Scientists have located a happy place where two Bad News Betty’s – tobacco and GMO – collide, asserting that cultures from genetically modified tobacco plants are able to be grown into a therapeutic anti-HIV antibody. Initial small-scale clinical trials of the HIV antibody (or “plantibody”) made from tobacco have proven [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States recently rejected farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman’s claim that the soybeans he bought from a grain elevator were not covered by Monsanto’s patents. The case, named Bowman v. Monsanto Co., verifies Monsanto’s claim that progeny bought second-hand from sellers, such as local grain elevators, [...]

CBC News reported that affairs and currents of the expanding genetically-modified food system are “too far removed” from concerns of the average Canadian consumer. Despite the amount Monsanto is emblazoned across news pages and amidst frequent farmer and food group protests happening the entire world over, the average Canadian consumer [...]

If Christmas lights have been the bane of your holiday, then there just may be good news on the horizon: Genetic engineers have come up with a method where your Christmas tree could grow its own lights. Sound more like science fiction than reality? Read on. Five postgraduate students at [...]

According to a top Mexican government, as reported by Reuters, the approval of the highly controversial genetically modified (GM) corn fields will be determined next year after President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party takes office on December 1. Mariano Ruiz, a deputy agriculture secretary, said in an interview [...]

Tuesday’s election will prove to be a big day for California as the fate of a food measure, proposition 37, will be determined. Prop 37 calls for labels on genetically modified (GM) food sold in supermarkets. According to The Guardian, “Monsanto and other agribusiness and food companies have spent more than $45m (£28m) [...]

Soy farmers in Bolivia are urging their country’s president to reconsider a ban on genetically modified seeds. The new law was implemented earlier this month by leftist President Evo Morales. It as part of an environmental regulation package called the Mother Earth law. Reuters reports that farmers in the Andean [...]

The benefits of soybeans have often been touted as a healthy food source and also a way to solve the world’s hunger crisis. But one American doctor says the crop is leaving behind “a trail of ecological devastation beyond belief”. Dr. Joseph Mercola is a controversial doctor, widely known for [...]

On Wednesday, September 26th, Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini published a research study in Food and Chemical Toxicology (a peer-reviewed US journal) that analyzed the effects of genetically modified (GM) maize on a group of lab rats. The study, taking two years and €3.2 million to complete, attempts to criticize the safety [...]

Critics are calling it a harsh blow to farmers and seed companies across Europe. France has recently announced that it will maintain a temporary ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops. The announcement was made this past weekend by France’s Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault. According to Reuters, the ban [...]