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Feeding the World | GMO promises oversold says US wheat breeder

(23rd May 2014) Getting genetically engineered wheat on to the market would be a big hit for the GM industry. But at least one prominent breeder believes the claims being made are untrue or being...

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Feeding the World | GMO Cotton growers apply to use unlicensed pesticide on...

(7th July 2014) Environmental Protection Agency considering request to use highly toxic propazine as GMO cotton runs into trouble

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Feeding the World | Resisting drought: conventional plant breeding...

(19th September 2014) Reports show that traditional breeding techniques are years ahead in developing crops to withstand drought and poor soils

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Feeding the World | Unethical GM rice study finally withdrawn

(4th Aug 2015) Support for genetically engineered Golden Rice is likely to be undermined as a Court decision leads to the retraction of a key study due to "multiple irregularities".

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Powerpoints | Control of Aphids without GM

The following powerpoint presentation explains non-chemical methods of controlling crop aphids without needing GM

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Powerpoints | Presentations

A selection of excellent presentations from some truly inspirational speakers.

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Blog | The 'Unknown Unknowns' of GMOs

My God, have I just stumbled across a rare piece of honest corporate PR?

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Blog | How science is telling us all to revolt

Writing about science, scientists and climate change in the magazine New Statesman, author Naomi Klein tells have climate change scientists are coming to some remarkable conclusions about the need for...

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Blog | Seed Monopolies, GMOs and Farmers Suicides in India

In its edition of the 2nd May 2013 the scientific journal Nature published an article by Natasha Gilbert titled "Case studies: A hard look at GM crops". The article declared that claims linking...

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Blog | The Anti-Science Behaviour of GMO Proponents

This piece was written by Carole Bartolotto and appeared in the Huffington Post 10th January.

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Blog | Muzzled by Monsanto

(Lawrence Woodward; 4th May 2014) This is what happened when a pro-GM scientist raised concerns about a Monsanto product.

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Government & Corporations | No GMOs and no pesticides: Vietnamese farmers...

(April 28th 2014) "Say it with flowers" is taking on a new and revolutionary meaning as Vietnamese farmers are reducing their pesticide use by breaking up fields of rice monoculture with strips of...

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Government & Corporations | Non-GMO Feed brings improved animal health

(16th May 2014) Research is emerging that genetically engineered feed is causing health problems in livestock. And now increasing numbers of US farmers are reporting improvements in the health of...

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Government & Corporations | How will the new EU team line up on GMOs, TTIP...

(11th Sept 2014; revised 11/9/14) The new EU President says he will be looking for a more democratic approach to GMO authorisations and transatlantic trade. He is also making radical and ambitious...

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Government & Corporations | What happened when a Mom met Monsanto

(15th Feb 2015) At the end of January, the force of nature that is Moms Across Americas Zen Honeycutt faced Monsantos CEO Hugh Grant and his board at the Monsanto shareholders Annual Meeting. There...

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Farming | US farmers told to go back to traditional methods as GMO pest...

(10th April 2014, Pests in GMO farming) Crops genetically engineered to repel and kill pests are failing. Pest resistance is escalating at an unforeseen rate and so farmers are being told by GMO...

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Farming | More evidence that toxicity of Roundup -the GMO herbicide - has...

(1st May 2014) Roundup is the worlds most commonly used herbicide. It underpins genetically engineered cropping. Yet its commercial formulation is rarely, if ever, fully tested by regulators for...

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Farming | Judge slams organic certifier as Australian farmer loses GMO...

(29th May 2014)The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ruled against organic farmer Steve Marsh in his case against a neighbouring GMO farmer. Marsh lost his organic status after winds carried...

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Farming | Deceitful compromise clears the way for GMO crops in Europe

(30th May 2014; revised 31/5) An unholy alliance of pro and anti- GMO countries have struck a deal that will sweep away the obstacles to genetically engineered crops in the EU.

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Farming | What every politician should know about GMOs - but hardly any of...

(19th September 2014) On both sides of the Atlantic citizens are increasingly concerned about the use of GMOs in farming and food production but their questions and objections are continually ignored...

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Environment | American Mom's campaign has the Environmental Protection...

(22nd May 2014) More than 10,000 calls in 3 days demanding "Recall Roundup" has EPA begging for a break.

