Local vs. Organic: Which is Best?

Local vs. Organic: Which is Best?

by | Dec 2, 2019 | News

This is a question I am asked all the time. With the local food market growing tremendously, estimated at a $11.7 billion in sales in 2014, and climbing to $20.2 billion by 2019, compared to a $43.3 billion market in 2015 for organic, people want to understand, what...
Caymans Research Unit To Stop Releasing GM Mosquitoes

Caymans Research Unit To Stop Releasing GM Mosquitoes

by | Nov 18, 2019 | News

This is a big deal from the Grand Cayman Islands! Many of you have been shocked to hear that GM mosquitoes have been released in at least 4 countries, and some are hoping to release them in the US. Designed to reduce the population of the variety that carries dengue...
Bayer says U.S. glyphosate plaintiffs more than double

Bayer says U.S. glyphosate plaintiffs more than double

by | Nov 14, 2019 | News

Originally published in Reuters Germany’s Bayer is now facing 42,700 U.S. plaintiffs blaming its glyphosate-based weedkillers for their cancer, more than twice the tally in July and potentially raising any future settlement. Bayer, the inventor of aspirin and owner of...
Cleaning up after GM: Is it possible?

Cleaning up after GM: Is it possible?

by | Nov 12, 2019 | News

Originally published on GM Watch. Advocates claim unintended and possibly harmful changes in plants caused by genetic modification methods, including the new gene editing techniques, can be “bred out”. But this is often not true, says Dr Doug Gurian-Sherman Advocates...