Diet Trumping Genes

Most geneticists are still focussing on gene sequences to find out which gene variants go with which diseases. But that’s a serious mistake, and for more reasons than one. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho reports. […]

The Economics of Bt corn in the Philippines

An analysis which debunks the benefits of Bt corn and concludes that there are more safer and viable alternatives for poor farmers in the Philippines. […]

Organic Agriculture Helps Fight Cancer

Organic agriculture largely excludes synthetic inputs and focuses instead on long-term ecological health. The health benefits of organic foods are now clear: they are richer in anti-cancer chemicals. […]

Spinning Recovery from Organic Cotton

At least a thousand farmers in Punjab and Gujarat in India have opted to grow only organic cotton, giving pesticides, fertilisers and GM seeds the big heave-ho from their lands. […]

Brazil, New Zealand block decision on documentation of GMOs

A report on the outcome of the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Montreal, 30 May – 3 June, 2005. […]

Register of GM Contamination

First on-line worldwide register of GM contamination incidents. […]

‘Rust, Resistance, Run Down Soils, and Rising Costs – Problems Facing Soybean Producers in Argentina’

Signs of trouble are now emerging and the ‘honeymoon period’ for GM crops is coming to a close both in the US and in Argentina. […]

Argentina: The Track Record of GMOs

A summary of how the promises of GM crops to Argentinian farmers are not fulfilled. […]

Submission to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade concerning the second meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Submission of the New Zealand Institute of Gene Ecology to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade concerning the second meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Montreal 30 May-3 June 2005 […]

Bt Cotton in Andhra Pradesh

A three-year study of the impact of Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh in India by the Deccan Development Society and the AP Coalition in Defence of Diversity. […]