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A win for Monsanto on GMO crops - High Country News Most Recent

Jodi Peterson — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A "Roundup" of news about genetically-modified crops and their apparently unstoppable rise.

Boulder-based OPX Biotechnologies signs development agreement with Evonik Industries - Denver Post: Business

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Boulder-based OPX Biotechnologies signs development agreement with Evonik Industries

Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes - azcentral.com | business

John Miller — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BOISE, Idaho -- A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to approve five varieties of biotech potatoes. They're engineered not to develop ugly black bruises. McDonald's, which gets many of its fries from Simplot, rejects those. They're also designed to have less of a natural but potentially cancer-causing neurotoxin, acrylamide.

Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes - Denver Post: National News Headlines

By JOHN MILLER Associated Press — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BOISE, Idaho—A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.

Carroll: My love/hate affair with Whole Foods - Denver Post: Opinion

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Now you've gone and done it, Whole Foods. You've made my love/hate relationship with you even more complicated.

'Food Freedom, Organics, and The Dangers of GMO's' event taking place today in Avon - Vail Colorado: Editorials

Daily staff report newsroom@vaildaily.com VAIL CO, Colorado — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:30:00 GMT

This evening, Freedom and Liberty Eagle County; That's Natural, a Colorado-based company teaching people about how their dollar affects the outcomes of local markets; and GMO Free Colorado join forces to explore and expose the F ...

CU-Boulder hoping for $6M to continue work on biotech building - Denver Post: Business

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT

CU-Boulder hoping for $6M to continue work on biotech building

CU biotech building would get $6 million under state budget proposal - Headlines: All Headlines

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT

An early version of the state's budget bill proposes doling out $6 million to the University of Colorado's Boulder campus so the school can finish building academic labs and classrooms in its biotechnology building.

Why Whole Foods decided to label genetically modified foods - Denver Post: Food

This month, Whole Foods became the first retailer in the country to announce that it would require its more than 300 stores to label all food containing genetically modified ingredients.

Whole Foods promises all genetically modified foods will be labled - Denver Post: Business

By The Associated Press — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Whole Foods promises all genetically modified foods will be labled

Colorado ponders labels for genetically engineered food - Denver Post: All Political News

The Associated Press — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Required labels for genetically engineered food are under consideration in Colorado.

High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court - azcentral.com | business

MARK SHERMAN — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the 75-year-old Indiana farmer figured out a way to benefit from a high-technology product -- soybeans that are resistant to weed-killers -- without always paying the high price that such genetically engineered seeds typically bring. In so doing, he ignited a legal fight with seed-giant Monsanto Co. that has now come before the Supreme Court, with arguments taking place Tuesday.

Boulder Rep. Jared Polis to announce GMO labeling bill at Alfalfa's this week - Denver Post: All Political News

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder, this week will announce his introduction of a federal bill that would require food containing genetically modified organisms to be clearly identified. Polis will hold a news conference announcing the bill at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Alfalfa's Market, 1651 Broadway.

The Maize Manifesto - Grassroots International

Carol Schachet — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Subheadline: Mexican farmers say "No!" to GM corn Outside Author Bio: A partner of Grassroots International, UNORCA provides technical assistance in natural resource management, marketing, and implementation of projects and programs for productive enterprises, rural development, human and indigenous rights and agrarian issues for peasant and indigenous peoples’ organizations. In addition to its national agenda, UNORCA is one of the leading organizations of the Via Campesina – North America which struggles for a sustainable and farmer and farmworker-oriented agriculture, for a dignified life in the countryside and for peoples’ food sovereignty. Outside Author: National Union of Autonomous Regional Peasant Organizations Below is a letter from the National Union of Autonomous Regional Peasant Organizations (UNORCA) to officials in Mexico. UNORCA members began a hunger strike last week to prevent Monsanto from large-scale planting of genetically modified corn. They ...

Carroll: Greenpeace's war on world health - Denver Post: Opinion

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

If there's anything more annoying than a huckster, it's a self-righteous huckster working for a group that campaigns to keep impoverished kids from getting the nutrition they need.

FDA ruling on GMO salmon worries Alaska fishermen - From the Blogs

Marshall Swearingen — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Fast-growing farmed salmon could hurt a salmon economy already facing other threats

What to know about GMOs - Durango Herald

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

If you want to get involved locally in creating healthier food and laws that guarantee it, Julie Meadows is starting a group to fight genetically modified foods.

FDA: Genetically modified salmon unlikely to harm environment - Denver Post: Business

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

FDA: Genetically modified salmon unlikely to harm environment

FDA says fast-growing fish would not harm nature - azcentral.com | business

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- Federal health regulators say a genetically modified salmon that grows twice as fast as normal is unlikely to harm the environment, clearing the way for the first approval of a scientifically engineered animal for human consumption. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday released its environmental assessment of the AquaAdvantage salmon, a faster-growing fish which has been subject to a contentious, yearslong debate at the agency. The document concludes that the fish "will not have any significant impacts on the quality of the human environment of the United States." Regulators also said that the fish is unlikely to harm populations of natural salmon, a key concern for environmental activists.

GMO foes want you to say no - Durango Herald

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Julie James Ott figures shes half way to eliminating genetically modified organisms from the scratch she feeds 450 layer hens at the family ranch in the north Animas Valley.

Maker of genetically modified salmon may sink if FDA doesn't act soon - Denver Post: Business

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Maker of genetically modified salmon may sink if FDA doesn't act soon

Agrichemical companies power up genetically modified seeds - High Country News Most Recent

Danielle Venton — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

The next generation of engineered seeds will escalate herbicide spraying, with potentially large environmental consequences.

What's a "natural food," really? - Denver Post: Opinion

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers are made from flour, oil, milk, and salt, and not much else. The cheddar variety is "baked with real cheese" and contains no artificial preservatives. But are these crucian crackers really "natural," as the package claims?

North Dakota adds farmer protection to state constitution - Durango Herald

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

BISMARCK, N.D. Voters in heavily agriculture-dependent North Dakota became the first to enshrine the right to farm in their state constitution, a move that some say could have far-reaching effects on genetic modification, land use and the way animals are raised.

California food ballot measure could have national impact - Salt Lake Tribune

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

by Erika Bolstad Mcclatchy Newspapers Published Nov 3, 2012 07:13PM MDT Washington • California has long shaped agricultural and environmental practices nationwide, and an initiative on Tuesday’s ballot could frame the growing national movement over labeling foods containing genetically engineered ingredients. Such ingredients come from crops - in particular soybeans and corn - that have had their DNA scientifically altered by genes from other plants, animals, viruses or bacteria. California voters will decide Tuesday whether they want to require food with genetica... ...