Genetically engineered food ingredients are found in up to 75% of all packaged food products according to the Center for Food Safety, and that’s a problem considering that these crops are widely sprayed with toxic, potentially carcinogenic pesticides or engineered in a laboratory to produce its own pesticides within the plant. Avoiding GMO [...]
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Sorry, Monsanto: GMO Crops Now Banned in Nearly 40 Countries, Grown in Just 28
As Monsanto is fighting to gain seed control of the whole world of agriculture by spreading genetically-modified crops across the world (with the support of the U.S. government according to Wikileaks), there is far greater opposition from the rest of the world, where many countries are not only labeling [...]
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Beatles Icon Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Sets the Record Straight on GMO Labeling!
Former Beatles singer and musician extraordinaire Paul McCartney is globally known not just for his music but also for his work in animal rights. But what many people do not know is that he has long been active in the GMO Free movement as well, recently counting himself among [...]
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Unlabeled GMO Potatoes Finally Landed on Store Shelves; What You Must Do to Avoid Them
Who really wants the new genetically modified potato in their shopping cart, anyway? Certainly not the consumers, who have been flocking away from Monsanto and other companies’ GMOs like the plague, buying organic food at a clip not seen years. And it’s certainly not the potato farmers, either: the [...]
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Seven Non-GMO Project Verified and Organic Dog and Pet Foods to Buy Online
Are you still feeding your pets GMOs? Many pet owners have connected the rise of GMOs with what seems to be an increased amount of tumors in pets, including dogs and cats. There has been a lack of studies as to the numbers surrounding tumors in pets, so the causes [...]
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Non-GMO Going Mainstream as Hershey’s Pledges to Remove Them from Some of its Favorite Products
For several years after the introduction of GMOs, millions consumed them without even knowing, their health suffering in the process as companies like Monsanto profited handsomely. But now that the cat is out of the bag, those same consumers are rejecting foods containing GMOs in droves, so much so in [...]
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Popular 90s TV Star Has Harsh Words for Monsanto (with Video)
Television and movie stars receive their fair share of criticism for not speaking out on issues that matter, and oftentimes it’s justified. But now that word is getting out about what Monsanto has really done, more and more of Hollywood’s most well known actors and actresses in recent years [...]
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Jamie Oliver Responds to Growing Facebook Controversy: “My Message Wasn’t In Support of GMOs…”
When chef and social activist Jamie Oliver was awarded a prime time spot on ABC, he pledged to share his message of a healthier and more localized food system with the world. As anyone who watched the viral video below knows, he’s been very effective in that role. But now, Oliver’s [...]
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Victory! Largest Textbook Publisher in the U.S. Vows to Change GMO Propaganda, Bowing to Parents’ Pressure
Since Common Core educational standards have taken root across the country, many activists and journalists have sounded the alarm about the increasing corporatization of our educational system. As this flow chart shows, the connections run deep, and the strongly pro-GMO Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was arguably the single greatest driving [...]
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“No Bugs, More Food?” Missouri Mother Shocked to Find GMO Propaganda in Children’s Science Book
The Biotech and GMO food industries have long spent big bucks on lobbying to influence public opinion, but it’s not just the hearts and minds of our Congresspeople that Monsanto and others are after: they also have a long history of going after children as well. Perhaps the most glaring [...]
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