Why Claims That Gene Editing Doesn’t Involve Insertion of Foreign Genes or DNA Are False
Claire Robinson Currently governments around the world are moving to scrap regulatory safeguards around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that are claimed to contain no foreign genes or foreign DNA. They choose to believe GMO lobby assertions that GM gene-edited plants and animals don’t contain any foreign genetic material in their genomes and are therefore as […]
FDA Declares Lab-Grown Chicken ‘Safe to Eat’ But Scientists, Food Safety Advocates Have Questions
Michael Nevradakis Describing the development as “a food revolution,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday declared lab-grown chicken meat developed by Berkeley, California-based food-tech rm Upside Foods is safe for human consumption. Upside Foods “will use animal cell culture technology to take living cells from chickens and grow the cells in a […]
Food Freedom – Part 3: Dark Secrets of Processed Foods
Lucy Crisetig The issue of food processing is largely ignored or even minimized in public policies, even during the current ongoing pandemic of obesity and related chronic diseases. As humans, we’re unique in that we cook our food – one type of processing – as well as ferment, grind, soak, chop and dry. Although, if […]
Biotech Giants Using GMOs to Build Food Tyranny
Colin Todhunter The article below was written the day before India’s state-run biotech regulator, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), approved genetically modified (GM) mustard for commercial cultivation. This decision was taken on 26 October 2022. The regulatory clearance for GM mustard means the crop is fit for environmental release. However, the Supreme Court has […]
Researchers with Vested Interests Lobbying to Undermine GMO Safety Rules
Corporate Europe Observatory The EU’s green ambitions are in great jeopardy. The agribusiness industry is using the cost-of-living crisis as an excuse to push stronger EU environmental legislation off the table and weaken already existing legislation. For instance, they are pushing against tighter pesticides rules and in favour of relaxing GMO rules. … The biotech […]
Food Freedom – Part 2: What You’re Not Told About GMO Crops and Foods
Lucy Crisetig You’ve been told that genetically modified (GM) crops and foods are needed to feed the world’s growing population and to meet challenges facing farmers – climate change as well as pests and diseases. You’ve also been told that GM crops can make agriculture more sustainable, with higher yields, reducing pesticide use, and providing […]
Food Freedom – Part 1: The Genetic Engineering and Synthesization of Our Food System
Lucy Crisetig With Covid policies reshaping everything from farmland ownership to meat processing to restaurant eating to food costs and availability, it’s clear that critical battle lines are being redrawn. One of the most disturbing new battlefronts has to do with the most age-old of rights, the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and consume […]
There’s No Such Thing As a Green Vegan
Mary Harrington Go meatless to save the earth! After all, the meat industry contributes 14.5% of the planet’s entire carbon emissions, gobbles up 26% of the globe’s ice-free surface for grazing and a further 33% for feed production, pollutes water, impacts biodiversity, and of course — in its industrialised form — is shockingly cruel to animals. With all these arguments, […]
