Tag Archive: gmo

Frankenfish: Nothing Is Sacred

Callie

Why do we need this genetically modified salmon? Better yet, who is it that needs this frankenfish in the first place? They can breed salmon, and raise them to harvest size in fish farms, thereby relieving the drain on the natural wild population. Oh, it doesn’t reach a good market size fast enough. As if…

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Raw: The Monsanto Years

It’s not sugar-coated. It certainly isn’t polished. Neil Young realizes that we ain’t got time for that. So he slapped together his latest album, The Monsanto Years, layering great rock with blunt protest and rushed to release it last week. Many critics now label him as grizzled and lazy, yet what he’s got to say…
July 10, 2015
Tammy Clayton

Monsanto’s New Power Grab

Don’t get all excited over the news that the Roundup class action suit in California now being opened to include anyone, anywhere in the US. You didn’t hear about that? According to LA attorney Phillip, the lawsuit is under media blackout anyway. False advertising claims are nothing compared to what’s brewing in Washington. If everything in the…
June 26, 2015
Callie

GMO Labeling Mythbuster

This video makes an interesting point. She stops short of mentioning that such an increase would very likely make any product labeled for GMOs no longer competitively priced. Did you notice how much the cost of food shot up when food manufacturers slapped Sugar Free on labels? How about Low Fat, Low Carb, Lactose Free,…
February 21, 2015
Amber

New GMO Wave

Who opened the valve on GMOs? Wave after wave of fresh genetically modified foods and crops news have rolled over our news sensors in the past couple of weeks. Probably the most important is this announcement: No Scientific Consensus on GMO Safety Not a rumor. It’s a fact. The much bantered about scientists concur that…
February 20, 2015
Amber