Just Label It, News Roundup 1-19

GMO trials pose a danger to the country’s second-biggest agricultural export commodity, bananas. While questions persist about the safety of GMO ingredients, they are widely used without distinguishing labels, and now one of the United States’ most popular snack food companies has been busted for misleading the buying public over the use of GMOs in its so-called “natural” products. Also this week, questions arose about Monsanto profiting off of farmers’ dicamba woes. By mid-October, state departments of agriculture nationwide had received 2,708 complaints from soybean farmers who claimed their fields had been damaged by wayward dicamba drift. And France is starting to reap the benefits of a recent law that forces supermarkets to make use of unused food, rather than throwing it away. Food waste is a huge, and expensive, global issue. France is way ahead of other countries, including the U.S. Lastly, it turns out eating organically is not just good for your health and the planet’s health ­– but also for your waistline. A new study has found that eating organic can actually prevent weight gain.

Banana growers oppose GM field-testing in Mindanao, Philippines

Once again genetic engineers are proposing a GMO “solution” to a problem that already appears to have been solved using non-GMO methods.

This Weed Killer Is Wreaking Havoc on America’s Crops

By mid-October, state departments of agriculture nationwide had received 2,708 complaints from soybean farmers who claimed their fields had been damaged by wayward dicamba.

America’s Most Famous Chip Company Busted for Attempting to Pass Off GMOs in Their Products as Natural

While questions persist about the safety of GMO ingredients, they are widely used without distinguishing labels, and now one of the United States’ most popular snack food companies has been busted for misleading the buying public over the use of GMOs in its so-called “natural” products.

France was the first country to ban supermarkets from throwing away unused food — and the world is taking notice

Food waste is a huge, and expensive, global issue. France is way ahead of other countries, including the US.

This New Study Shows Eating Organic Food Can Actually Prevent Weight Gain

It turns out eating organically is not just good for your health and the planet’s health—but also for your waistline.