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In The News

Dannon’s Pledge to Shift Yogurt Production to Non-GE Dairy Cattle Feed Triggers a Tipping Point

Posted on January 11, 2017 in GMOs, In The News | 290 Views | Leave a response
In an edgy January 5, 2017 piece, Sean Pratt and the Western Producer Magazine have upped the rhetorical ante circulating over the October 17, 2016 letter from five major farm groups and the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) to Dannon-USA CEO, Mariano Lozano. The letter criticizes Dannon-USA for its pledge to source non-GMO ingredients and […]

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Unprecedented Action Maybe Coming in Arkansas to Limit Dicamba Damage from Xtend Crops

Posted on January 2, 2017 in GMOs, In The News, Pesticides | 56 Views | Leave a response
The State of Arkansas is not known as a hot bed of aggressive action to limit pesticide use and risks. But last season illegal spraying of dicamba on Monsanto’s new genetically engineered Xtend soybeans in this and neighboring states led to lawsuits, EPA warrants being served and even the fatal shooting of an Arkansas farmer.  This […]

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Remarkable Interview With Purdue Farms Chairman

Posted on December 17, 2016 in Animals, In The News | 88 Views | Leave a response
On  10/16/16 The Wall Street Journal posted an interesting interview with Jim Purdue, chariman of the mega poultry agribusiness Purdue Farms, Inc., discusses why Purdue eliminated routine use of antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention, and what happened as a result. Purdue discusses how consumers are looking at their food the way they look […]

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Molly Jahn on the Importance of Soil Health and New Approaches in Understanding its Roots

Posted on December 16, 2016 in Environmental Impacts, Food Security, In The News | 99 Views | 1 Response
This great, long essay on soil health has unusually blunt discussion of the implications of declining soil health. Molly Jahn, a professor of Agronomy at my alma mater UW-Madison, seamlessly merges insights from a helicopter ride outside Des Moines during planting season, to the early crusade to expose and end slavery among sugar plantation workers […]

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A Shallow Look at the Economics of Healthy Food

Posted on December 16, 2016 in Food Security, In The News, Nutrition | 53 Views | Leave a response
Tamar Haspel is a talented food writer for the Washington Post. She often delves into food quality and health issues. In this “Unearthed” piece she uses dollars per calorie as the basic metric of the cost of “healthy” food, and compares basics like flour and vegetable oils to processed foods like Doritos and hot dogs. […]

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New GE Canola Coming High in Long-Chain Omega 3s

Posted on December 16, 2016 in GMOs, In The News, Nutrition | 50 Views | Leave a response
Undercurrent News, a fish-industry journal, recently reported that Cargill, in partnership with the German chemical company BASF, is developing GE canola that expresses much higher levels of two long-chain omega 3 fatty acids –EPA and DPA (but not DHA). Omega-3s are found naturally only in fish, some fungi, and microalgae.  This new biotech would transcribe […]

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Poor Diets Damage Health “More Than Drugs, Sex, Alcohol, and Tobacco Combined”

Posted on December 16, 2016 in Food Security, In The News, Nutrition | 53 Views | Leave a response
Cudos to the BBC and Nature magazine for highlighting the critical role of poor food choices in driving poor health and sustainability of our food systems. This BBC piece summarizes the chilling statements in a commentary in Nature, the #1 general science journal in the world. In the commentary, leading scientists make the point that […]

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NPR Weighs in on Fascinating Pew Survey

Posted on December 16, 2016 in GMOs, In The News, Scientific Integrity | 30 Views | Leave a response
A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Survey polled Americans about GMO and organic foods and the importance of healthy eating.  This NPR report highlights  key findings of this survey, including: Many Americans don’t believe that GMOs are safe for consumption and don’t think there is scientific consensus on this issue; Food issues are […]

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