#1471909 --- 06/05/1511:03 PMRe: State of the Science of the Health Risks of GMO Food
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Letters to the editor
Posted: 05/30/15
Support needed for GMO labeling bill...
Please place a quick call to Assemblywoman Woerner at 584-5493 and Senator Marchione at 455-2381 to voice your support for GMO labeling and ask them to sponsor A 617 in the Assembly and S 485 in the Senate.
Steve Gilman Ruckytucks Farm Stillwater
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#1471910 --- 06/05/1511:07 PMRe: State of the Science of the Health Risks of GMO Food
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Guest Viewpoint: New York should pass GMO labeling
David Byrnes June 4, 2015
Not only do big food and beverage corporations use these heavily sprayed GMOs, many of them also spend millions of dollars to keep consumers from knowing about it. Last year alone, these corporations spent $63.6 million to defeat federal efforts to label GMOs. In New York, they spent over $3 million in 2013 to do the same thing.
Why would companies go to such great lengths just to keep people from knowing what’s in their food?
#1471948 --- 06/06/1502:58 PMRe: State of the Science of the Health Risks of GMO Food
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Bonnie Bassler
How bacteria "talk"
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Bacteria are the oldest living organisms on the earth. They've been here for billions of years, and what they are are single-celled microscopic organisms. So they are one cell and they have this special property that they only have one piece of DNA. They have very few genes, and genetic information to encode all of the traits that they carry out. And the way bacteria make a living is that they consume nutrients from the environment, they grow to twice their size, they cut themselves down in the middle, and one cell becomes two, and so on and so on. They just grow and divide, and grow and divide -- so a kind of boring life, except that what I would argue is that you have an amazing interaction with these critters.
#1471963 --- 06/06/1508:23 PMRe: State of the Science of the Health Risks of GMO Food
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Grassroots vs Astroturf: the tactics of 'Rambo' Ross Irvine
By Katherine Wilson
Named after a synthetic lawn, astroturfing is the creation of bogus community groups or independent authorities who endorse industry practice, recruit lesser-informed citizens, confuse the debate and make the real community groups appear extreme.
#1471966 --- 06/06/1508:47 PMRe: State of the Science of the Health Risks of GMO Food
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''Non-GMO'' Cheerios Oats Still Sprayed With Roundup, Supplier Announces
By Sayer Ji June 1, 2015
While there are no genetically modified oats on the marketplace today, non-organic oats might as well be labeled Roundup Ready (RR). This is because it is common practice to spray them with Roundup's active ingredient glyphosate, putting them in the same category of glyphosate contaminated crops which includes RR GM soy, corn and canola.
Why must oats be sprayed? Known as pre-harvest desiccation, glyphosate is sprayed on oat crops right before their harvest, ostensibly to increase product uniformity and yield, and to save time in harvesting.
#1471985 --- 06/07/1502:54 AMRe: State of the Science of the Health Risks of GMO Food
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is starting from scratch when it comes to assessing GE crops — and the agency is asking for input. Weigh in before June 22!
#1471990 --- 06/07/1503:29 AMRe: State of the Science of the Health Risks of GMO Food
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New Study Shows Organic Farmers Make Considerably More Money Than Their “Conventional” Counterparts
By Nick Meyer - June 5, 2015
According to a new study from the Washington State University Professor of Entomology David Crowder, organic farming is far more profitable these days than “conventional” farming.
Results from his latest meta-analysis of more than 120 studies on the economics of organic farming found that organic farmers typically earn between 22% and 35% more than conventional farmers.
“Public perception is that if you’re doing organic, maybe you’re sacrificing financial sustainability, but we show that’s really not the case,” says Crowder in this article from Independent Science News. “If you’re getting a 30% margin on your competitors, that would be the envy of almost any business.”