License to Farm Documentary Stirs Up the GMO Controversy
Most of us believe our farmers are doing the best they can to provide safe food while being mindful of the environment. License to Farm, a documentary now available on YouTube, reinforces this belief by spotlighting various Canadian farmers and hearing their points of view. It’s similar to what we did here at The Walk A Mile Project when we interviewed Abe Wiens, also a Canadian farmer, in podcast #5, Walk a Mile in a GMO...
GMO Alfalfa Contamination a Growing Problem
Co-existence between GE, traditional, and organic crops proves to be a major complication, this time showcased by cases of GMO alfalfa contamination in the U.S. In 2011 and 2012, USDA Scientist Stephanie Greene and her team found 404 wild alfalfa populations on roadsides, and testing revealed that over one-quarter (27 percent) of them contained transgenic alfalfa—that is, plants that tested positive for the Roundup Ready gene....
Illegal Chinese GMO Corn Runs Rampant
A study from Greenpeace revealed illegal GM corn growing in 93% of samples taken from fields in Liaoning province, part of China’s breadbasket. In addition, 95% of corn products taken from supermarkets and wholesalers were found to have GM corn content, which means GM corn and GM corn products are already ending up on dinner tables around the country, in direct violation of national agricultural laws. According to Tong Pingya, a...
Monsanto GMO Patent on Melons Denied
After a January 20th hearing in Munich Germany, The European Patent Office has revoked a false Monsanto GMO patent on melons. The Europe-based coalition No Patents on Seeds spearheaded the opposition. According to their press release, Monsanto claimed melons with a natural resistance to plant viruses was its own invention even though the resistance was already detected in indigenous melon varieties in India. As The Hindu explains,...
The Senate Won’t Block GMO Labeling? Just Sneak It In On a Spending Bill Instead
When H.R. 1599 (referred to by labeling proponents as The DARK act – Denying Americans the Right to Know) passed last July, it was up to the Senate to decide what would happen next. Pro-labeling advocates were pleased when the bill died in the Senate last September, but anti-GMO labeling interests then began pushing for the inclusion of a rider to the recent omnibus spending bill. The rider would have nullified state laws...
RESOLVING THE CONTROVERSY
Here at the GMO Controversy Blog, we document as much of the GMO controversy as we can, to help raise awareness.
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