Posted on January 18, 2017
Rushed Approval of Genetically Engineered Bentgrass Granted Despite Ongoing Threat to Agriculture, Environment PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Department of Agriculture today issued a final deregulation decision approving Monsanto and Scotts’ genetically engineered (GE) bentgrass, even as the highly… Read More
Category: Featured, Social Media News Tags: GE bentgrass, grass, Monsanto, Scotts, USDA
Posted on January 12, 2017
After Six Years USDA, GE Tree Company ArborGen Fail to Launch GE Eucalyptus New York (12 January 2017) – Tuesday, 17 January 2017, the eve of the new Trump Presidency, will mark six years since genetically engineered tree (GE)… Read More
Category: Featured, No GE Trees News, Pressroom, Social Media News Tags: arborgen, Donald Trump, eucalyptus, GE trees, gmo, USDA
Posted on January 4, 2017
GE tree company ArborGen announced today that it is expanding its agreement with International Paper Brazil (IP). IP will be granting ArborGen additional access to the library of IP’s Eucalyptus genetic material. Eucalyptus is the most widely planted hardwood… Read More
Category: Chile 2017, Featured, Social Media News Tags: arborgen, Bioenergy, chile, GE trees, USDA
Posted on December 8, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Environmental Protection Agency released a final environmental impact statement today giving the green light to genetically engineered creeping bentgrass, a highly invasive grass genetically engineered by Monsanto and Scotts to withstand what would normally… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: bentgrass, gmo, grass, USDA
Posted on August 2, 2016
Via Organic Consumers Association and Common Dreams FINLAND, Minn. – The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today called on US consumers to join the nearly 500,000 people who have already signed up to boycott brands that refuse to label… Read More
Posted on August 1, 2016
Genetically modified wheat not approved for sale or commercial production in the United States has been found growing in a field in Washington state, according to the Associated Press. The spread of the GMO wheat poses a risk… Read More
Category: Featured, Social Media News Tags: gmo, Monsanto, the oregonian, USDA, washington, wheat
Posted on July 18, 2016
The Third World Network is referencing a loophole in the USDA which has allowed numerous GE crops to go unregulated. In January of 2015 it was uncovered that the USDA allowed ArborGen’s GE loblolly Pine to go completely… Read More
Category: Featured, Social Media News Tags: CRISPR, DuPont Pioneer, Third World Network, USDA
Posted on February 22, 2016
Petition by Catie Faryl To be delivered to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama We, the People, demand the Federal Government (including the White House, the U.S. Congress, the U.S…. Read More
Category: Social Media News Tags: congress, GE Salmon, ge tree, gmo, petition, precautionary principle, USDA
Posted on January 20, 2016
A new blog post by Marcia Ishii-Eiteman of Pesticide Action Network takes a critical stance on President Barack Obama’s lack of focus on reining in the power of corporate agribusinesses like Monsanto. Last year, the White House released a… Read More
Category: Social Media News Tags: EPA, herbicide, obama, pesticide, pesticide action network, USDA
Posted on January 14, 2016
An excerpt from “Food For Thought,” the Center For Food Safety Blog. See the full article here. By Bill Freese Science Policy Analyst, Center for Food Safety A recent study by USDA scientists shows that genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa… Read More
Category: Social Media News Tags: alfalfa, feral, GE, genetically modified, gmo, USDA
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