Thursday, October 2, 2014

GMO ROUND-UP - ITEMS IN THE NEWS

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The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - ‎19 hours ago‎




Scott Bates, co-sponsor of Oregon's Measure 92, the GMO labeling initiative, addressed a pro-labeling rally in Salem recently.

Grist - ‎14 hours ago‎




This election season, there are initiatives on the ballot in Colorado and Oregon to label foods made with the help of genetic engineering, and there are legislative efforts to do the same in dozens of other states.

KUNC - ‎Oct 1, 2014‎




Voters in Colorado will decide whether or not they want the state to require labels on foods containing genetically modified ingredients, or GMOs. The 2014 ballot measure highlights a much larger national conversation about the safety and prevalence of ...
RFD-TV - ‎57 minutes ago‎




NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RFD-TV) The USDA and Monsanto both say the discovery of a strain of GMO wheat in a research plot appears to be an isolated incident.
Mountain Xpress - ‎19 hours ago‎




To that, Seifert offered this: “It is they, the giant multinational corporations, determining what kind of seeds [farmers] will grow, and this started before GMO, it started with hybridization of crops and the conglomeration of seed companies from ...

NewsDay - ‎11 hours ago‎




DESPITE the government's seemingly hard stance on the consumption of genetically modified foods (GMOs), Zimbabweans continue to consume them as the country's agro-based industries are performing way below par, an economist has said.
Vancouver Courier - ‎14 hours ago‎




As a food policy nerd, I'm delighted to see the issue of genetically engineered foods, or GMOs, making its way onto the platforms of both the Vancouver Greens and COPE.
Inside Costa Rica - ‎22 hours ago‎




October 1st, 2014 (La Voz) The majority of farms using genetically modified cotton, corn and soy seeds, also known as GMOs, are located in Guanacaste, in the areas around CaƱas, Las Juntas and Liberia, according to a map produced by the State ...

TheDay.com - ‎11 hours ago‎




But they worry that Monsanto is using the nature center to make the company look better on environmental issues than it actually is - which is a hallmark of greenwashing, employed most infamously by British Petroleum after the Deepwater Horizon oil ...
Maui News - ‎8 hours ago‎




Monsanto science education grant applications available. Mon, October 6, 2014. Applications are now being accepted for the Monsanto Hawaii Science Education Fund. This grant program is open to public schools serving students at the intermediate school, ...
MarketWatch - ‎17 hours ago‎




ST. LOUIS, Oct 01, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Monsanto Company MON, -1.54% announced it will issue the company's financial results for its fiscal 2014 fourth quarter and full year on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, prior to market open.

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