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GMO backlash threatens beet farmers as foodmakers swap sugars

In this recent Ag Week article, GMO sugar beets are said to be experiencing the full brunt of public distrust over GM foods. The …

It’s hard to conceptualize the speed with which our capacity to unlock the genomes of living creatures and study the DNA …

Four years into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, some Americans are losing confidence that the conventional …

A broad coalition of family farmers, independent seed companies, and NGO's representing the organic community brought suit against …

Editor's note (5-4-2011): Some of the comments below indicate the opinion that this particular post was not accurate or properly …

February 04, 2011 Word just came that the ban on planting transgenic (GMO) sugar beets has been lifted. "US agricultural …

“Ecology is permanent economy”— Sunderlal Bahuguna, environmental activist and active crusader in the Chipko Movement Dr. …

Continuing with our Seeds of Life series, Willamette Valley organic seed breeder, Frank Morton, explains the benefits of open …

June 11, 2010 In Skara, Sweden, the genetically modified Amflora potato is being grown for its starch content, not food. But the …

Don't overlook Malawi! In Seedling Magazine, a recent article about this tiny east African country that faces big battles ahead …