Synthetic Biology Test Could Force the Natural Products Industry to Define Its Position
Melaina Juntti Meatless Impossible Burgers that “bleed” just like the real deal. Creamy dairy-free ice cream made with Perfect Day’s nonanimal whey protein. Dietary supplements containing “nature-identical” astaxanthin, resveratrol or collagen made from fermented yeast, bacteria or other microorganisms. These and many other tech-spawned products have flooded the market in recent years, even penetrating the natural […]
Fake Meat and Other Fake Foods: Synthetic Biology Wolves in “Sustainable” Sheep’s Clothing
Merinder Teller With restrictive Covid policies reshaping everything from farmland ownership to meat processing to restaurant eating to food costs and availability, it is clear that critical battle lines are being redrawn. And one of the most disturbing new battlefronts has to do with the most age-old of rights, one that Maine voters just took […]
False Solutions That Endanger Our Health and Damage the Planet: The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods
Navdanya International How can we heal our relationship with food in the age of artificial food? In response to the crises in our food system we are witnessing the rise of technological solutions that aim to replace animal products and other food staples with lab-grown alternatives. Artificial food advocates are reiterating the old and failed […]
Glyphosate Fact Sheet: Cancer and Other Health Concerns
Carey Gillam Glyphosate, a synthetic herbicide patented in 1974 by the Monsanto Company and now manufactured and sold by many companies in hundreds of products, has been associated with cancer and other health concerns. Glyphosate is best known as the active ingredient in Roundup-branded herbicides, and the herbicide used with “Roundup Ready” genetically modi ed […]
Why the Great Reset Food Strategy Includes Lab-Cultured Meat
Joseph Mercola The GMO industry — which is funded, propped up and defended by the tech and chemical industries — is now seeking to replace beef, poultry, dairy and sh with synthetic biology, cultured meat, precision fermentation, cellular-based and gene-edited foods. Cultured meat (cell-based meat) is produced from animal tissue cells that are grown in […]
