One of the most puzzling developments in the saga of genetically engineered crops is the difference in how they are treated in the United States versus the rest of the world. In the U.S., where Monsanto’s headquarters continues to remain in the St. Louis, Missouri area and genetically modified [...]
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Jerry Rosman, a corn and livestock farmer in Iowa since 1974, has long been a follower of the newest “technologies” in farming. He once placed his faith into “scientific innovations,” and besides personal use, he spent many decades selling and promoting these products. But then, something unexpected happened that changed [...]
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Genetically engineered food, also known as GMOs or genetically modified organisms, has practically become a household term in recent years. But most people still have no idea what foods are actually GMO and which aren’t, ahd haven’t adjusted their shopping lists accordingly. Confusing, inaccurate Internet memes and commentary from pundits [...]
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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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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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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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The Monsanto Company has repeated ad nauseum that one of the main goals of its GMO crops is to use less pesticide, along with “feeding the world (which one recent report debunked).” But newly released research from the 2015 National Ag Statistics Survey (NASS) has revealed that the pesticide [...]
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Diet Pepsi sales have been slumping for quite some time, and with the ongoing health awareness movement causing major pain for other purveyors of unhealthy foods and drinks, Pepsi finally got the memo and has made a long-awaited change. The multi-billion dollar soda company announced last year that they’re ditching [...]
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