Organics in the News

Indiana Becomes Second State to Reject rbST Label Restrictions

The Indiana legislature last week rejected a bill that would have prohibited processors from making truthful compositional claims regarding rbST on dairy products labels. This decision follows action taken last month by the Pennsy...

Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler

A SEA change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for granted may be in store — something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed and a part of daily life. And it isn’t oil.

It’s meat.

The two commodities share a gr...

Closing the Barn Door After the Cows Have Gotten Out

I think the clearest way to understand the problem with cloning is to consider a broader question: Who benefits from it? Proponents will say that the consumer does, because we will get higher quality, more consistent foods from cl...

Farmers, Consumer Advocates, Conservationists Challenge Federal Approval of Genetically Engineered Beets; Negative Impacts...

Negative Impacts on Crops, Business, Environment, and Consumer Rights Cited

Today, farmers, food safety advocates, and conservation groups filed suit in federal court challenging the deregulation of herbicide-tolerant "Roundup ...

European Union Group Issues Opinion Calling Cloning for Foods Ethically Unjustified

Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) praised an opinion issued yesterday by the European Union's Group on Ethics of science and new technologies (EGE). The EGE, commenting on the practice of cloning animals for food, found tha...