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 of new #GMO (NGT) wild plants. Please spread & support widely. Help protect our natural genetic resources in an era of mass extinction!
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!

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#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
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#GMO #Biotech #GeneticallyModified #GreenRevolution #InVitroMeat #Ecofeminism #ReadingList

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/search/index?query=genetically+modified+crops&dateFromYear=&dateFromMonth=&dateFromDay=&dateToYear=&dateToMonth=&dateToDay=&authors=

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

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/

The cultivation of indigenous cotton crops in India could create a more resilient, ethical and climate-conscious supply chain. But first, they need to be reintroduced to its agriculture because water- and chemical-intensive #GMO Bt cotton helped stamp them out. https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/sustainability/indias-native-cotton-was-stamped-out-can-it-be-revived

Heard about the Impossible Burger? It ‘bleeds’ like beef, but it’s made in a lab with #GMO yeast & soy This fake meat is now pushed for direct human consumption in the EU . For more on this, explore this cool Friends of the Earth Europe infographic https://friendsoftheearth.eu/impossible-burger/#0

#china #gmo #transplants

Surgeons transplant genetically modified pig liver into Chinese patient https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/26/surgeons-transplant-genetically-modified-pig-liver-into-chinese-patient

Punjab Agricultural University to promote indigenous high-yield varieties to revive cotton crop in Malwa—the cotton belt of India. Due to pest attacks and other problems affecting #GMO Bt cotton, last year’s cotton acreage was the lowest ever. Unlike Bt cotton, farmers can use the seeds of desi (indigenous) cotton every year, so reducing input costs. PAU vice-chancellor Satbir Singh Gosal says desi cotton is commercially viable and resistant to deadly whitefly attacks. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/pau-to-promote-indigenous-varieties-to-revive-cotton-crop-in-malwa-belt-101742758236641.html/

In a flash of nationalism, Mexico bans the planting of genetically modified corn

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-03-13/mexico-bans-planting-of-gmo-american-corn

https://archive.ph/3q2zE

Mexico bans planting of #GMO corn seeds to protect native species. Agricultural experts and Mexican officials say the measure will have sweeping implications for global agriculture, trade and food sovereignty, reports CGTN America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCEZDIgpCW4

EFSA proposal to weaken risk assessment for "new #GMO" (NGT) animals fails to protect human and animal health, the environment, and animal welfare, says @GeneWatch https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20526-efsa-proposal-to-weaken-risk-assessment-for-new-gm-animals-threatens-animal-welfare

Kenya Court Rules Against #GMO Corn Imports, Major Win for Food Sovereignty. Advocates across the globe continue to push for a world beyond the use of toxic pesticides, leaning into the importance of #Indigenous food systems based in #agroecology and autonomy. https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2025/03/kenya-court-rules-against-gmo-corn-imports-major-win-for-food-sovereignty/

New genetic engineering in farmed animals: critical review. Inadequate regulation of new #GMO (NGT) animals will result in an increase in the number of animal experiments, animal losses and animal suffering; plus #patents on gene-edited need to be banned, warns Testbiotech. https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20527

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4HwF3tU5g

#FLORIDA #food

#orange groves may soon be no more

#foodproducers

That video was sort of soundbite-ish, and it seemed to me that the vague ending of the vid suggests #GMO as the answer. It's not!

#StopGMO Investigation @euobserver
Unpacking EU’s food fight over new gene-edited #GMO #NewGMO crops
https://euobserver.com/green-economy/areabaa9a3

#StopNewGMO
#UNDROP #PeasantsRights #RightToSeeds #NoPatentsOnSeeds @DefendingUNDROP @Duarte_carlos @GMWatch @testbiotech @Associazione_Rurale_Italiana @corporateeurope @GRAIN @infogm

#GMO Bt cotton has been repeatedly devastated by pests in India. But instead of studying successful alternatives, agricultural scientists keep promoting it. Gag orders have even been used against scientists who question this harmful technology, says food policy analyst Devinder Sharma. https://www.bizzbuzz.news/opinion/dalal-farming-can-chart-a-new-environ-friendly-route-for-cotton-farmers-and-liberate-them-from-cotton-curse-1355315

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