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Category Archives: GMOs
An Organic Farmer Responds to AC21′s Proposal
The Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture’s draft recommendations add to the burden already carried by organic and non-GE producers struggling to deal with the aftermath of releasing an uncontrollable, patented agricultural technology into the environment. The report … Continue reading
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OSA Delivers Comments to AC21 on Coexistence
Earlier this week OSA attended USDA’s latest (and maybe last) AC21 meeting in Washington, DC, to provide public comments and gauge where the current discussion on coexistence is headed. USDA’s Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) was … Continue reading
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The Context of USDA’s GE Sugar Beet Decision
You’ve probably heard that USDA recently deregulated Roundup Ready sugar beets following a court-ordered Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Organic Seed Alliance has written before about the threat this genetically engineered (GE) trait poses to the integrity of organic and other … Continue reading
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Tell Your Reps: Strike “Farmer Assurance Provision”
Join OSA in opposing the so-called “farmer assurance provision” in the House Agriculture Appropriations bill. This provision is an assault on the safeguards of our judicial system, and represents an underhanded response to the successes that OSA and others have … Continue reading
NOSB to USDA: Actions on GE Crops Insufficient
OSA applauds the National Organic Standards Board’s (NOSB) recent decision to ask the U.S. Agriculture Secretary to better address the organic community’s long-standing concerns on issues of GE contamination. At the board’s May 2012 meeting in Albuquerque, NOSB members voted … Continue reading
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You Have 24 Hours to Respond to 2,4-D Corn
When are comments due? Submit your public comment by the end of the day today (April 27, 2012) How do I submit a comment? Click here and hit “submit a comment.” Talking points? The petition from Dow AgroScience before USDA … Continue reading
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Fifty-Five Members of Congress Call for GMO Labeling
Yesterday, US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) were joined by 53 other Senate and House lawmakers in sending a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods so … Continue reading
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TAKE ACTION on (Another) Pesticide-Promoting GE Crop
USDA announced an extension on its public comment period for 2,4-D corn yesterday. The public now has until April 27, 2012, to provide public comments (as opposed to next week). Individual comments can be provided directly to the docket, found … Continue reading
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Have You Told USDA How You Feel About GE Sugar Beets?
In 2008, OSA along with our partners, including the attorneys at Center for Food Safety (CFS), successfully won a lawsuit against USDA for its illegal approval of GE sugar beets. The court banned GE sugar beets in 2010 until a … Continue reading
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Farmers Stand Up for Seed Integrity at GE Beet Hearing
Farmers stood up for seed integrity last week in Corvallis, OR, where a listening session on GE sugar beets provided a forum for discussing USDA’s recently released environmental impact statement (EIS). GE sugar beets have been grown in the Willamette … Continue reading
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