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Lone Farmer Tackles Corporate Giant Monsanto
Who says monsters can’t be beaten? Certainly not Percy Schmeiser—a humble farmer in the Canadian prairies. When he planted seeds he probably didn’t realize he would come up against the genetically-m…
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New Frankensalmon May Invade U.S.
Over the past several weeks, the US Department of Agriculture approved more genetically-engineered (GE) foods: Alfalfa (which becomes hay and then food for animals that becomes food for humans) …
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Does God Smile on Genetically Modified Crops?
Unless you have been living in a hole for the last few months, you have undoubtedly heard about the multitude of leaked diplomatic cables that served as an early Christmas present to the world, courte…
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Are You Ready for the Genetially Modified “Frankenapple”?
"A bowl of apples is like a piece of art," says Tony Freytag, marketing director at Crunch Pak, an apple-processing company. "It's display. People won't touch it. But you put out a tray of cut-up appl…
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GM Insecticide Found in Streams
The jury may still be out as to how the consumption of genetically modified (GM) foods can impact human health, but another piece of the puzzle is becoming increasingly clear: GM crops are not very ob…
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Friday Freakout: Genetically Modified Salmon Swims Onto Your Plate
Salmon is not what it used to be. You could easily say that about all or any wild fish (especially after reading Paul Greenberg's excellent Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food) but wild salmon…
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First GM Plants Found in the Wild
This is the stuff of my nightmares: Genetically-modified (GM) plants escaping the confines of agriculture and invading the wild. We thought regular invasive species were bad? They seem tame compared t…
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Birth, Work, Death: Reframing How We Think About Decline
If one understands The law of cause and condition, One can find spring In the midst of autumn frost and winter snow--Buddhist verse Earlier in the week, when General Motors (GM) delivered the (n…
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