Food Inc.: Eat, drink and be wary
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Food, Inc. could have delivered a reach-for-the-Maalox montage of cows mired in manure, pig carcasses whacked about on conveyor belts and immobilized chickens locked...
View ArticleScientists criticize French study of GMO corn
From Green Right Now Reports Research by French scientists showing that rats fed GMO corn developed tumors and died prematurely has prompted the French government to call for additional investigation...
View ArticleSome consumers saying cheerio to Cheerios for supporting GMO foods
From Green Right Now Reports Food activists who support GMO labeling have been letting General Mills know that they don’t appreciate the corporation’s recent contributions toward defeating the labeling...
View ArticleGMO farming produces a bumper crop of weeds
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now If you haven’t heard by now, genetically modified crops or GMOs are typically developed to resist a certain pesticide. That allows farmers to spray their crops with...
View ArticleWill Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s kill the genetically modified salmon?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now When last we left the Genetically Modified or Engineered (GE) salmon, he was swimming upstream hard, headed for the government stamp of approval needed before...
View ArticleHappy Earth Day 2013 . . . Americans are turning activist
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now I remember 2007, when we started this website. People were tip-toeing toward greener behaviors. Activists were writing kids’ books explaining the greenhouse effect...
View ArticleFederal bill would require labeling of genetically modified foods
From Green Right Now Reports A federal law introduced Wednesday would require labeling for genetically modified foods. Sweet corn is among the most recent foods to be genetically modified. So far, an...
View ArticleA new report asks: Should the U.S. State Department be promoting GMO foods...
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Biotech Ambassadors accuses the State Department of pushing genetically engineered crops on nations around the world. The U.S. State Department has been aggressively...
View ArticleThere’s still hope for our food system….here’s why
(This is a blog/opinion piece. Our other work is news. Please like us on Facebook.) By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Look for green living news on any given day and you can easily find doom or hope....
View ArticleThe five roadblocks to labeling GE foods in the US
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now A demonstration for labeling at the White House. There’s plenty of evidence that Americans favor requiring labels for genetically modified (GM) foods. They’ve...
View ArticleFood labeling appears defeated in Washington
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Not all the votes are counted yet in the battle to label genetically modified (GM) foods in Washington state. But the initiative is trailing, 45 percent in favor to...
View ArticleGrape-Nuts goes Non-GMO
First Cheerios went nonGMO. Now, just two weeks later, that classic crunchy breakfast tummy-filler Grape Nuts has announced its Non-GMO certification. Grape Nuts, like Cheerios, didn’t have far to go....
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