Planet Diversity World Congress on the Future of Food and Agriculture

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01.01.1970

Tomorrow’s table - GE crop promoters show why Monsanto’s data untrustworthy

Since WA ag minister, Terry Redman, told our WA MADGE the book ”contains guidance to help the public distinguish rumours from high quality science.” MADGE decided to rate the GM canola Monsanto material, that FSANZ used for their food approval, against the checklist in Chapter 6 of the book [”Tomorrow’s Table”].

01.01.1970

Australian farmers question GE canola benefits

Ricky Miles used it on his property in the far western Wimmera for the first two years it was allowed. But he has chosen not to use it this year because of the costs involved. ”Firstly, there are the licence fees you have to pay to grow it, there is the cost of the seeds, there is the risk of Roundup resistance developing and I found I had to spray two applications of Roundup to knock off the weeds.” Miles also found there was no increase in crop yields

01.01.1970

Diversity, not GE crops the best option for Cuban farmers

Q: Why are you opposed to the production of genetically modified foods? A: Cuba can produce a lot of evidence of how to seek food sovereignty without turning to genetically modified crops. Using transgenic seeds is a step backwards, because it implies a dependence on someone else in order to grow maize, and we lack the capacity to have a formal seed system that could supply farmers.

01.01.1970

Oil produced with Monsanto’s non-GE Vistive soy trait receives GRAS status

In keeping with a commitment to provide new options for agriculture and a more health-conscious public, Monsanto Company announced today that the company has reached an important regulatory milestone that will advance the development of foods with reduced saturated fat and reduced or no trans fats. [...] The FDA’s letter supports the use of oil from Vistive Gold soybeans under the intended conditions of use.

01.01.1970

Greenpeace China lists GM food brands

Greenpeace China published a report Thursday that teaches people how to distinguish genetically modified food sold on the market. Guidance for Avoiding GM Food provides a list of about 400 international and domestic brand products and whether they use genetically modified (GM) food in their products.

01.01.1970

First cargo of US (GE) corn being loaded for China

The first cargo of U.S. corn to be shipped to China in nearly four years is being loaded at the Pacific Northwest, [...] “The question now is whether they will be able to unload the corn,” he said, adding that buyers of foreign corn needed government approval through import permits. There is also China’s restriction on imports of genetically modified corn [...]

01.01.1970

Kari’s new non-GE virus-resistant maize seeds promise higher yields

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute has released three new mid-altitude hybrid maize varieties, which researchers say guarantee farmers five to 10 per cent more yields. The new breeds took Kari eight years to develop. [...] The new varieties are resistant to Grey Leaf Spot, Maize Streak Viruses, and Turcicum Blight.

01.01.1970

Cheap maize imports into Kenya tilt trade balance for South Africa

Kenya’s hope of checking its trade imbalance with South Africa faces a major setback as demand for cheaper unmilled maize imports grows, despite the bumper short season harvests in the local market. [...] South Africa is currently struggling to find a market for over 13 million tonnes of maize — its second largest maize harvest on record. ”The problem with southern African maize is that most of it is genetically modified, meaning it gets to the local market without proper vetting,”

01.01.1970

What is behind the efforts to foist GE technology on Africa?

What is behind all these efforts to foist GE technology on Africa? It can't be direct profit from African sales; that will be vanishingly small. Not Africans feeding Africa, that is impossible until the numerous infrastructure problems are dealt with. One has to wonder whether it really is about the image of Monsanto and Pioneer in the U.S. (and possibly EU in the future), and the vast pro-biotech lobby that resides within the USDA. And it is about market share, not just in Africa but worldwide.

01.01.1970

U.S. professor suggests use of RR crops in Brunei Darussalam

As Brunei Darussalam is making efforts to attain self-sufficiency for paddy production, Professor Peter Coclanis from the University of North Carolina suggested that genetically modified agriculture ”could be an option” when considering its benefits. [...] ”If you use round-up ready crops, for example, you don’t have to use much human labour to remove weed [...]