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Environment | Rounding up the EPA: Moms go to Washington

(1st June 2014) The meeting officials from the US Environmental Protection Agency had been trying to avoid happened last week. American Moms forced them to sit down and hear about why Roundup - the...

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Environment | Cancer deaths double in Argentina's GMO and intensive cropping...

(6th July 2014) A report by the Ministry of Health in Córdoba, Argentina reveals that deaths from cancerous tumours are double the national average in areas where genetically engineered crops are...

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Environment | Soy Moratorium reduces Amazon deforestation so extend it to GMOs

(16th Feb 2015) Traders and retailer action is reported to have drastically reduced deforestation in Brazil. Now its time for action on GM soybeans.

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Home Page Top Story | Glyphosate the GMO herbicide implicated in fatal cases...

(GMO health risks, 17th March 2014) Once again glyphosate - the principal ingredient of Roundup the herbicide which underpins much of the world's genetically engineered cropping - has been highlighted...

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Home Page Top Story | UK Government and GMO industry collusion exposed

(9th June 2014) Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal how foreign GMO companies have muscled their way into government departments and have developed a cosy relationship with...

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Home Page Top Story | GM Free Me: Showing our faces and raising our voices...

(29th Sept 2014) GM Free Me is a visual petition, a UK ‘national portrait gallery of real people who are tired of politicians, regulators, pro-industry researchers and media pushing genetic...

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Home Page Top Story | How slick PR hides the truth about GMOs

(15th Feb 2015) A new report says that since 2012, agrichemical companies and food industries have spent more than $100 million in the US on an ongoing PR campaign to defend genetically engineered...

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Food and Health | Glyphosate: The GMO pathway to ill health and disease

(27th Feb 2014) Glyphosate is the main component of the world's most widely used herbicide and it underpins most GMO cropping. It is claimed that it is one of the safest herbicides ever made. But it...

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Food and Health | GMO herbicide found in breast milk of American women

(9th April 2014 Glyphosate Health Risks) The pesticide and GMO industry has always said this couldn't happen. This discovery raises new concerns about the safety and regulation of glyphosate - the...

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Food and Health | Salmon Wars

(6th June 2014) US Senators vote to label genetically engineered salmon but the Food and Drug Administration has got rid of the committee which advised against its approval

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Food and Health | Taking the risk: the German glyphosate assessment

(17th Jan 2015) Monitoring in Europe and the US is revealing glyphosate residues in human urine. But the EUs lead assessor fails to acknowledge any health risk.

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Food and Health | Health risks of Glyphosate

(13th Feb 2015) The evidence that glyphosate based herbicides pose a significant threat to health is mounting. Individual studies and papers - though valuable - do not convey the total impact and they...

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Latest news | "Caution is due" over GM crops says Times editorial

(8th Jan 2015) The pro –GM leading newspaper urges labelling of GM fed livestock products and holding GM farmers accountable for contamination

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Latest news | GMO industry links: researchers object to freedom of...

(12th Feb 2015) State funded GMO researchers fear industry links will be exposed

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Feeding the World | GM Salmon: will it get to the market?

(22nd Nov 2015) Now that the FDA says genetically engineered salmon can be sold in the US whats to prevent it and other GM animals hitting the shelves in the EU as well as North America.?

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Government & Corporations | It's time for Supermarkets to label GM fed...

(23rd Nov 2015) Nearly all the meat, eggs and dairy sold in the UK is fed on GM feed. Campaigning group Mums Say No to GMOs has launched a UK-wide petition to change this. The petition says...

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Environment | GMO salmon approved for human consumption - as a drug

(22nd Nov 2015) US federal regulators have approved a genetically engineered salmon for entry into the marketplace, clearing the way for the worlds first GMO animal intended for human consumption....

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Latest news | US Presidential hopeful in Monsanto TV legal threat

(22nd Nov 2015) Sen. Bernie Sanders has alleged that TV giant CBS cancelled an interview with him — because Monsanto threatened to sue the network.

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Latest news | Africa, potatoes and the Scottish GM crop ban

(23rd Nov 2015) Former Scottish and EU Chief Scientist makes ludicrous claim over Africa and overhypes GM potatoes

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Latest news | Good news for Monsanto in Argentina election

(23rd Nov 2015) New President is expected to boost Big Ag and Monsantos sales, helping them out of their profit slump

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