Without labeling requirements for GMO ingredients in the US it can be very difficult to know if you are eating GMOs. Luckily, there are some tricks if you want to avoid GMOs in your diet and support a more sustainable food supply. Here’s how! 1. Choose Organic Buying 100% Organic, Certified Organic, and USDA Organic-labeled products is [...]
08
May
Moms are Marching against GMOs! Interview with Moms Across America March
Interview with Zen Honeycutt and Kathleen Hallal, co-founders of the Moms Across America March Why are Moms Across America marching on July 4th? Because we love our kids. We are marching because it’s not enough for our families to know about GMO’s and for just us to eat organic. Sure, we feel better, but the last stat we saw [...]
07
May
Nestlé and Mead Johnson Nutrition dismiss call to remove GMOs from US infant formula
Originally Published by Dairy Reporter By Mark Astley May 3, 2013 Source Article Nestlé USA and Mead Johnson Nutrition have dismissed calls to remove genetically-modified organisms (GMO) from their infant formula products in the US – citing the approved use of GMOs by several national and global regulatory bodies. Continue reading here: http://www.dairyreporter.com/Regulation-Safety/Nestle-and-Mead-Johnson-Nutrition-dismiss-call-to-remove-GMOs-from-US-infant-formula
06
May
64 countries around the world label GE food
Originally published in Sound Consumer | May 2013 by Hudson B. Kingston Since the commercialization of the first genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1990s, countries have been trying to create policies that sufficiently regulate and oversee these new technologies. In the early 2000s the Center for Food Safety and the International Forum on Globalization [...]
03
May
U.S. GMO food labeling drive has biotech industry biting back
Originally published in Reuters By Carey Gillam CHICAGO | Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:43pm EDT (Reuters) – New efforts to force labeling of foods made with genetically modified crops, including a bill introduced by U.S. lawmakers Wednesday, have struck a nerve with biotech crop developers who say they are rushing to roll out a broad strategy to [...]
03
May
Non-GMO Infant Formula Resources
From organic formula options, to donor milk, to making your own infant formula, there are non-GMO alternatives for the mother or infant who can not nurse. GMO Inside has compiled some of these resources here. Donor milk suppliers and resources Human Milk Banking Association of North America Human Milk for Human Babies Eats on Feets [...]
03
May
RECIPE: Make your own Non-GMO Infant Formula
GMO Inside is calling on the three largest US infant formula manufacturers (Similac, Enfamil, and Gerber Good Start) to remove their GMO ingredients, as there are mounting concerns about the health of GMOs, particularly for infants, whose immune systems are not fully developed. For infants who can’t nurse, there are a few non-GMO options, such as [...]
01
May
General Mills’ Powell maintains opposition to labeling GMOs
Originally Posted by Minneapolis/Saint Paul Business Journal By Sam Black April 30, 2013 Ken Powell, chairman and CEO of General Mills Inc., restated his opposition to mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms, commonly called GMOs, at a conference in California Tuesday. The conference, called Brainstorm Green, was put on by Fortune. In an uneditedtranscript posted by the magazine, Powell [...]
01
May
Downsides to GMO infant formula? We asked a Pediatrician.
In May, GMO Inside is calling on the three largest US infant formula manufacturers to remove their GMO ingredients. Beyond obstructing the consumer’s right to know what they are eating (by not labeling their GM ingredients) and contributing to the increasing corporate control of our food system, GMOs pose particular health risks to infants. We asked our [...]
01
May
Is Your Baby Part Of a Risky Science Experiment?
National Coalition Calls on Big 3 Infant Formula Brands to Remove GMO Ingredients And Protect American Babies Mounting Concerns About The Health Effects of Genetically Modified Ingredients And The Herbicides Used In Production Incite Consumer Action On Top-Selling Formula Companies to Remove GMOs May 1, 2013 Washington DC – Similac, Enfamil, and Gerber Good Start [...]
