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04/23/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Plant cell cultures: Would you eat vegetables grown in a lab if they were nutritious and tasty?

Would you want to eat superfoods grown in a lab? For many people, the latest development in the biotech industry is more hair-raising than it is inspiring. Scientists from the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) are developing a new method for producing plant-based foods — via the use of what’s known as “plant cell […]

05/30/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Alert: Maine approves three types of GMO potatoes

Maine just became the last state in the nation to approve the use of three new types of genetically modified (GM) potatoes – the Innate Generation 2 Russet Burbank, the Ranger Russet and the Atlantic potato varieties. The Maine Board of Pesticides Control approved the new potatoes, which were developed by the Idaho-based J.R. Simplot […]

05/23/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

FDA to use millions in taxpayer dollars to promote GMO propaganda

You might not be willing to buy GMO foods, but you’ll still be spending money on them thanks to a new congressional bill that allocates $3 million of taxpayer dollars to “consumer outreach and education regarding agricultural biotechnology.” A Pew study recently discovered that 39 percent of people in the U.S. think GMOs are bad […]

05/04/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Devastating blow to soy processors as Chinese shoppers dump GMOs

Is the GMO soy industry finally feeling the burn? It seems that it is, at least in China. Chinese consumers are pushing back against GMOs, and as a result, the GMO soy oil industry is taking a massive hit. Soy oil is the most popular cooking oil in China — or at least it was the […]

05/02/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Consumers now demanding their meat be raised “humanely,” without growth hormones or GMOs, according to new study

Recent polls indicate that over 90 percent of Americans want their food labeled in a way that clearly indicates the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It is unsurprising, therefore, that a recent study conducted by the University of Illinois confirmed that when it comes to beef, chicken, eggs and dairy, the majority of people […]

03/30/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Would you try this new vegetarian burger that “bleeds?” Even if it’s made from GMOs?

As plant-based diets continue to grow in popularity, it comes as no surprise that innovative new cruelty-free products are hitting the marketplace. But a newcomer from Impossible Foods, known as the “Impossible Burger” hopes to make serious waves in the meat-free industry. The Impossible Burger is said to be nearly identical to the real thing, […]

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