GMO Articles and News

• California: Lake County, CA, to require registration of commercial GMO crops (update, February 2010)
  
  
• Hawai'i: Maui bans GMO taro (October 2009)
  
  
• Hawai'i: Fall 2009 Hawai'i GMO Legislative Update (September 2009)
  
  
• National: Court Finds USDA Violated Federal Law by Allowing Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets on the Market - Earthjustice (September 2009)
  
  
• Hawai'i: A seed of doubt - Honolulu Weekly (April 2009)
  
  
• Hawai'i: Hawai'i County resolution opposing HB1226, GMO preemption bill (March 2009)
  
  
• Hawai'i: Maui supports home rule, opposes Hawai'ian preemption bill (March 2009)
  
  
• Hawai'i: GMO preemption in Hawai'i - testimony by Britt Bailey of Environmental Commons (March 2009)
  
  
• Hawai'i: GMO taro and coffee crops banned on the island of Hawai'i (November 2008)
  
  
• California: Lake County [no longer] poised to become GMO free (update, November 2008)
  
  
• California: California legislature passes bill protecting farmers against "Monsanto lawsuits" (August 2008)
  
  
• Hawai'i: Activists Forced to Kill GMO Taro Bill (April 2008)
  
  
• Maine: Montville, Maine passes ordinance banning GMOs from cultivation in their community (March 2008)
  
  
• California: GMO ban efforts start in Lake, Monterey counties (March 2008)
  
  
• Arkansas, California: State Boards Ban Planting of Genetically Modified Rice (May 2007)
  
  
• California: Genetic engineering bill held over in California Assembly (April 2007)
  
  
• States introduce numerous bills to regulate genetically modified foods (March 2007)
  
  
• Genetically Engineered Rice Wins USDA Approval (November 2006)
  
  
• Non-GMO Education and Dialogue with Percy Schmeiser (November 2006)
  The Canadian farmer whose canola fields were contaminated with GMO seed, and in turn was sued by Monsanto, shares the stories of his ongoing struggle and court appeal.
  
  
• Take Action to Oppose USDA's Fast-Track Approval of Contaminating Rice (September 2006)
  
  
• Genetic Pollution Threatens Trade, Health and the Environment (August 2006)
  
  
• Unapproved, Genetically Engineered Rice Found in Food Supply - Center for Food Safety (August 2006)
  
  
• Hawai'i: Environmental Groups Seek Moratorium on Open-Air Tests - Washington Post (August 2006)
  
  
• Briefing Report: Deficiencies in Federal Regulatory Oversight of Genetically Engineered Crops - by Brian Tokar (June 2006)
  
  
• A New World Order for crop seeds
  "One large chemical company now has patents on more than 11,000 different seeds..." - Hillsboro, Ohio Times-Gazette (May 2006)
  
  
• A New View of U.S. Agriculture
  State-by-state factsheets on top agricultural commodities, organic sales, and regulations on genetically engineered foods. - Center for Food Safety (2006)
  
  
• California: Genetically Engineered Food Crops within Santa Cruz County 2.7MB
  - report to the Board of Supervisors (May 2006)
  
  
• Biotech-Crop Battle Heats Up as Strains Mix With Others. Nations Seek Rules to Attempt To Keep Varieties Separate. - Wall St. Journal (2005)
  
  
• Genetically Engineered DNA Found in Traditional Seeds - Union of Concerned Scientists (2004)
  
  
• California: Mendocino County, California, bans GMOs (2004)
  
  
• Fact Sheet On Monsanto and Scott's Roundup Ready™ Creeping Bentgrass (2004)   Update: Grass Created in Lab Is Found in the Wild (2006)
  
  
• Hawai'i: An Island Region's Self-rule: Kona Opposes Genetically Engineered Coffee
  Britt Bailey discusses the social and ethical aspects pertaining to the introduction of genetically engineered coffee plants to a pristine Hawai'ian environment. (2002)
  
  
• Conservative Take on a Radical Technology
  OpEd printed in the San Francisco Chronicle on the need to label genetically engineered foods. (2000)
  
  
• Reductio ad Absurdum
  Is "life" held within the confines of a genetic sequence? Or do genes merely provide the building blocks of living entities which are then formed and framed by their interaction with nature? (1999)
  
  
• The Pacific Declaration
  The Environmental, Health, and Religious response to agricultural biotechnology in the United States. This document has been signed by 65 organizations in the U.S., and is an outcome of a conference held in Bolinas, California. (1999)
  
  
• Does Labeling Satisfy the Ethical Concerns Over Genetically Engineered Food?
  Only a full and complete disclosure of testing status, e.g. "this product's nutritional status and safety have not been fully tested", would accurately describe most transgenic crops thereby satisfying the minimal ethical requirements of informed consent. (1999)
  
  
• Can Genetically Engineered Foods Compromise Social Equality?
  Are we permitting the creation of foods which could place an already vulnerable population at potentially greater risk? (1999)
  
  
• Soy Story: The Politics Behind the Boneless Protein
  How will soy fair during the second wave of biotech? This article discusses the current projects involving soy and the regulations pertaining to foods containing soy. (1999)
  
  
• Texas: Engineered Crops Struggle in West Texas
  West Texas farmers lose acres and acres of engineered cotton. (1998)
  
  
• Feeding the World with Bioengineered Foods
  This article discusses the "myth" behind company and government claims of genetically engineered foods feeding the world. (1998)
  
  
• Arkansas: Tour the Roundup Ready™ Fields
  Photo-journey of Roundup Ready™ fields in Arkansas. (1997)