UK government consultation on GMO — so-called "precision bred"(!) — seeds and plants is closing soon. Vital opportunity to ensure #GMO #seeds and plant materials are listed in the national seeds listing and labelled on seed packets, so growers know what they're planting! https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20532
Engineered yeast boosts D-lactic acid production, advancing eco-friendly biomanufacturing
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-yeast-boosts-d-lactic-acid.html
Most of the "media" failed the Orwellian Propaganda test today. Utterly shameful display of misinformation by the Fake News industry.
So many unemployed biologists/scientists, but they shun them to produce crap instead.
Gene-edited cane toad that never grows up created to eat its siblings
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-04-08/cane-toad-created-that-never-grows-up-and-eats-its-siblings/105100286
#ycombinator #Can_you_stop_cane_toads #Cane_toads #GMO #Gene_deletion #How_to_stop_cane_toads #Cannibal_cane_toads #Cane_toad_control #Peter_Pan #Peter_Pan_cane_toads #Peter_pane_cane_toad #toadpols #invasive_species
Another protest today against the deregulation of new GMOs — this one in front of the European Commission building in Sofia, Bulgaria 
90% of Bulgarians do not want old or new GMOs and, like other Europeans, want the right to continue to choose #GMO-FREE food and seeds.
India’s Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi: Today, the majority of India’s cotton is #GMO Bt cotton—controlled by foreign firms like #Monsanto. Our indigenous cotton varieties are disappearing, our water usage (needed for Bt cotton) is unsustainable, and our farmers remain underpaid. We need to invest in indigenous cotton... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZm4C1tiQlM
Este estudio muestra la presencia de #glifosato en agua y suelo; con mayor concentración en aguas subterráneas de sitios con cultivo de #maíz y calabaza, y en suelos agrícolas con soya #transgénica (cuya siembra es ilegal en #Mexico), frijol y maíz
El grupo de científicos mexicanos comprometidos con el ambiente y la salud evaluó las concentraciones de glifosato en aguas subterráneas, aguas superficiales y suelos en 9 localidades de 5 estados
Bt cotton seed price hike: Experts call for review as yields decline and pest attacks rise. #GMO cotton farmers complain of very poor yields, high incidence of pink bollworm infestations, increased pesticide use, low quality cotton, and other myriad issues. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/bt-cotton-seed-price-hike-experts-call-for-review-as-yields-decline-and-pest-attacks-rise
“The struggle for seed sovereignty is a battle against corporate control over our livelihoods and food systems. We celebrate the decision not only as a victory for farmers but as a reaffirmation of our rights to save & exchange seeds without interference.” #Africa #gmo #seeds https://nation.africa/kenya/health/activists-praise-court-ruling-against-gmos-call-for-alternative-farming-methods-4986948
#MustWatch video from The Guardian, in which Neelam Tailor exposes how billionaires like Bill Gates are destroying Africa's agriculture. #gmo #pesticides #seeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO3-xkVACgE
Our latest GMWatch Review has all the latest news on the ongoing deregulation battles in the European Union, the UK and New Zealand, including the fights over the lack of safety checks, traceability and labelling, and the impact of patents and #GMO contamination.
https://gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/news-reviews/20530-review-580-new-gmos-deregulation
Our latest @GMWatch Review has all the latest news on the ongoing deregulation battles in the European Union, the UK and New Zealand, including the fights over the lack of safety checks, traceability and labelling, and the impact of patents, corporate control, and #GMO contamination. https://gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/news-reviews/20530-review-580-new-gmos-deregulation
Monarch populations have begun dropping significantly due to loss of their primary host plant, the milkweed. This loss is caused by a widespread use of herbicides in agriculture, specifically #glyphosate on #GMO crops. https://ungvanguard.org/41298/news/monarch-butterfly-populations-drop-linked-to-habitat-loss-and-pesticides/
The EU could soon approve new legislation that facilitates unregulated application of New #GMO Techniques (NGT) to not just farm crops but ALL plant species—including all wild plants!! Please sign this brand new petition by highly regarded ecologists that calls for NO deregulation
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-4-do-not-deregulate-new-genomic-techniques-ngt-for-wild-plants-EN?akid=s5846733..8WVNOB
Genetically Modified Crops
What narratives around genetically modified crops persist? What is the role of the state in pro-biotech frames? What tools can we employ to explore marginalized perspectives?
Examine the open access scholarship on genetically modified crops!
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
#GMO #Biotech #GeneticallyModified #GreenRevolution #InVitroMeat #Ecofeminism #ReadingList
Trump wants India to buy US corn—but here's why it probably won't. Doing so would threaten food security and flood local markets with heavily-subsidised imports. "It's a question of the livelihoods of millions of Indians versus the interests of US agribusiness." Pushing India to lower farm tariffs, cut price support and open up to #GMO crops ignores the fundamental asymmetry, experts argue. "In some cases US subsidies exceed 100% of production costs." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c204q6n0lzvo
Members of the EP Environment Committee cannot allow ownership of peasant and traditional seeds to be stolen by the patents of a few multinational seed companies!
The European Parliament must not approve the negotiating mandate to open the trilogue on new GMOs!
#StopNewGMO
#GMO #NGT #StopGMO
@DefendingUNDROP @Duarte_carlos @infogm @GMWatch @socialter @Reporterre @apache_be @greenpeace @bastamedia @Attac @LDH_Fr
More GMO-free municipalities in Italy: Acqui Terme becomes the first in Piedmont
to declare itself #NEWGMO FREE. The motion commits it to taking all necessary measures to combat the entry of old-style and new #GMO foods & crops. It's the largest city to date to approve the text proposed by @Associazione_Rurale_Italiana & CICrocevia, who are concerned not just by the ecological and health risks but the development of patented products managed by a few multinationals. https://biodiversitacontadina.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/acqui-terme-primo-comune-del-piemonte-a-dichiararsi-libero-da-nuovi-ogm/
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