Weekly GMO News Update

[Steve]

Occupy Sonoma County - Weekly GMO News Update

Posted July 6, 2016

	Proposed GMO law goes to Senate burlingtonfreepress.com - 7/5/16 ...the federal government shouldn’t run roughshod over a state’s rules, pre-empting Vermont’s law, and the federal requirements would not be consumer-friendly. Related: Senate DARK Act Vote is July 6 and Senator Feinstein has stated she will vote YES!  - labelgmos.org - 7/1 AP News Guide: Genetically modified foods and the fight  - ap.org - 7/5 Key Senators and Corrupt Corporate Organic Targeted in New Ads w/ Last Minute Blitz to Protect States' Rights and GMO Labeling - fooddemocracynow.org - 7/6
	Effort to ban GMOs in Sonoma County organized petaluma360.com - 7/2/16 ...county voters will face a ballot measure that would ban the growing of GMOs in Sonoma County’s unincorporated areas.
	G.M.O.s in Food? Vermonters Will Know nytimes.com - 6/30/16 Nearly all food labels in Vermont are now required to disclose when products include genetically engineered ingredients. The requirement, passed two years ago, became effective on Friday. Related: Sanders Defends Vermont's GMO Labeling Laws - sanders.senate.gov - 7/6
	The Trivialisation of the GMO Debate. “Claims Based on Unscientific Nonsense” globalresearch.ca - 7/5/16 The pro-GMO lobby is attempting to convince us that GM is the only way to feed a growing global population. To challenge capitalism or to challenge pro-GMO propaganda is heresy.
	GMO Battle: Nobel Laureates vs. Greenpeace International lawstreetmedia.com - 7/6/16 It’s a scuffle that pits a global non-governmental body against a formidable foe: the signatures of 110 Nobel Prize winners. Related: In Nobel Laureates v. Greenpeace, Don’t Ignore the Sociology of GM - thewire.in 6/7
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[Steve]

Occupy Sonoma County - Weekly GMO News Update

Posted July 13, 2016

	Obama Ready to Sign Food-Label Bill Consumer Groups Dislike bloomberg.com - 7/13/16 The White House plans to support legislation creating a national labeling standard for foods containing genetically modified organisms even though consumer groups criticize the bill for allowing information to live behind special codes, and for exempting meat and eggs. Related: Boxer, Feinstein take opposing stands on GMO labeling bill  - redding.com - 7/7 EWG’s statement on House Consideration of GMO Labeling Bill  - ewg.org - 7/13 Federal GMO Labeling Bill Opens More Loopholes Than It Closes  - consumerist.com - 7/12 Senate backs bill to label genetically modified food - modbee.com - 7/8
	GMOs, Greenpeace and Nobel Laureates counterpunch.org - 7/13/16 In their open letter, the Nobel laureates do not present data to support their assertion that Greenpeace has succeeded in blocking the development or regulatory approval of ‘golden rice’ in any way... The signatories’ claims are unsupported by data or studies. Related: All you need to know about the GM food controversy - thehindu.com - 7/8 Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya, an organisation promoting organic farming, is clear that GM crops contaminate the environment and the letter by the Nobel winners is merely an opinion, and not an authoritative study to go by.
	GMO labels: The great American food fight csmonitor.com - 7/25/16 [ed: this Christian Science Monitor cover story provides an overview of GMOs and outlines the pro- and anti-GMO arguments.] “[the sides are] totally polarized... because those on either side of the GMO debate are simply not talking about the same thing. “The anti-GMO public is talking about who controls the food supply ... [and] the industry is talking about safety.”
	Hybrid Seeds vs. GMOs  motherearthnews.com - 1/6/13 [ed: this older article has been included in response to a reader's request for more info on the differences between hybridization and the genetic engineering of plants. Newer articles, when they are available, will be included in future news updates]