01.01.1970

U.S. occupational safety rules can’t keep up with biotech industry

the head of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration acknowledges that his agency’s 20th-century rules have not yet caught up with the 21st-century biotech industry. “Worker safety cannot be sacrificed on the altar of innovation,” said David Michaels, OSHA’s new director. “We have inadequate standards for workers exposed to infectious materials.” The current OSHA rules governing laboratories, for example, were not written with genetic manipulation of viruses and bacteria in mind.

01.01.1970

The Pontifical Council for Culture and NeoStem (USA) partner to advance adult stem cell research

NeoStem, Inc., an international biopharmaceutical company with operations in the US and China, and the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture, announced a joint initiative that includes their charitable organizations to expand research and raise awareness of adult stem cell therapies. [...] with the goal of advancing scientific research on adult stem cells, exploring their clinical application in the field of regenerative medicine and the cultural relevance of such a fundamental shift in medical treatment options, particularly with regard to the impact on theological and ethical issues.

01.01.1970

GE goats produce silk in their milk: study

With his research team, molecular biology professor Randy Lewis has successfully implanted a herd of goats with the silk-making gene proteins from a golden orb spider. [...] Lewis first began exploring the possibility of harvesting spider silk from goat’s milk in talks with now-defunct Quebec company Nexia Biotechnologies.

01.01.1970

China announces breakthrough in transgenic sheep research

Chinese scientists announced here Tuesday that they have successfully developed a technique which could lead to the breeding of transgenic sheep in large numbers. [...] Between February and April, 118 pregnant ewes carrying transgenic embryos delivered 162 lambs under the auspices of Liu’s team. Of the new born, 92 were transgenic lambs, setting a record high transgenic efficiency rate of 56.8 percent.

01.01.1970

Enviropig™ - A piggy you hope never to meet at market

As technology grows increasingly complex and our environmental problems ever more serious, the proposed ”technological fixes” from industry grow more ludicrous and dangerous. And so it is with genetic engineering. The common disconnect between science and reality is represented perfectly by the ridiculous, and yet threateningly real GM Enviropig™ project. Enviropig™ is the grotesque realization of early scientific aspirations and laboratory accidents.

01.01.1970

Synthia grounded?: UN science body considers curfew for synthetic biology’s machine-made microbe

At the same moment that J. Craig Venter announced in Washington DC that his team had created the first-ever synthetic and self-reproducing microbe on May 20, 2010, a UN meeting in Nairobi called for precaution before Synthia (as his synthetic life form is called) is let out in the wild. [...] The draft text adopted by the meeting amounts to a de facto moratorium on the release synthetic life forms.

01.01.1970

Monsanto’s engagement at North Carolina Research Campus causes concern

One of the most controversial companies in the United States, St. Louis-based Monsanto is the world’s leading producer of genetically modified, or GM, seed and the herbicide Roundup. Monsanto has laboratories around the globe. In Kannapolis, the company will try to boost the nutritional content and taste of vegetables.

01.01.1970

Cheaper weedkillers force Monsanto to cut prices

Monsanto said that lowering its prices will cut earnings per share by 50 to 70 cents this year, sending shares down 8 percent in active trading. Annual earnings are now projected to be between $2.15 and $2.41. Earnings for the third quarter are expected to range between 65 and 72 cents a share. Monsanto’s price cuts accelerate the company’s strategy to cut back on Roundup production and focus on developing genetically engineered seeds.

01.01.1970

Monsanto’s battle royal over Bt cotton royalty in India

A quiet but determined battle is being fought in the courts, and outside, by US agricultural biotech giant Monsanto, its Indian affiliates and seed lobbyists to free the prices of genetically modified Bt cotton from state government control. At stake is huge business running into several thousand crore of rupees, with royalty alone on the Bt cotton seeds grossing over Rs 1,500 crore [264 mill EUR] for the US firm and its Indian licencees since 2002

01.01.1970

Australia monitors US glyphosate woes

AUSTRALIAN farmers need to manage glyphosate rotations carefully to avoid the problems emerging in the United States, where glyphosate tolerant genetically modified (GM) crops have led to an over-reliance on the cheap and popular herbicide. As a result of the over-use of glyphosate, there has been a string of resistance problems, causing chaos among the farming community.

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