, the USDA quietly released this ruling: Read More

Daisy Luther
Activist Post

A genetically modified rose by any other name may smell sweet, but it could still have frankenthorns that might independently detach themselves and lop off your finger while you’re smelling it.  That’s not unlike a trip to the grocery store these days. There are a lot of ugly surprises in pretty, charmingly-named packages.

It seems like no matter how hard you try to avoid them, GMOs and toxic foods creep into your life. Read More

By Tom Philpott

More than two decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted GMOs “generally regarded as safe” status, meaning the industry had no obligation to conduct long-term safety studies. And while GMOs don’t have what scientists call “acute” effects, what about “chronic” effects — those that come on gradually and can’t easily be tied to one cause? The French study — the most comprehensive GMO safety assessment ever conducted — highlights that concern. Read More

Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post

With the recent passage of the legislative rider commonly known as the Monsanto Protection Act, many previously-uninformed observers may now be asking themselves just how much control over the United States government and regulatory bureaucracy the multinational corporation has. Of course, long-time Monsanto opponents have been asking this question and pointing out the related connections for some time. Read More

Hundreds of New York City fast food workers and their supporters gathered outside restaurants on Thursday, chanting “Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Minimum wage has got to go!” in a plea to corporations to raise their pay from the statewide average of $8.25 per hour.

The picket lines, which were organized by a coalition of unions and community groups, were similar to another protest put together in November 2012. Read More

Isabelle Beenan
Activist Post

What does smoking have to do with our food supply? Allow me to draw a little analogy between the conventional tobacco industry and the conventional food supply industry.

There is no need to rehash the whole tobacco industry debacle, other than to point out that morality and health do not have a place in the tobacco industry’s continued business. Read More

Anti-GMO activists all over the web are howling about the “Monsanto Protection Act,” that Congress “snuck in.” But there is no “Monsanto Protection Act.” They just made it up.

This didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a result of the usual subjects–the anti-GMO misinformation mill–taking a piece of information, distorting it, inflating it, and then screaming and railing at their own gigantic straw man. Read More

It was on the takeway menu as a lamb curry – but it baffled food experts who later examined it. They were surprised when they found the meaty chunks in the spicy sauce did not contain a single trace of lamb. Read More