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Some people wrongly believe that the #EU is GMO-free. Actually, #GMOs do enter the European market, either as food, feed or seeds. However, only authorised products are allowed, and they must follow specific labelling requirements. 🏷️
My colleagues at #JRC have surveyed official control laboratories across Europe: what did they find? In 2022, a total of 15,700 samples were analysed: food and seed samples were negative in the vast majority of cases, but many #feed samples contained GMOs. Luckily, most of them were compliant with the labelling rules, and GMOs unauthorised in the EU were rarely detected. 📊
Our team continues to work to facilitate the exchange of data and resources among EU labs, supporting harmonized and effective monitoring across Member States. 🇪🇺
Full article: Long-term monitoring of GMOs in EU food and feed: a multi-national survey to optimize enforcement strategies
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645698.2026.2668239 -
So, this is a timely topic! From the latest issue of #InTheseTimes! The connection between Amazon Deforestation and CEO land grabs in the Western United States -- bought with blood money!
Fortress Yellowstone
The #UltraRich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact #ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological #SacrificeZones around the world
by Joseph Bullington, April 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Some of these ultra-rich ranch owners celebrate the natural beauty of their land and are ardent conservationists when it comes to the Yellowstone ecosystem. In digging into their business dealings, however, I found that most of these landowners accumulated their wealth through industries that help drive the destruction of nature elsewhere. Their ranks include private equity investors, oil and gas billionaires and real estate developers. "[...]
"Now, instead of forests full of fruits and animals and mandioca clearings, industrial soy plantations press in on #Açaizal like a closing fist. There is no escape from the onslaught of #monoculture. Manoel shows me where rows of broken cornstalks run right up against the edge of the community’s soccer field, which the soy farmers also want to plow. The soybeans and corn, like those in the United States, are genetically engineered to withstand the #herbicides and #pesticides the farmers dump on them to beat back weeds and pests, but the chemicals drift, says Manoel, making it impossible to grow fruits and vegetables and #mandioca nearby. The streams run low and full of poison."
Read more:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/yellowstone-billionaires-conservation-montana-deforest-amazon#Billionaires #UberRich #CEOs #AmazonDeforestation #BigAg #SoybeanProduction #IndustralSoybeans #PoisoningTheAmazon #GMOs #Monoculture #Deforestation #Cargill #HomeDepot #SoyPlantations #SaveTheForest #SaveTheRainforest #Earth4All #DSA #DemocraticSocialism #ReadItBeforeItsBanned #TaxTheRich #NoTaxHavens #EatTheRich #YeetTheRich #BigCorporations
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Beyond GM's legal team has identified potential violations of the Human Rights Act, the Aarhus Convention and the Habitats Directive. They say the regulations also exceed Parliamentary authorisation by preventing safety testing. Polls show 80% of UK consumers want all #GMOs clearly labelled and traceable.
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New Zealand’s governing coalition’s radical reform of the gene tech sector in doubt as talks prove fruitless. Coalition partners debating controversial deregulation plans — with NZ First refusing to support the bill if it enables the environmental release of #GMOs https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/05/particularly-complex-gene-tech-bill-in-doubt-as-coalition-talks-hit-brick-wall/
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@GMWatch/116048129760447606
Despite the risks of combining the substances, the US Environmental Protection Agency has twice approved it for use on food crops. The compound is annually spread on around 4.5 million acres of fields in which genetically engineered corn, soybeans and cotton are grown. #GMO #GMOs
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Hybrid #megapests evolving in #Brazil are a threat to #crops worldwide
Two extremely damaging crop pests have interbred to create hybrids resistant to more than one #pesticide that could cause serious problems in many countries
By Michael Le Page
23 January 2026"It was thought that H. armigera and H. zea couldn’t interbreed, but in 2018 genetic analysis revealed a few hybrids between the species. Jiggins and his colleagues have now analysed the genome of nearly 1000 moths collected in Brazil over the past decade.
"They found that a third of H. armigera now carry genes providing resistance to the Bt toxin – and they got these genes from H. zea. Bt maize was first introduced in North America in the 1990s, where some H. zea strains evolved resistance. These resistance genes seem to have spread to South America and now crossed species. As yet, the hybrid H. armigera haven’t been a major problem, says Jiggins, but that could change as resistance spreads.
"The transfer has gone both ways – nearly all H. zea in Brazil now have a gene conferring resistance to a class of insecticides called pyrethroids that was acquired from H. armigera. 'We’re just sort of blown away by how rapidly it’s happened,' says Jiggins.
" 'With global connectivity and climate change together lowering barriers to species’ range expansions, such megapests are likely to be an increasing global problem, as is the escalating rate of biological invasions more generally,' says Angela McGaughran at the University of Waikato in New Zealand."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/cgped#Soybeans #PesticideResistance #SoybeanCrops #CottonBollworm #CornEarworm #HybridInsects #GMOs #InvasiveSpecies
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By abandoning risk assessment, labelling and traceability on the vast majority of new #GMOs in the EU, this deeply flawed political deal undermines the precautionary principle and deprives farmers, the food sector and consumers of the right to know and to choose. At the same time, it opens the door to an expansion of #patents on plants, threatening farmers and small and medium-sized breeders and the resilience of the European food system. https://www.enga.org/newsdetails/coreper-supports-the-trilogue-deal/
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The European Council will vote tomorrow on new regulations regarding new #GMOs (NGTs). If they approve the current proposal, large, global corporations will be able to apply for #patents, giving them significant control over our food supply. https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-europa-geef-de-macht-over-onze-voedselketen-niet-uit-handen~bea1b49a/
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Doing a little course planning or looking for reading list additions? Revisit the Canadian Food Studies book reviews for some inspiration!
