The major agrochemical companies of the world will tell you their products are safe until they’re blue in the face — but the reality of the situation is that there are countless major studies that say otherwise. Most people are now familiar with the new cancer risk attached to glyphosate, [...]
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In February 2015, just two weeks after the approval of the world’s first genetically engineered apple, the company responsible for its creation cashed in — to the tune of $41 million dollars, ($10 million upfront), all for a highly controversial product that most people clearly didn’t want. The company [...]
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In July 2015, the first genetically engineered (or genetically modified, otherwise known as “GMO”) potatoes arrived on store shelves in the form of a specific type of white russets. Now nearly two years later, most consumers still remain blissfully unaware that the potatoes even exist, and to make matters [...]
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The plight of Indian farmers has been a major area of focus in the organic and GMO Free movement, with reports of as many as “one cotton farmer suicide every 30 minutes” in the country surfacing in late 2014. While Monsanto denies responsibility for the suicides, there is much evidence [...]
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Food is sacred no matter what country or what culture you come from: it’s how families bond with each other at the end of the day, how we nourish ourselves, a way to connect with strangers and so much more. For thousands of years our food producers have treated [...]
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When the state of Vermont passed what would have been the first-of-its-kind, text-based GMO labeling law in May 2014, it was a cause for celebration; a vital first step in the fight to empower consumers the way over 60 countries around the world already have. But recently the hard [...]
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As more and more people look for alternatives to beverages sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, and other unnatural sweeteners, big food corporations are doing everything in their power to stay one step ahead — without using higher-priced, quality ingredients whenever possible. While the clean [...]
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In the recent years, multiple court cases have occurred over cross-pollination between a GM crop field and an organic or non-GM crop field. Few realize it, but farmers growing crops the way that nature intended are forced to pay thousands of dollars simply to prevent cross contamination, or else they [...]
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For millions of kids across the country Kellogg’s Froot Loops have been a staple part of their morning diet. But are Kellogg’s Froot Loops really safe, and should parents strongly consider boycotting them until the company finally listens to activists and removes all the unnecessary junk? It’s common knowledge that [...]
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The United States Food and Drug Administration originally decided that GMO crops are “safe” for consumption thanks to one controversial method — employing the doctrine of so-called “substantial equivalence.” This doctrine said that lab-created GMOs and regular crops are basically equal, and it only came about because of the Bush [...]
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