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GMO Labeling Proposed Rule Fails to Ensure Meaningful Standard

July 3, 2018

The members of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) care deeply about ensuring the integrity of agricultural product labeling claims on behalf of consumers and producers. For this reason, NSAC submitted comments in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) GMO Labeling Proposed Rule. Today is the last day to submit comments. Many of the […]

Filed Under: Marketing and Labeling

Making Sense of the GMO Labeling Proposed Rule

May 14, 2018

The long awaited GMO labeling proposed rule is finally out for public comment. As you may recall from prior posts, Congress had previously directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to set up a national disclosure standard for “bioengineered” (aka genetically modified “GMO” or genetically engineered “GE” ) foods by July […]

Filed Under: Marketing and Labeling

GMO Labeling Compromise Passes Preliminary Vote

June 30, 2016

The ongoing legislative battle around the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has reached a turning point. Despite serious concerns about confusing, inconsistent language and potential loopholes that would limit the bill’s scope being raised in a June 27 Food and Drug Administration’s Technical Assistance document prepared for Congress, a GMO […]

Filed Under: General Interest

Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of GE Crop Production Raise Concerns

May 27, 2016

While the issue of GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling is certainly an important one, there are many other concerns with genetically engineered (GE) crops and food of importance to the sustainable agriculture movement, and that are often at risk of being overshadowed by the labeling debate. A prime example of this are questions regarding the […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Energy & Environment, Research, Education & Extension

GMO Labeling Debate Heating Up in Senate

March 2, 2016

The debate over genetically engineered or genetically modified food labeling has been fiercely contested … Read More →

Filed Under: Conservation, Energy & Environment, General Interest

GE Crop Roundup for April 2010

May 7, 2010

April was an eventful month for genetically engineered (GE) crops, with release of a National Research Council report and litigation developments, plus a news story on the concern of scientists about Roundup Ready crops, whose use has resulted in the application of massive volumes of glyphosate herbicide to the nation’s farmland. On April 13, Reuter […]

Filed Under: Competition & Anti-trust, Conservation, Energy & Environment, Organic, Research, Education & Extension

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