Start with Taarini Chopra’s review of Growing Resistance: Canadian Farmers and the Politics of Genetically Modified Wheat by Emily Eaton.
https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v1i1.38Then pair it with Annabel Soutar’s theatre play, Seeds, which brings genetically modified crops into the realm of documentary theatre.
https://porteparole.org/en/plays/seeds/#FoodStudies
#FoodBooks
#Theater
#DocumentaryTheatre
#GMOs
#GeneticallyModifiedFoods
#Wheat
#Farming
#Farmers
#Agriculture
#FoodPolitics
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Check out our latest Review—on GLOBAL RESISTANCE to #GMOs, taking in Gates-funded #GMO mozzies being terminated in Burkina Faso, a major victory in the US courts for GMO labelling, more BIG court victories in India and South Africa, and so much more! https://gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/news-reviews/20610-review-592-resistance-to-gmos
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Modern farming and government support have dramatically increased crop productivity, especially in rice, helping the world avoid food shortages despite climate challenges and opposition to technology like GMOs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/06/world/rice-can-feed-the-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #rice #grain #agriculture #hunger #gmos #food
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Because nothing screams progress like a 10,000-year-old farming technique dressed up in a lab coat 👨🔬🌾. Meanwhile, Nigeria bravely steps into the future by accepting GMOs—because why let pesky concerns like "safety" or "ethics" get in the way of a good biotech PR campaign? 😂🌍
https://www.asimov.press/p/nigeria-crops #progressivefarming #GMOs #biotechnology #ethics #agricultureinnovation #HackerNews #ngated -
Check out our new Review for all the latest on the deregulation battles over new #GMOs, and the patenting, safety, labelling and detection issues that go with them. Also, a major new #GMO failure, plus who's aboard the new GMO gravy train 🚂🤑🤑🤑 https://gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/news-reviews/20601-review-590-new-gmos
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Farmers' seeds in danger — worldwide! Alliance of German 🧑🌾 farmers' groups and ✝️ development organisations demands protection of farmers' rights and of #GMO FREE conventional and organic agriculture — from the threat of untested, unlabelled and patented new #GMOs ☣️ https://www.misereor.de/en/presse/press-releases/thanksgiving-farmers-seeds-in-danger-worldwide
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Have you heard our EU Watchdog Radio podcast episode about the push to deregulate #GMOs? Biotech lobbies want to remove safety checks, labelling requirements and oversight for new GMOs — all under the banner of ' #deregulation'. 📲 Listen to it now wherever you get your podcasts.
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In our latest Review we cover all the latest trainwrecks emanating from the agbiotech industry — and there are plenty! We also report on the resistance to #GMOs around the world and the battle for food and seed sovereignty. Check out all the local & global news 👉 https://gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/news-reviews/20568
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🚫 No #GMOs through the back door!
The EU plans to allow untested, unlabelled #newGMOs in our fields and on our plates.
Only the EU🇪🇺 Parliament supports traceability and labelling, but this is now at risk. Email your MEPs now to protect our safety and right to choose 👇
https://demeter.net/no-gmos-through-the-back-door/
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🌾 Bitter harvest 🌾
30 years after the first #GMO crops hit the fields, their promises — like feeding the world and cutting chemicals — mostly failed. This new website exposes the broken biotech promises that were going to solve our food and farming problems. Time for a fairer food system✊
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Hundreds of people - including Centro Internazionale Crocevia and @Associazione_Rurale_Italiana and led by Cambiare il Campo - took to the streets over the weekend in Parma🇮🇹, right where the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is headquartered, to protest the proposed deregulation of new #GMOs (NGTs). They were opposing all attempts to remove traceability, labelling, and risk assessment for genetically modified and patented lab organisms! https://www.facebook.com/croceviaterra/posts/pfbid05Q9g4JBEhNaqV5TU3yHBUovMUM87LNdEcUpFvTurcvNNwCVfAYv3HJFtcghW5NLql
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𝗘𝗡 | 🧬🤑😈 New patented #GMOs, seed marketing reform: An attack on peasant agriculture in Europe 🚜🌾🇪🇺
➡️ https://www.eurovia.org/publications/new-patented-gmos-seed-marketing-reform-an-attack-on-peasant-agriculture-in-europe𝗘𝗦 | 🧬🤑😈 Nuevos #OMG patentados, reforma de la comercialización de semillas: Un ataque a la agricultura campesina en Europa 🚜🌾🇪🇺
➡️ https://www.eurovia.org/es/publicaciones/nuevos-omg-patentados-reforma-de-la-comercializacion-de-semillas-un-ataque-a-la-agricultura-campesina-en-europa𝗙𝗥 | 🧬🤑😈 Nouveaux #OGM brevetés, réforme de la commercialisation des semences : Une attaque contre l’agriculture paysanne en Europe 🚜🌾🇪🇺
➡️ https://www.eurovia.org/fr/publications/nouveaux-ogm-brevetes-reforme-de-la-commercialisation-des-semences-une-attaque-contre-lagriculture-paysanne-en-europe -
The UK govt promises industry that regulators will never find out if a “new #GMO” harms health or the environment. “The govt’s banning regulators from requiring any tests that could reveal risks arising from these gene-edited #GMOs goes against every scientific principle.” — Professor Michael Antoniou, King’s College London https://gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/20550-uk-government-promises-industry-it-will-never-find-out-if-a-new-gmo-harms-health-or-environment
