Tag: GM crops

GMOs Quietly Pushed For Commercial Growing in The UK

GMOs Quietly Pushed For Commercial Growing in The UK

Aaron Jackson, Guest
Waking Times

Currently there is no commercial growing of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in the United Kingdom, only an experimental trial of GM Wheat which started in 2012, but now the Prime Minister’s personal scientific adviser; Sir Mark Walport and others are pushing an agenda to allow … More

June 13, 2013 | By | 5 Replies More
Monsanto Planting New GM Soybeans in 20 Locations Despite Recent Activism

Monsanto Planting New GM Soybeans in 20 Locations Despite Recent Activism

Alex Pietrowski, Staff
Waking Times

The imperative nature of marching this Saturday, May 25th, in the March Against Monsanto couldn’t ever be more stressed than now, with recent news that Monsanto keeps forging ahead with its repugnant plans to poison us all by planting more altered seeds – … More

May 20, 2013 | By | Reply More
Will You Be At The International March Against Monsanto?

Will You Be At The International March Against Monsanto?

Heather Callaghan
Waking Times

Nick Bernabe, Emilie Rensick, and Tami Monroe Canal’s organizational and social media directing gifts have been pivotal in garnering support for one of the largest worldwide peaceful protests to date. Initiative from hundreds of activist organizers online, activist media writers and tens of thousands are sharing … More

May 18, 2013 | By | Reply More
Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out On The Real Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food

Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out On The Real Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food

Thierry Vrain, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

I retired 10 years ago after a long career as a research scientist for Agriculture Canada. When I was on the payroll, I was the designated scientist of my institute to address public groups and reassure them that genetically engineered crops and foods were … More

May 6, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
Industrial Agriculture

Industrial Agriculture

Pesticide Action Network
Waking Times

Humans have been farming for 10,000 years. Sixty years ago, after World War II, we started industrializing U.S. farming operations through a mix of policy decisions and accidents of history. This method of farming is neither inevitable nor efficient. More to the point, it can’t … More

January 30, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
Common Modern Foods Which Cause DNA Damage

Common Modern Foods Which Cause DNA Damage

Raluca Schachter, Guest Writer
Waking Times

How important is it what you put in your mouth, after all? How much man made, toxic lab food can one ingest before negative symptoms show up? How much more sickness does this society have to endure before we finally stay united and demand … More

January 23, 2013 | By | 4 Replies More
Monarch Butterflies in Decline Due to Proliferation of GM Crops

Monarch Butterflies in Decline Due to Proliferation of GM Crops

Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer
Waking Times

The monarch butterfly is yet another animal species that appears to be in rapid decline due to the rise in herbicide-resistant genetically modified (GM) crops. These butterflies lay eggs on milkweed plants, and once the eggs hatch, monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on the weed. … More

January 17, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Poland Bans Genetically Modified Crops

Poland Bans Genetically Modified Crops

Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer
Waking Times

The North-Eastern European country, Poland, has become the latest EU nation to ban the production of genetically modified (GM) crops, although, the European Food Safety Authority has approved GM crops as being safe for cultivation. Poland’s Ministry of Agriculture has opted … More

January 8, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
Monsanto Back at it Again in Costa Rica with GM Corn

Monsanto Back at it Again in Costa Rica with GM Corn

Dylan Charles, Editor
Waking Times

In the small Latin American country of Costa Rica, where agriculture is king and enormous corporate plantations have dotted the country-side, a subsidiary of Monsanto is making a push to plant several hectares of genetically modified transgenic corn in the Northwestern province of Guanacaste.

However, … More

November 17, 2012 | By | 2 Replies More