Farmers Receive US$11 million Starlink Settlement

More than 8,000 Nebraska corn producers will share in an $11 million settlement of a seed-corn lawsuit. […]

Corn Segregation Required by Grain Elevators

For Immediate Release New National Survey of Over One Thousand Grain Elevators Shows Twenty-Four Percent Require GMO Corn Variety Segregation. Twelve Percent Report Offering Premiums for Non-GMO Corn. WASHINGTON — Oct. […]

Report on Effects of Transgenic Maize in Mexico

Item 1 Maize and biodiversity: effects of transgenic maize in Mexico Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America Report of the Secretariat according to Article 13 of the NAAEC[1] 31 August […]

Rice at Risk: Will there be a choice with GE rice?

GE crops cannot be contained once they are released into the environment. Growing GE rice will very likely contaminate conventional and organic rice and threaten the livelihoods of millions of farmers. […]

New Study Shows Increased Pesticides Use in GM Crops

Genetically Engineered Rice: Not Sustainable Agriculture

GE rice could cause harm to the environment and could prove costly for farmers. GE rice threatens the endangered populations of wild rice in Asia and could cause long-term damage to rice diversity upon which rice consumers all over the world depend. […]

GM plants affect insects in the plant food web

Possible effects of genetically modified plants on insects in the plant food web By Eline B. Hågvar1, Solveig Aasen2 Latvijas Entomologs, 41: 111-117 (2004) 1 Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Agric […]

Promises and Perils of GE Rice

Promises & Perils of GM Rice Rice, the food crop for half the world’s population is the current target of genetic modification. What are the health and environmental consequences? Prof. Joe Cummins reviews Rice a target for corpora […]

Greenpeace reports on threats of GE rice

Item 1 RICE AT RISK: WILL THERE BE A CHOICE WITH GE RICE? (http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/multimedia/download/1/602854/0/% 5Brice_report%5D_choice_.pdf> Introduction Proponents of genetic engineering argu […]

Organic Farming Boosts Biodiversity

Organic farming boosts biodiversity New Scientist, 11 October 04 Organic farming increases biodiversity at every level of the food chain – all the way from lowly bacteria to mammals. This is the conclusion of the largest review eve […]