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GMO Animals: From Lab to Factory Farm
Instead of altering the animal, we need to fix the farm. Instead of creating GMO pigs that are resistant to diseases, we should focus on the root cause of the problem: industrial agriculture and horrendous factory farm conditions. Read More
Why Non-GMO Plant Based Proteins are One Solution to Factory Farming
Why do we need genetically engineered proteins when many other safe, sustainable and healthy non-GMO or organic plant-based meat and dairy replacements, and other plant proteins, are available and growing in popularity? Read More
2018 Farm Bill Watch: A Sneak Attack on the Organic Standards?
Because of its promise for rural America, organic agriculture has growing support from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. So why is there language in the Farm Bill that would weaken the organic standards? Read More
The Future of Food: The Next Generation of GMOs
Instead of investing in potential problems masquerading as solutions, shouldn’t we invest in the transparent, organic, humane, and socially just production of real food in a way that benefits farmers, food-chain workers, consumers, animals, and the environment? Read More
Is “Food-Tech” the Future of Food?
What do we want the future of our food system to look like, and shouldn’t we all have a say in that? Read More
Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?
We must ensure that corporations and governments (particularly militaries) are not developing gene drives and cannot misuse this technology in ways that could have profound ecological, health or socio-economic impacts. Read More
Biotech industry cooks up PR plans to get us to swallow synthetic biology food
Like traditional GMOs, the products of synthetic biology are unlabeled, virtually unregulated and the novel risks to human health and the environment posed by synthetic organisms have not been adequately assessed. Read More
Synthetic biology and the bioeconomy: Feeding fuel to the fire of landgrabs and biodiversity loss
There must be a moratorium on synthetic biology – something Friends of the Earth is pushing for internationally – to ensure this emerging technology is properly regulated and does not threaten the environment, biodiversity, human health, or social justice. Read More
Synthetic biology on Dan Rather Reports tonight
Tonight, Dan Rather Reports will run an hour-long special on synthetic biology. Friends of the Earth has been leading the charge for the proper oversight of this emerging technology and was interviewed for this investigative piece and we highlight our concerns with the rapid developments in synthetic… Read More
Synthetic Biology – Big promises backed by bad theory
Synthetic biology is the newest purported cure-all technology for remedying our social, environmental, and public health ills. As many prominent synthetic biologists proclaimed in 2007, the world “face[s] daunting problems of climate change, energy, health, and water resources. Synthetic biology offers solutions to these issues…Fifty years from now, synthetic biology… Read More