We have a great post going up tomorrow morning on the USDA’s recent approval of Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) — “genetically engineered” (“GE”) if you live in Europe — sugar beets and GM alfalfa from Ken Roseboro, editor of The Organic & Non-GMO Report. It will cover health concerns (based on scientific studies), environmental concerns, legal concerns, considerable threats to organic farmers and consumers, and the USDA’s decision to ignore public concerns and comments from hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens. But I wanted to chime in on this with a few comments of my own.
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Monsanto GMO Sugar Beets to be Destroyed, According to Judgeβs Orders
Have you been following the continuing Monsanto sugar beet saga? The FDA approved the genetically modified sugar beets back in 2005, then in 2009 a judge in San Francisco ruled [ … ]