Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Freedom is the miles I'm rollin' on.....not if you can't meet GHG standards

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People think about the importance of certain freedoms, like freedom of speech or the right to bear arms. But one freedom we might think les...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Snake Oil Sustainability-Marketing Agenda Driving People Away from Sustainable Farming Practices

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 In the old west, 'snake oil' salesmen would sell these elixars claiming that they universally will 'cure what ails you.' In...

Farmers and Ranchers May Sue to Stop Clean Water Regulation of Ordinary Farmland

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Its almost folklore, the story about farmers being targeted and sued by Monsanto over trivial cross pollination events. In reality, only the...
Saturday, June 4, 2016

Do Preferences for Regulation or Labeling of Biotech Foods Differ Across Political Spectrums?

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Jayson Lusk has an interesting post on his blog related to an article in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics finding an inte...
Friday, June 3, 2016

Consumers have a right to know!

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Advocates of GMO labels like to stand behind the claim that consumers have a right to know what is in their food. But I ask, if we are goin...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

GMO Labels and Information Transparency

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Recently there was a tweet by @mem_somerville with a snapshot from a letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren regarding GMO labeling legislation...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant on Here and Now

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Nice interview: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2016/03/30/monsanto-ceo-hugh-grant I particularly appreciated the commentary related to the con...