Bayer CropScience has admitted it has been unable to control the spread of its genetically-engineered organisms despite ‘the best practices [to stop contamination].’ It shows that all outdoors field trials or commercial growing of GE crops must be stopped before our crops are irreversibly contaminated.
Something doesn’t quite add up about genetically modified (GM) foods. Governments and supreme courts have sanctioned the patenting of life itself. The planet’s food supply is becoming increasingly dominated by fewer and fewer players. What can we do?
It may horrify you to know that multinational corporations are seeking to take control over all seeds, and in so doing, the entire planet’s food. Dan Jason, founder of Salt Spring Seeds, issues a rallying call for us all to learn how to save our own seeds.
Are We Really Hungry For Change? Robert Kenner’s new film Food, Inc. seeks to lift the veil on the American food industry. But is this latest food exposé destined only to preach to the “foody” converted?
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