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Latest News Story:
GMOs being used in organic baby food
(Dec 10, 2011) Martek Biosciences claims that its Life’sDHA and Life’sARA are non-GMO, but their patents reveal that their DHA and ARA are produced through the use of genetic engineering.

Hundreds of grocery items, including many certified “USDA Organic” infant formulas, baby foods and dairy products, contain Life’sDHA and Life’sARA. Tell the National Organic Standards Board to Reject Martek’s Petition for Life’sDHA and Life’sARA! {…} Read More

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Most Recent News
And Information About GMOs:

Court demands Health Canada re-examine effects of popular Monsanto herbicide “Round-up”
(Nov 22, 2011) A court has ordered Health Canada to reconsider its decision not to review the effects of a popular herbicide, a ruling that some say will strengthen the public’s hand in forcing the government to answer environmental concerns {…}

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Label GMOs Initiative Filed In California
(Nov 19, 2011) Californians are one step closer to voting on a ballot initiative requiring labeling of genetically engineered foods. Last week, the coalition It’s Our Right To Know filed a ballot initiative with the California Attorney General’s office {…}

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Maine Farmer Heads Group Challenging Genetics Giant Monsanto
(Nov 10, 2011) A fight to maintain consumer choice and farm independence has landed Maine farmer Jim Gerritsen on Utne Reader’s list of “25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World,” {…}

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Mary Waldner, founder and owner of Mary’s Gone Crackers, Speaks Out Against GMOs
(Nov 10, 2011) In the controversial world of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), some business owners prefer using organic, non-GMO ingredients in their {…}

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Shareholder to Monsanto: Be Transparent about Genetically Engineered Food Risks
(Nov. 4, 2011) Biotechnology giant Monsanto continues to tout the benefits of genetically engineered crops without seriously acknowledging any risks despite concerns repeatedly raised {…}

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GMOs are taking over your pantry
(Nov. 3, 2011) Studies suggest more than 70 percent of non-organic food products contain some sort of genetically modified ingredients and now there are concerns {…}

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Groups sue U.S. over GMO crops in wildlife refuges
(Nov. 2, 2011) Environmental and food safety groups filed suit on Wednesday against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, demanding it end the cultivation of genetically modified crops on Midwestern wildlife refuges {…}

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Why the State Department Uses Taxpayer Money to Pimp for Monsanto
(Oct. 31, 2011) The State Department is using taxpayer money to help push the agenda of Monsanto’s genetically modified food and it’s friends all across the world {…}

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Food companies petitioned to ban new Monsanto GMO corn
(Oct. 27, 2011) Opponents of Monsanto’s new genetically modified sweet corn are petitioning national food retailers and processors to ban the biotech corn, which is not labeled as {…}

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Suing Monsanto: Intellectual Property, Genetic Contamination,
and Farmers’ Rights
(Oct. 26, 2011) In June CT NOFA joined over 80 farming, food and environmental organizations and individual farmers who do not want to use or sell transgenic seed, in suing GMO seed-developer Monsanto {…}

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GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides
(Oct. 19, 2011) Genetic engineering has failed to increase the yield of any food crop but has vastly increased the use of chemicals and the growth of “superweeds”, according to a report {…}

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Roundup Ready Alfalfa Damages U.S. Seed Industry
(Oct. 18, 2011) When Roundup Ready (hereafter “RR”) alfalfa was first suggested I did not think that it would be developed and introduced because most alfalfa fields are never sprayed for weed control {…}

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Natural Food Industry Brings Attention to GMOs
(Oct 17, 2011) activist groups and the natural food industry have been bringing the controversial issue of genetically modified foods to the attention of more consumers through recent initiatives on labeling {…}

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Eaters demand right to know if GMOs
(Oct. 16, 2011) Such a label on food items is being demanded by food-conscious individuals, as demonstrated in Foley Square of Manhattan’s Civic Center neighborhood yesterday {…}

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Political Battle Over Genetically Modified Food: Should They Be Labeled?
(Oct. 15, 2011) Leaders from the organics industry and the genetically-modified-foods lobby are tangling in Washington over whether GMOs should be labeled as such {…}

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Labeling of GMOs would scare consumers says State Department
(Oct 12, 2011) Jose Fernandez, the State Department’s assistant secretary for economic, energy and business affairs, said today that labeling GMOs would scare consumers away from those foods {…}

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Why Are Federal Agencies Using Your Money to Fund GE Salmon?
(Oct 4, 2011) The USDA recently granted $494,000 in funding to AquaBounty Technologies, the company behind AquAdvantage, or genetically engineered (GE) salmon {…}

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Profits Before Environment
(Aug. 30, 2011) The U.S.D.A. has deregulated Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa, despite concerns about cross-pollination of non-genetically modified crops, then defied a court order banning {…} >

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Court rules organic farmers can sue conventional, GMO farmers whose pesticides ‘trespass’ and contaminate their fields
(August 3, 2011) In farming, letting damaging chemicals to cross property lines is trespassing and now, thanks to a new court ruling, organic farmers can sue to recover their losses {…}

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93 percent says label genetically modified food
(June 19, 2011) An ABCNEWS.com poll finds that 93 percent of people think the government should require labels on genetically modified food. Americans almost unanimously favor {…}

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GM food toxins found in the blood of 93% of unborn babies
(May 20, 2011) Toxins implanted into GM food crops to kill pests are reaching the bloodstreams of women and unborn babies, alarming research has revealed {…}

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Read These Related Articles About The Hidden Dangers Of GMOs
Did You Know That Genetically Modified Foods Are On Your Dinner Table
A recent study has determined that only 52 percent of Americans know that genetically modified food is sold here in the U.S. and 74 percent believes that they have never eaten genetically modified food {…}

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What Are Genetically Modified Foods And Are They Safe?
A genetically modified organism, or GMO, is an organism whose genetic material has been modified or altered using genetic engineering techniques known as recombinant DNA technology {…}

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Monsanto And The Controversy Over Genetically Modified Foods
Monsanto and the other companies that make genetically modified foods are not conventional major U.S. food companies as one might think but are instead very wealthy and powerful multi-national chemical and former chemical corporations {…}

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Why Genetically Modified Food Should Be Labeled In The U.S.
Many countries have banned foods that contain genetically modified food ingredients unless they are clearly labeled but since their introduction here into the U.S. in the mid 1990′s, the sale and distribution of these foods have gone unregulated by the FDA {…}

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