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Mayan People’s Movement Defeats Monsanto Law in Guatemala

Pa'Ris'Ha's photo.

September 11, 2014, upsidedownworld.org | “On September 4th, after ten days of widespread street protests against the biotech giant Monsanto’s expansion into Guatemalan territory, groups of indigenous people joined by social movements, trade unions and farmer and women’s organizations won a victory when congress finally repealed the legislation that had been approved in June.”

Ami Linden shared a photo to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline.
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YES!! Keep it going….
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Häagen-Dazs says no to synbio

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August 26, 2014, www.foe.org | “Ice cream lovers who prefer to steer clear of genetically modified organisms (GMO) will be happy to hear that Häagen-Dazs has confirmed it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques.”

Häagen-Dazs says no to synbio
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Ice cream companies reject “extreme” genetically engineered vanilla WASHINGTON, D.C.—Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla…
ny Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, ge – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf

GMO food labeling initiative approved for Colorado ballot proposition

August 20, 2014, www.denverpost.com | “A proposition seeking the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms will be on the November ballot, the Colorado Secretary of State said Wednesday.

BREAKING NEWS: GMO Food Labeling Initiative Approved for Colorado November Ballot! YES WE DID! Yes on 105! Now they need your donations to take on Monsanto and the GMA! Learn more here: http://dpo.st/XBauJF

Chip in to help defeat Monsanto here: http://bit.ly/1nPCQth

#labelGMOs #righttoknow #GMOs #yeson105 Right To Know Colorado – GMO

Why conservationists need a little hope: saving themselves from becoming the most depressing scientists on the planet

August 19, 2014, news.mongabay.com | “Here’s a challenge: take a conservationist out for a drink and ask them about their work. Nine times out of ten—or possibly more—you’ll walk away feeling frustrated, despondent, and utterly hopeless. You’ll hear about rainforests being chopped down for palm oil or chopsticks; or a just-discovered species that probably just went extinct; or a government that is worse than ambivalent: corrupt; or a shadowy corporation that’s doing some horrific thing to ecosystems and local people just to make greedy shareholders happy.”

Here’s a great article about why to support the kind of cheerleading that we do at Good News for the Earth —
interviews with top conservation biologists
Why conservationists need a little hope
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the human brain is wired to try harder only when there is reason to believe that those efforts will make a difference. — The Sword of Damocles over our head is not the right image
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Fish and Wildlife Service Agrees to Phase-out Genetically Engineered Crops and Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides on National Refuges

July 31, 2014, www.organicconsumers.org | “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will phase out the use of genetically engineered (GE) crops to feed wildlife and ban neonicotinoid insecticides from all wildlife refuges nationwide by January 2016. The FWS decision, announced via internal memoranda obtained by Center for Food Safety (CFS), follows a longstanding grassroots, legal, and policy campaign by CFS and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to end the harmful practices. This announcement builds on a previously announced decision to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides from refuges in the Pacific Region.”

TOGETHER WE CAN
All wildlife refuges nationwide will be free of genetically engineered animal feed and neonicotinoids by 2016. Read more about this most recent environmental victory: http://orgcns.org/VgwW8G — with Sozial Umdenken.

Syngenta withdraws application to use banned pesticide linked to bee harm

July 4, 2014, www.theguardian.com | “Pesticide maker Syngenta has withdrawn an “emergency” application to use a banned insecticide on up to a third of all oilseed rape in the UK. The U-turn follows a major outcry from green campaigners but the company blamed the government for failing to make a decision in time for crop sowing.”

Good News For The Bees!
Good news for the bees!
Syngenta announced it will withdraw its application to use banned pesticide. Read more here: http://grnpc.org/Ig0ES

Scientist switches from developing GMOs to breeding organic cotton

Jane Dever, organic cotton breeder at Texas A&M AgriLife Research

May 29, 2014, www.non-gmoreport.com | “It’s rare that a plant breeder goes from developing genetically modified crops at a major biotechnology company to breeding varieties for organic and non-GMO farmers. Jane Dever, associate professor at Texas A&M’s AgriLife Research and Extension Center, is unique in having done just that. As global cotton breeding manager for Bayer CropScience, Dever put GM traits into cotton plants. Now she focuses on keeping GM traits out of organic cotton varieties. ”

Scientist switches from developing GMOs to breeding organic cotton
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Jane Dever developed GMOs at Bayer CropScience but now breeds organic cotton varieties at Texas A&M University’s…

National Momentum Building On Labeling GMO Foods

May 27, 2014, notinmyfood.org | “The national drumbeat about genetically engineered food is getting louder. And each one of you who talk about, share on your networks, or take action to label GMO foods is helping bang the drum.”

Kevin Village-Stone shared a link via Indigenous Environmental Network.
National Momentum Building On Labeling GMO Foods | Not In My Food
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The national drumbeat about genetically engineered food is getting louder. And each one of you who talk about, share on…

Agriculture Minister defends attendance at protest against GM food

Agriculture Minister special guest at GM protest rallyMay 26, 2014, www.abc.net.au | “Minister Leon Bignell joined a crowd of about 200 people at the ‘March Against Monsanto’ rally on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide. Although the protest targeted the American biotechnology company Monsanto, it called for a global boycott of GM produce.”

Agriculture Minister defends attendance at protest against GM food
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South Australia’s Agriculture Minister has attended a rally against genetically modified food.

 

March Against Monsanto protests held in Brevard

May 24, 2014, www.floridatoday.com | “Protests against the Monsanto Company in Melbourne and Cocoa Beach were just two of over 400 protests in 50 countries in six contents against a corporation they believe has prioritized financial gain over the general’s public health by not only producing food with genetically modified organisms but also leading the fight to prevent food that has been genetically modified from being labeled as such.”

“March Against Monsanto protests in Brevard, Melbourne, Coco Beach, FL.
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Protests against the Monsanto Company in Melbourne and Cocoa Beach were just two of over 400 protests in 50…”