Blog Entries about Industry Legislation

GMOs are, without a doubt, the most important issue of our generation. The decisions made now will have a decisive and irreversible impact on food security and health for uncountable numbers of generations in the future. Following a drawn out legal challenge to biotech industries by concerned farmers, the USDA recently announced that they are considering total or partial deregulation of GM alfalfa. Please educate yourself about this vital issue. Keep Reading →

Just in, the Food Safety Modernization Act, SB 510, was passed by the Senate this morning along with the critical Manager's Amendment which protects small farms.

The bill marks the most sweeping overhaul of food safety regulations in nearly a century. It will require improved planning and record-keeping by food producers and processors and will allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make mandatory recalls of contaminated food. The bill exempts small farms from the regulation. Keep Reading →

You may have heard – there's been a big victory for food labeling. A federal court overturned a ban on labeling milk that hasn't been treated with bovine growth hormone as “rbGH free,” “rbST free” or “artificial hormone free.” (1)

The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Ohio state labeling ban last week.(2) Food-safety advocates and health conscious individuals are hopeful the case will bring attention to all food-labeling issues, such as the lack of mandatory labeling in the U.S. of genetically engineered foods. Keep Reading →

Yesterday was International Non-GMO Day. Were you able to avoid genetically modified foods for an entire day? That would mean skipping non-organic dairy, corn, soy, canola oil and beet sugar. Are you starting to see the little butterfly symbol with "Non-GMO Project" next to it on food products in the stores?

I'm hoping that more and more consumers become educated about GMOs this October which is Non-GMO Month all month long. Keep Reading →