GMO News

U.S. project uses virus-carrying insects to genetically engineer crops, raising biological weapon concerns

The U.S. Defense Department says it is developing a new $27 million program—“Insect Allies”—to protect the food supply against pests, disease, or drought. But international scientists and lawyers worry that the technology could be used as a military application. Bugs carrying genetically modified viruses will spread them to crops such as tomatoes and corn, altering […]

New plant-based certification to allow 5 percent GMO ingredients

The Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) recently launched a new Certified Plant Based program, the first and only plant-based food certification. The new program allows 5 percent genetically modified ingredients to be used in certified plant-based foods. The Certified Plant Based protocol, which focuses on plant-based alternatives to animal-based foods, specifies the criteria required to […]

Bound to fail: The flawed scientific foundations of agricultural genetic engineering (part 1)

Half a century on from the first promises of wondercrops, GM has delivered little of value—and the same will be true of the new gene-edited GMOs, says researcher Dr. Angelika Hilbeck The GMO food venture is bound to fail because it is based on flawed scientific foundations. This was the message of a public talk given by […]

Percy movie dramatizes Saskatchewan farmer’s legal fight with Monsanto

Academy Award winner Christopher Walken is in Winnipeg, Manitoba to film the story of Percy Schmeiser, a canola farmer from Saskatchewan who was sued by Monsanto in 1998 for “stealing” genetically modified canola seed that had drifted onto his property. Christina Ricci plays Rebecca Salcau, a non-GMO activist involved in his struggle to fight the […]

U.S. government pushing GM crops on African countries

U.S. State Department and Trade officials are aggressively promoting acceptance of genetically modified crops in Ethiopia, South Africa, and Kenya, as boons to health and the hunger crisis. In fact, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer warned that the Trump administration would file cases in international forums protesting government restrictions on GMO imports that are not […]