Tag Archives: GMO labels

The Good News About the Bad Effort in Congress to Thwart GMO Labeling by States

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Belinda

The Editorial Board of The New York Times declared a few days ago that it “is a bad idea” for the United States Senate to join the United States House of Representatives in trying “to make it harder for consumers to … Continue reading →

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GMOs and Democracy

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Belinda

The start of a comment made in response to my last post—“Maybe it is undemocratic but in this case…”—still bothers me. It also worries me when I hear plant molecular biologists say: “I would normally be in favor of labeling, … Continue reading →

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Twenty Years Ago Today Biotech Food was Commercially Launched

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Belinda

Today is the 20th anniversary of the first sales of the world’s first genetically engineered (GE), commercially available, whole food: the Flavr Savr™ tomato. High-end Flavr Savrs, dubbed “MacGregor’s®” tomatoes, available that day at the State Market IGA in Davis, … Continue reading →

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Genetically Engineered Foods in the U.S. that have been Labeled: A Very Short List

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Belinda

The genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn varieties that Monsanto hopes to sell to American farmers this fall apparently will not be the first GE sweet corn to show up in the produce sections of U.S. grocery stores.  According to Monsanto’s … Continue reading →

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