archive for the 'GMOs' Category

Florida citrus crops attacked by bacterium, future in peril

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Wednesday, August 27th, 2008.

An article in this week’s New York Times explains why “greening” (caused by a bacterium, Candidatus liberibacter asiaticus, and resulting in green, lopsided, bitter fruits) in the Florida citrus industry is a bad thing.

Defender of the seeds: Q&A with Claire Hope Cummings, author of “Uncertain Peril”

by Bonnie P. @ Monday, June 30th, 2008.

An environmental lawyer for 20 years, including four spent with the USDA, Claire Hope Cummings reports regularly on agriculture and the environment; she has also farmed in California and in Vietnam. She chatted recently with the Ethicurean about her new book, “Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds.”

Mini-Digest: Monsanto wants to “save” the world, Kill Bill Vol. 247, SOLE research in the pipeline

by Janet @ Friday, June 6th, 2008.

Monsanto to double yields, Farm Bill in peril again, chickens slaughtered, more.

“Climate-ready” seeds: Every cloud has a golden lining for these profiteers

by Guest @ Sunday, June 1st, 2008.

The ETC Group , a Canadian organization that has been following the worldwide corporate concentration of seed ownership for decades, says the biotech industry has begun patenting genes that give plants the ability to respond to drought, heat, cold, abiotic stress, and salt resistance, called “climate-ready” genes. … My Irish ancestors understood all too well that if you give the King power over the fertility of the land, and if you make the farmers serfs to the ruling class, when something like a disease or a drought comes along, there will be famine.

Everything looks better when your head’s in the sand: The USDA stops tracking pesticide use

by Elanor @ Thursday, May 22nd, 2008.

The USDA stops collecting data on pesticide use. Meanwhile, researchers in India link pesticides to altered DNA and the German government blames pesticides for bee colony collapse. But no worries — just don’t think about it.

Digest - News: GM soy underperforms conventional, food riots, raw-milk development

by Ethicurean @ Monday, April 21st, 2008.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Postcard from Orlando II: Look Closer … at the Farm Bureau

by Ali @ Monday, April 7th, 2008.

Although I’m no longer standing at the Farm Bureau-sponsored exhibit, The Great American Farm, at Disney’s Epcot Center, I can’t seem to shake the creepy feeling it gave me. One of the most visible parts of the exhibit are the Look Closer screens, which invite attendees to Look Closer at biotechnology:

Prominently placed next to the […]

Mini-Digest: New transgenic pigs, Wendy’s bird burgers, sodas with gas

by Guest @ Tuesday, April 1st, 2008.

Stop busting my chops: Researchers at Texas A&M have introduced a genetically modified hog that has a pair of succulent jowls at each end. Targeted at the “foodie” market, the new animal provides twice the usual amount of the cut used to make gourmet guanciale. (Charcuterie Today)

Sing for your supper: Responding to studies linking the beef-cattle industry with deforestation, Wendy’s plans to test-market a burger made of starlings. (News on the Wing)

Digest - News: So Monsanto, going to take on Wal-Mart? Meanwhile, raw milk’s losing

by Ethicurean @ Monday, March 24th, 2008.

Breaking news and developments, such as contaminated-food outbreaks, Farm Bill milestones, and how the farming community is faring around the world.

Digest - Commentary & Blogs: Organic+GM0s=win-win?; Swim with Jim; PB & Jeffries

by Ethicurean @ Monday, March 17th, 2008.

Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.

Digest - Blogs: Obama comes to black farmers’ defense

by Ethicurean @ Sunday, March 9th, 2008.

Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.

Digest - Features: Raw-milk wars, young beekeeper, transgenic pigs

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, March 6th, 2008.

In-depth, offbeat, or thought-provoking features about aspects of SOLE food, from eating locally to farms marketing to methods of food preservation.

Digest - Blogs: Biotech & veggie protectionism, revenge of spent cows

by Ethicurean @ Thursday, March 6th, 2008.

Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.

Digest - News: EPA rolls over and smells the ammonia, corn contamination, Farm Bill stalled

by Ethicurean @ Tuesday, February 26th, 2008.

News about sustainable, organic, local and ethical food and farming from around the web, as well as about the icky stuff.

The spread of transgenic corn, soybeans and cotton

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Saturday, January 26th, 2008.

As a follow-up to Tom Philpott’s post about genetically modified crops (also known as transgenic or genetically engineered crops), I thought I’d post some data on transgenic crop adoption in the United States. Because products made from transgenic crops are never labeled, it is probably not well known that over 70 percent of […]

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