A very helpful visual: This chart shows the rapid decline of vegetable varieties from 1903 to 1983 when the study was conducted. The study found that 93% of the 66 crops which had been surveyed had gone extinct… Source: National Geographic
Read more →News Release From Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility (PEER) (7/21/2011) White House Pact with Industry to Push GE Plants High-Level Working Group Shielding Plan to Force GE Crops onto Wildlife Refuges WASHINGTON – July 21 – In an effort to boost exports, the Obama White House has entered into a
Read more →MOTHER JONES By Tom Philpott Fri Jul. 8, 2011 12:23 PM PDT It’s a hoary bureaucratic trick, making a controversial announcement on the Friday afternoon before a long weekend, when most people are daydreaming about what beer to buy on the way home from work, or are checking movie times
Read more →Press Release – Center for Food Safety March 18, 2011 – “Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Today, attorneys for the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the
Read more →Agriculture Agency Approves Planting of Modified Alfalfa New York Times Jan 28, 2011 ANDREW POLLACK Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Thursday that he would authorize the unrestricted commercial cultivation of genetically modified alfalfa, setting aside a controversial compromise that had generated stiff opposition. In making the decision, Mr. Vilsack pulled back from a
Read more →National Organic Coalition’s (NOC) piece on GMO Contamination Prevention: What Will It Take. COEXISTENCE AND GMO CONTAMINATION website: http://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/GMO/GMOContaminationPrevention.pdf.
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