The day the EU buried science: EU environment ministers put populism before...
European Union Environment Ministers today endorsed a proposal to let EU governments restrict or prohibit cultivation of individual genetically modified crops at national or regional level for...
View ArticleTalking Nonsense at Sum of Us
By Mark Buckingham, Monsanto Public Affairs Agriculture is a practical business. Farmers plant seeds in the soil and with skill, knowledge and the right tools, plus a favourable climate, bring in a...
View ArticleEFSA slams France — again — for banning MON810 — again
In a continent where populist, antediluvian views about genetically modified (GM) seeds and foods seem to dominate headlines, it is always reassuring that at least the serious scientists agree on their...
View ArticleVandana Shiva, The New Yorker, and cold hard facts: Debunking the myths...
For years, media coverage of genetically modified foods (GMOs) has been dominated by simplistic coverage that media watchdogs would fondly describe as “he said, she said” stories, or stories that...
View ArticleTriomphe de la démocratie or triumph of public relations spin?
Triumph of democracy – or triumph of PR spin? Earlier this month, Pervenche Berès, a French Socialist member of the European Parliament, issued a press release with a headline that would be funny if it...
View ArticleCalls for innovation grow louder in the UK
Whilst the European Parliament last week voted to endorse a proposal that would allow European governments to restrict or prohibit cultivation of safe genetically modified (GM) crops, calls to allow GM...
View ArticleDawn of a new era for GM crop cultivation in Europe? We wish it were so (EN/FR)
On March 2, the European media once again will be full of highly contradictory spins on the expected decision by European Union governments to let each country in the Union decide for itself whether to...
View ArticleMonsanto sponsors an Italian maize maze (EN/IT)
By Rachel Moore This July, a maize maze has opened in Jesolo, Italy, a popular tourist town near Venice. Monsanto Italy is a sponsor of the attraction and provided the seed used to grow the 3.7...
View ArticleEU opt-outs on GM crops contradict history of safe use
By Brandon Mitchener Under the European Union’s newly updated law on the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) seeds within the Union, individual EU member states have the option to “opt out” of the...
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