Big Food Crushes Consumer Rights in Washington State

Big Food Crushes Consumer Rights in Washington State

When you look at the numbers, how could Washington State’s ballot initiative to require the labeling of foods made with genetically engineered ingredients ever stand a chance? I’m not talking about poll numbers. I’m talking about money. Just six...
This Vanilla Experiment Stinks

This Vanilla Experiment Stinks

Isn’t it so inspiring to see global corporate giants crush small farmers, stomp on nature, circumvent our laws by hook or crook, and deceive and gouge consumers? Welcome once again to the phantasmagoric world of DNA manipulators. In particular, this branch of...
Monsanto’s Absurdity Reaches New Heights

Monsanto’s Absurdity Reaches New Heights

It was my privilege to go to Des Moines recently for a World Food Prize extravaganza recognizing Monsanto’s work against global hunger. But wait, Monsanto is not a hunger-fighter. It’s a predatory proliferator of proprietary and genetically engineered...
Big Food Crushes Consumer Rights in Washington State

Engineering More Information for Consumers

One hundred calories per serving, two servings per container, three grams of fiber, product of USA, may contain traces of soy, manufactured in a facility that processes wheat. We’re accustomed to seeing labels on our food that give us this information. However,...
Why Are We Eating in the Dark?

Why Are We Eating in the Dark?

Have you ever eaten a genetically engineered food? If you’re like most Americans, you have no idea. Genetic engineering is a controversial technology in which genes from one species (say, bacteria) are inserted into the DNA of a different species (for example,...