How Big Ag Accidentally Inspired Earth Day (And the Non-GMO Project)
April 7, 2022“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it.” — Rachel Carson, Silent Spring The first Earth Day celebration, held on April 22, 1970, is commonly credited as the birth of the modern environmental movement. More than 50 years later, Earth Day is the largest secular celebration… » Read more
Who Ate All the Frankenfish? (Hint: It Might Have Been You!)
March 30, 2022The world’s first genetically modified animal approved for human consumption was the AquaAdvantage salmon, a GMO with added genetic material from a Chinook salmon and the eel-like ocean pout. Throughout 2017 and 2018, Canadian consumers became the first people to eat the fast-growing frankenfish — but they didn’t know it. Despite consistent polling that most… » Read more
U.S. Becomes 65th Country to Label GMOs — But Whose Laws Are the Best?
March 24, 2022On January 1, 2022, the bioengineered (BE) food labeling law came into full effect. This policy makes the United States the 65th country with a mandatory GMO labeling policy. Nations that enact clear and meaningful GMO labeling are responding to overwhelming public desire for it. In poll after poll, shoppers demand clear and consistent labeling…. » Read more
Going Plant-Based to Save the Planet? Better Look For the Butterfly, Too
March 17, 2022Plant-based foods are having a renaissance. While staples such as veggie burgers and soy milk have been around for decades, we’re witnessing a tsunami of innovative products that can romance the taste buds of vegans and omnivores, vegetarians and flexitarians. Recent converts to the plant-based craze credit two reasons for their choice: They want to… » Read more
Will Biotech “POP” Organic Corn’s Best Defense Against GMO Pollen?
March 8, 2022This blog was originally published on December 9, 2021. It has been updated in celebration of “Popcorn Lover’s Day.” For many of us, movies and popcorn go hand-in-hand. To have one without the other is only half the fun! While we sit in a dark theater, we give little thought to the fact that… » Read more
