Monsanto is at it again. The widely reviled biotech company has been hard at work formulating a chemical it’s calling BioDirect, which, when sprayed onto a plant, reconfigures the plant’s genes to do things like kill pests that want to eat it, prevent browning of apples, or improve the taste of tomatoes. Those last two ...
America has spoken, but (surprise!) Congress isn’t listening. A whopping 93 percent of Americans favor a law requiring foods containing genetically modified organisms to be labeled. But instead, lawmakers are marching forward with a bill that actually makes it illegal for states to pass labeling laws.
Most days, as we witness the stranglehold agribusinesses and Big Food have on legislation and on campaigns for food justice, it’s easy to despair over the direction our food system is headed.
Anyone who’s been in a grocery store lately can attest: There’s a label for almost everything these days.
Chipotle says it’s “G-M-Over it.” The burrito giant responded to growing consumer pressure today, announcing that all genetically modified foods have been booted from the menu. GMOs weren’t lurking in many ingredients to begin with—only genetically modified corn and soy had to be eliminated. Both were used in the chain’s tortillas, and the cooking oil ...