GM farmers revealed on our new map
Gene Ethics has launched an online map to help non-GM growers pinpoint those farms where genetically manipulated canola is growing, after the State Government broke its promise to publish a map of all GM farms.
Glyphosate-resistant weeds in Australia
23 July 2010Chris Preston, Associate Professor in Weed Management at the University of Adelaide, and chair of the Glyphosate Sustainability Working Group, tells ABC Radio National the problems with weeds developing to this popular herbicide used with GM crops.
He says it takes about 15 years for the resistance to develop and has been a problem for some time in the United States. More...
GM-free videos - great new online resource
26 May 2010GMWatch has pulled together a fantastic resource of GM-free videos.
It lists editor's picks, including the full-length doco movie, The World According to Monsanto and a wonderful film about the troubles of Bt cotton and the effects on the poor.
Search via category such as corporations, food safety etc or according to food/crop or speaker.
http://www.gmwatch.eu/index.php?optFood, Inc review - SBS's At The Movies
20 May 2010Margaret says: ..."It looks at the stories of a woman whose two year old son died of E-Coli poisoning after eating a hamburger; a Latino couple who simply can't afford to buy healthy food because it's dearer than junk food; and a small farmer sued by a giant company for wanting to use his own seed for planting; the company owns the rights to genetically modified soybeans". http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/t
Food Fears - labelling, GM and FSANZ
20 April 2010This investigative piece on ABC Radio National's Background Briefing on called Food Fears has GM as a focus: There's a public inquiry into food labelling, and it opens a Pandora's box of very complex issues. Prawns from China can be labelled 'Made in Australia'! Consumers want more and better labelling, but the food industry wants even fewer rules. And global free trade laws mean truth in content could get worse. Reporter Stephen Crittenden.http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2010/04/bbg_20100418.mp3 http://www.abc.net.au/rn/background