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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/monsantos-gmo-wheat-bakes-up-loaves-of-lawsuits/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/monsantos-gmo-wheat-bakes-up-loaves-of-lawsuits/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:53:58 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11808 The mysterious GMO Monsanto Roundup Ready wheat found growing in an Oregon field a few weeks ago has led to an expected number of lawsuits from wheat farmers whose sales have been hurt by the discovery.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/monsantos-gmo-wheat-bakes-up-loaves-of-lawsuits/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/monsanto-still-testing-gmo-wheat-strains-in-u-s/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/monsanto-still-testing-gmo-wheat-strains-in-u-s/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:35:37 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11798 Mysterious Monsanto Roundup Ready GMO wheat found growing in an Oregon field last month appeared to be an isolated incident, but the company is actually testing GMO wheat in Hawaii and North Dakota.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/monsanto-still-testing-gmo-wheat-strains-in-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/mystery-gmo-wheat-breeds-negligence-lawsuit-against-monsanto/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/mystery-gmo-wheat-breeds-negligence-lawsuit-against-monsanto/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:19:38 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11794 After Monsanto's genetically modified Roundup Ready wheat strain was discovered growing in an Oregon field mysteriously, stalling exports of one of the most important U.S. crops, a Kansas farmer has filed a lawsuit against the biotech giant.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/mystery-gmo-wheat-breeds-negligence-lawsuit-against-monsanto/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/can-you-help-connecticut-become-the-first-state-with-a-gmo-labeling-law/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/can-you-help-connecticut-become-the-first-state-with-a-gmo-labeling-law/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:53:25 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11789 It passed through the legislature by a 134 to 3 vote, technically making Connecticut to become the first U.S. state with a law requiring food manufacturers to label products containing genetically modified ingredients. But the law comes with some unusual conditions that could prevent it from ever taking effect.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/can-you-help-connecticut-become-the-first-state-with-a-gmo-labeling-law/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/the-real-americone-dream-ben-jerrys-scoop-out-gmos-for-good/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/the-real-americone-dream-ben-jerrys-scoop-out-gmos-for-good/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:07:00 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11785 Ben & Jerry's, the popular ice cream maker from Vermont, has announced that GMOs will be removed from all of the company's products by the year's end. Currently, 80 percent of Ben & Jerry's offerings are already GMO-free.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/the-real-americone-dream-ben-jerrys-scoop-out-gmos-for-good/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fallout-wheat-farmers-after-gmo-wheat-found-oregon/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fallout-wheat-farmers-after-gmo-wheat-found-oregon/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:05:14 +0000 Lacy http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11782 Fallout for U.S. wheat exports has begun following the USDA's announcement that non-approved GMO wheat had been discovered growing on a farm in Oregon, with Japan announcing that it will halt all Western wheat imports and the EU strongly recommending that member states test wheat imports from the US.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fallout-wheat-farmers-after-gmo-wheat-found-oregon/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/unapproved-gmo-wheat-found-growing-in-oregon/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/unapproved-gmo-wheat-found-growing-in-oregon/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 07:00:23 +0000 Lacy http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11776 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) discovered an unapproved variety of genetically engineered glyphosate-resistant wheat in samples taken from a farm in Oregon. The variety was the same as one that Monsanto grew in test plots in 16 states from 1998 to 2005. There are no genetically engineered wheat varieties currently approved for sale in the U.S. or any other country.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/unapproved-gmo-wheat-found-growing-in-oregon/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/gmo-bt-corn-seeds-causing-rise-in-pesticide-use/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/gmo-bt-corn-seeds-causing-rise-in-pesticide-use/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 21:20:02 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11771 Rootworms, which have cost corn farmers excessive crop losses, are showing resistance to genetically modified Bt corn, leading to a rise in pesticide use and not the decline promised by biotech companies.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/gmo-bt-corn-seeds-causing-rise-in-pesticide-use/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/march-against-monsanto-rallies-held-in-more-than-50-countries/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/march-against-monsanto-rallies-held-in-more-than-50-countries/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 15:43:51 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11767 Fifty-two countries and more than 430 cities around the world had one major thing in common on Saturday: Thousands of people gathered to participate in the March Against Monsanto protests over genetically modified seeds and biotech companies including the poster-corporation for GMOs: Monsanto.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/march-against-monsanto-rallies-held-in-more-than-50-countries/feed/ 0 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/2013-farm-bill-amendment-aims-to-kill-state-gmo-label-laws/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/2013-farm-bill-amendment-aims-to-kill-state-gmo-label-laws/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 13:29:55 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11761 Being dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act 2.0" an amendment added into the 2013 Farm Bill could prevent individual states from passing their own GMO labeling laws.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/2013-farm-bill-amendment-aims-to-kill-state-gmo-label-laws/feed/ 0