Bitter harvest
30 years after the first #GMO crops hit the fields, their promises — like feeding the world and cutting chemicals — mostly failed. This new website exposes the broken biotech promises that were going to solve our food and farming problems. Time for a fairer food system
https://gmopromises.org

Ancient maize v agribusiness: why Colombia’s ‘seed guardians’ are fighting the use of #GMO crops. Indigenous, peasant and environmental organisations back legislation that would ban GMO seeds due to the threat to traditions, livelihoods and food sovereignty. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/26/ancient-corn-v-agribusiness-why-colombias-seed-guardians-are-fighting-the-use-of-gm-crops

#GMO crops fuel rise in pesticide use despite early promises, study shows https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20553-gm-crops-fuel-rise-in-pesticide-use-despite-early-promises-study-shows

Guatemala: #Indigenous peoples denounce #GMO threats. Communities raise alarm over confirmed cases of GMO maize. Powerful declaration issued in defence of native seeds, ancestral knowledge and food sovereignty of the peoples of Guatemala and Mesoamerica https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20542/

Mad Dog Down: Health Canada ordered to reassess pesticide’s risks, as new evidence of health harms to children from #glyphosate surfaces. Herbicide sales in Canada have increased by 243% since the introduction of #GMO crops. https://watershedsentinel.ca/article/mad-dog-down

Will patented GMOs soon be in our fields—and on our plates? A new generation of GMOs could be imposed in Europe with no labelling, no controls and no transparency, warns a French petition already signed by over 25,000 people. Join them in saying NON MERCI to #GMO deregulation! https://www.leslignesbougent.org/petitions/bientot-des-ogm-brevetes-en-europe-la-pologne-ouvre-la-voie-au-danger-20860/

Will the future of food be genome edited?

What will we eat in the future—and who gets to decide? From lab-grown meat to agroecology, the politics of food in Africa are being shaped by tech dreams, corporate agendas, and grassroots resistance.

https://africasacountry.com/2025/04/will-the-future-of-food-be-genome-edited

Engineered yeast boosts D-lactic acid production, advancing eco-friendly biomanufacturing

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-yeast-boosts-d-lactic-acid.html

Most of the "media" failed the Orwellian Propaganda test today. Utterly shameful display of misinformation by the Fake News industry.

So many unemployed biologists/scientists, but they shun them to produce crap instead.

India’s Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi: Today, the majority of India’s cotton is #GMO Bt cotton—controlled by foreign firms like #Monsanto. Our indigenous cotton varieties are disappearing, our water usage (needed for Bt cotton) is unsustainable, and our farmers remain underpaid. We need to invest in indigenous cotton... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZm4C1tiQlM

In a flash of nationalism, Mexico bans the planting of genetically modified corn

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-03-13/mexico-bans-planting-of-gmo-american-corn

https://archive.ph/3q2zE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4HwF3tU5g

#FLORIDA #food

#orange groves may soon be no more

#foodproducers

That video was sort of soundbite-ish, and it seemed to me that the vague ending of the vid suggests #GMO as the answer. It's not!

Trump wants Europe to buy more U.S. farm goods. But if Trump wants Europeans to eat more American food, he’ll have to convince them to swallow something even tougher: U.S. food safety standards. Europeans might buy American software, movies and weapons, but they aren’t keen on U.S. beef pumped with hormones, chlorine-washed chicken or #GMO corn. Pesticides are another flash point. Today, over 70 different #pesticides banned in the EU remain widespread in U.S. farming.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-wants-europe-to-buy-more-us-farm-goods/

Midwestern field trials suggest overuse of rootworm-resistant corn reduces farmers' profits

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-midwestern-field-trials-overuse-rootworm.html

☿️ Engineered animals show new way to fight mercury pollution

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-animals-mercury-pollution.html

New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-hampshire-2nd-person-pig-kidney.html

Good luck with that, farmers.

Elect a clown, expect a circus. And this jester is a crank all the way down. His ag science is on par with his vaccine science.

#GMO #VaccinesSaveLives #agriculture

https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/02/21/kelley-a-farmers-message-to-rfk-jr/