Tag: USDA
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Herbicide and Insecticide Use on GMO Crops Skyrocketing While Pro-GMO Media Run Interference
Former EPA Senior Scientist’s New Article Sets Record Straight Michael Specter’s recent articles bashing Vandana Shiva and the labeling of genetically engineered foods (Seeds of Doubt and The Problem with G.M.O. Labels, 8/25/14) in the New Yorker are the latest high-profile pro-GMO articles that fail to engage with the fundamental critique of genetically engineered food…
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Bee Colony Collapse: A Sticky Situation For EPA
By Larissa Walker and Center for Food Safety • Originally published on Honey Colony Bee colony collapse has garnered quite a bit of buzz lately. Two weeks ago, the White House released a Presidential Memorandum establishing a Pollinator Health Task Force with plans to improve pollinator health and habitat. Many people, including the Pollinator Team at the Center…
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WATCH: A farmer blows the whistle on “cage free” chicken
Craig Watts runs a Perdue chicken farm in North Carolina. He raises about 720,000 chickens each year for Perdue. The company’s chairman, Jim Perdue, says that: “Doing the right thing is things like treating your chickens humanely… and raising them cage free.” The company’s chicken packages even carry a seal from the US Department of…
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US Farmers Launch Billion Dollar Suit Against Syngenta
By Christina Sarich • Originally published on Nation of Change Another biotech-giant fail: Syngenta may have destroyed the corn export business that U.S. farmers count on by releasing a genetically altered variety before its was approved. Will the U.S. still be the world leader in corn production? Syngenta may have single-handedly destroyed the corn export business that US…
