Jun. 13, 2013 / Posted by: Emma Hedman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Today many women’s rights groups, cancer patients, scientists, and concerned citizens celebrated an enormous victory in the Supreme Court: human genes can no longer be patented by big business! As of this morning, over 20% of the human geno...
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May. 30, 2013 / Posted by: Emma Hedman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
It has just come to light that genetically modified wheat has been found growing on a farmer’s land in eastern Oregon. The problem? No genetically engineered wheat has ever been approved for US Farming. In 2004 Monsanto, the world’s b...
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May. 29, 2013 / Posted by: Emma Hedman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Good news for fish today as more companies pledge to avoid GE Seafood! Earlier this year Friends of the Earth announced the launch of the Campaign for GE Free Seafood with the commitment of over 2000 stores nation-wide, including those owned by W...
Read More »Mar. 20, 2013 / Posted by: Lisa Matthes / Categories: Food and Technology, News Releases
Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh among stores that will reject GE fish WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups today launched the “Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood&...
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Mar. 20, 2013 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Friends of the Earth is excited to announce our new campaign to prevent genetically engineered fish from hitting our dinner plates: the Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood. As we recently reported, the U.S. Food & Drug Administr...
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Aug. 23, 2012 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Here is the biggest problem I face every day: I want to eat an apple as a healthy snack to get me through the afternoon, but eating a whole apple is really too much for me given my busy schedule. I mean, who has time to eat a whole apple in today&...
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Oct. 28, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Friday, October 28, 2011 Whew! After four-plus days of non-stop action here in Atlantic Canada, our tour is starting to slow down. We just had our last meeting this morning with the local government, and we have the rest of the day off to relax an...
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Oct. 27, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
The past four days touring Atlantic Canada have been a whirlwind! Tonight we hosted our fourth and last public forum in St. John’s. This city is the birthplace of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon, as it was a professor at a ...
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Oct. 27, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Day three on the road, and things aren’t slowing down one bit! Yesterday we received news that the official opposition party here, the New Democratic Party, introduced a motion in the Canadian Parliament that would ban the introduction of ge...
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Oct. 26, 2011 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Day two on the genetically engineered salmon tour, and things are coming along well. We drove four hours this morning from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to Fredericton, New Brunswick. Most of the day was spent in the car, but we also had a ...
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