In October 2024, GMO Gala apples were approved for consumption at restaurants, stores and food service retailers despite what critics decry as a lack of testing for possible negative health effects on the environment and people. The parent company of these fruits, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has battled protesters, petitions [...]
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Organic food is still considered to be a “specialty” item in America, but to the rest of the world it is a necessity considering all of the chemicals and growing techniques that are banned overseas. Every year in the fall millions of people head to the apple orchards to pick, [...]
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The USDA has announced that a 30-day public comment period has begun regarding the sale of the highly controversial new genetically modified apples from the Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. group. The GMO apples, dubbed “Arctic Golden Delicious” and “Arctic Granny Smith,” have been engineered so that they will not brown [...]
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