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Oregon's Isolated Plantings of GM Wheat Has Consequences

By Dan Flynn on June 6, 2013

The isolated genetically engineered wheat plantings found in an eastern Oregon field have caused Asia to suspend new shipments of Western White wheat, spurred at least one federal lawsuit against St. Louis-based Monsanto, and brought…
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A Call to Industry: Educate the Media to Educate the Consumer

By Dr. David Acheson on October 31, 2012

Pink Slime vs. lean, finely textured beef. Photos of rats with tumors vs. scientists disputing study methods. Conventionally grown produce vs. local and/or organically grown. Each has been the subject of media “attention.”  And as…
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French GM Corn Study Not Scientifically Valid

By Dan Flynn on October 8, 2012

Last month’s study out of France that said genetically modified corn and a related herbicide caused organ damage, tumors, and early death among rats broke too many rules and should be dismissed as “of insufficient…
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Study: Herbicide and GM Corn May Cause Tumors, Early Death

By Gretchen Goetz on September 20, 2012

New research out of France has linked both an herbicide and a genetically modified corn to organ damage, tumors and early death among rats, prompting a call for greater regulation of GM foods among sustainable…
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USDA Fully Deregulates Roundup Ready Alfalfa

By Helena Bottemiller on January 28, 2011

In an unexpected move, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that USDA will allow genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa to be planted without restriction.

The announcement bucked expectations that the deparment’s Animal and Plant

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USDA Completes Impact Statement on GM Alfalfa

By Mary Rothschild on December 17, 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it has two preferred options regarding alfalfa genetically modified to resist Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup–that it should either be allowed without restrictions, or allowed with certain geographic

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USDA Sticks a Hoe into the Sugar Beet Issue

By Dan Flynn on September 2, 2010

Caught since Aug. 13 between a federal judge and some inept inaction by the Agriculture Department, sugar beet growers with about one million acres in a dozen states have been wondering what’s going to be

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Beet Growers Ask: ‘What About Next Year?’

By Dan Flynn on August 24, 2010

With imports cut off and sugar available for purchase only with the right ration coupon, the federal government during World War II put out a poster that said: “Plant More Sugar Beets!”

Now sugar beet

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GM Sugar Beets Put Back Under USDA Regulation

By Dan Flynn on August 17, 2010

If you’ve been feeling out of sync from trying to follow the ball on genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, the ten-page order last Friday from U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White probably is not

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56 Lawmakers Ask USDA to Deny GMO Alfalfa

By Helena Bottemiller on June 24, 2010

Fifty-six lawmakers, including 50 representatives and six senators, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa.

Senator Patrick

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Supreme Court Rules on GMO Alfalfa

By Helena Bottemiller on June 22, 2010

Yesterday the Supreme Court released its first-ever decision on genetically modified crops, overturning a lower court’s ban on Monsanto’s herbicide-resistant, or “Roundup Ready” alfalfa.

In 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant

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