In the US vs Mexico GMO corn tussle, USA team GMO wields “scientifically based” as a cudgel to beat back other arguments. AMLO policies, says USA, are “not based on science,” claims about health are “spurious” with “no scientific basis.” “[Mexico’s] decisions need to be based on science – and this is not.” Although theContinue reading “GMO ban not “scientifcally based”?”
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FOOD FIGHT! Mexico vs USA
Food sovereignty battle on, right now: US Agriculture threatening Mexico over Mexico’s looming ban on importing US-grown genetically modified (GM) corn, and use of its companion herbicide, glyphosate. Mexico wants to control the planting and import of GM corn that’s been engineered to work with glyphosate. The US wants unrestricted ability to sell its GMContinue reading “FOOD FIGHT! Mexico vs USA”
Ag and Food Mythmaking Goes On
Greenwashing stories of ag science No, this isn’t a poster from the ’50’s, when just maybe, you might have seen a farm like this in the US. It’s a full-wall poster on display right now, December 2022, at the US Botanical Gardens in Washington DC, part of an exhibit called “Cultivate: Growing Food in aContinue reading “Ag and Food Mythmaking Goes On”
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