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Genetic Engineering December 25, 2013

Now Industry wants GMO foods be labelled “natural”

Some of the world’s biggest food and agriculture companies are pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow genetically engineered foods be labelled “natural”. It sounds ridiculous but could it happen? The Grocery…


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Farming, Food Quality and Health, Genetic Engineering, Health December 2, 2013

Have We Been Misled by GMO Health Risks Study?

The well publicised study by French researchers highlighting significant potential health risks from eating genetically engineered crops has been withdrawn (retracted) by the scientific journal which published it. This follows a seemingly orchestrated campaign by…


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Genetic Engineering, Politics November 22, 2013

Parliamentary Questions Reveal UK Government is Ill Informed and Misleading on GM Crops

When asked by MP Zac Goldsmith, about research on the cost effectiveness of genetically engineered crops compared to conventionally bred ones, Parliamentary Under-Secretary Dan Rogerson gave an answer that is so misleading it barely has…


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Agriculture August 17, 2013

EU diktat fundamentally changes organic regulations

You probably haven’t heard about it. That’s what happens when bureaucrats make sweeping policy changes by diktat. They don’t leave any time for discussion and then say there’s no need because the changes are only…


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