Wheatless Wednesday: 6 Reasons to Reject Monsanto’s Roundup-Ready Wheat

Gina Munsey — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:57:45 +0000

Last month, Canada, the United States, and Australia announced unprecedented plans to join forces and commercialize genetically-engineered wheat, saying that biotechnology was crucial to the future of the wheat industry. The National Farmers Union of Canada, however, immediately refuted the tri-country claim, pointing out “the overwhelming majority of farmers in Canada are still opposed to the introduction of genetically-modified wheat.”

On June 1, fifteen organizations across Canada, the United States and Australia publicly confirmed that opposition with the release of “A Definitive Global Rejection of Genetically Engineered Wheat“, a powerful document speaking out against biotech wheat.

But the battle against GM wheat is not a simple one, nor is it restrained to select countries.

Food Policy Friday: Call to Action Against Bayer’s Glufosinate-Resistant LL62 Rice

Gina Munsey — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:17:10 +0000

The chemical giant Bayer — the same Bayer which brought you aspirin, heroin and mustard gas, and currently manufactures a wide variety of pesticides, herbicides, polyurethanes and other questionable chemicals — has wrapped their toxic fingers around our rice.

This is nothing new. The company’s glufosinate-resistant LL62 genetically modified rice isn’t commercially grown, but that doesn’t mean that it hasn’t already entered the global food supply.

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Wheatless Wednesday: 6 Reasons to Reject Monsanto’s Roundup-Ready Wheat

Food Policy Friday: Call to Action Against Bayer’s Glufosinate-Resistant LL62 Rice