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  • Bulgaria bans genetically modified crops (18 Mar 2010 15:33)

    ... SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 18 (UPI) -- The cultivation of genetically modified crops was all but banned by the Bulgarian parliament in Sofia Thursday. The bill was ...

  • Federal judge allows genetically engineered beet harvest (18 Mar 2010 17:33)

    ... Federal judge allows genetically engineered beet harvest In this file photo taken ... waited too long to request that the crop be yanked from the ground and otherwise ... legal steps. In January, the Center for Food Safety, Earthjustice and several other groups and ...

  • Bulgaria boosts GM crop restrictions (18 Mar 2010 18:00)

    ... AFP/File – Genetically modified corn cobs are seen at a corn ... the cultivation and import of genetically modified food. The new legislation left the ministries of ... that the country could not ensure that foods with GM ingredients did not enter the ...

  • Dairy meetings planned (18 Mar 2010 15:02)

    ... farmers, including companies controlling the patents on genetically engineered seeds. Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., who asked ... industry where you have one company, Dean Foods, controlling 40 percent of the fluid milk ... ensure consumers have fresh and locally produced food." Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced the antitrust ...

  • World crop output must increase to meet growing need (18 Mar 2010 12:42)

    ... rise 86 per cent to meet world food needs by 2050, according to a study ... food-production increases. The organisation supports biotechnology and genetically engineered foods as a way to reduce the amount ...

  • On managing information, Iraq, Africa, American politics, food, cheese, Monty Python (18 Mar 2010 16:57)

    ... – Your article on the spread of genetically modified crops noted that in Europe, opposition to GM food “remains as strong as ever” (“ ”, ... feel confident in their knowledge of GM foods to give an informed opinion. Consumers are ...

  • Beekeepers swarm parliament over GM crop 'threat' (18 Mar 2010 06:42)

    ... Beekeepers swarm parliament over GM crop threat Farmers and beekeepers protested outside Warsaws ... Wednesday, against allowing the cultivation of GM crops in Poland. The protest comes in the ... People are unaware that the pollen from genetically modified flowers is very toxic for the bees, ...

  • Asia's Food Crisis Driving Broader Trade Shifts (18 Mar 2010 14:16)

    ... Food prices in Asia continue to be above ... new strategies, such as the use of genetically modified organisms. Asia continues to have large constituencies ... biofuels in developed nations, which is causing crop shortages through both land-use displacement as well ...

  • Bulgaria maintains ban on GM crop (18 Mar 2010 15:33)

    ... to lift existing limitations on cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Bulgaria were thrown out ... of GMOs and each type of GM crop would have to be individually examined. During ... well as political pressure, to allow GMO crops in this country," Dnevnik quoted Stanishev as ...

  • Bulgaria parliament bans GMO crops to soothe fears (18 Mar 2010 16:57)

    ... a law that effectively banned cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops for scientific and commercial reasons in response ... openly hostile to what they call "Frankenstein foods." A March survey by state-funded pollster NPOC ...

  • Food kills, flab protects (18 Mar 2010 16:21)

    ... changes the fact that too much rich food and too little exercise is bad for ... make their own fat cells and mice genetically engineered to have low supplies of these cells ...

  • Also In Global Health News: Vaccine Suspension; E. Africa Food Security; GMOs; Somali President Responds; China's Food Security (18 Mar 2010 14:01)

    ... vaccine during the investigation, IRIN Examines High Food Costs In E. Africa examines the factors ... Africa (3/16). USA Today Examines Debate Over Genetically-Modified Crops examines the global debate over the use of genetically-engineered crops: "The effort has been embraced by ...

  • AU: First GM bananas harvested (18 Mar 2010 16:20)

    ... Researchers say the first genetically modified (GM) bananas to be harvested in Australia ... Australia are showing positive early results. The crop was planted last year in the South ... in far north Queensland, and the first fruit has now been harvested. It is part ...

  • Research and Markets: Greece Agribusiness Report Q2 2009 (18 Mar 2010 13:37)

    ... agricultural products and contribute to Greece's important food and drink industry and export market. Agricultural ... levels and the country's negative stance on genetically modified (GM) products complicate matters. The government is ... due to increased investment in the processed foods sector the food and drink trade balance ...

  • Put to the test: a buyer's guide to non-dairy products (18 Mar 2010 13:27)

    ... Alternative to Mozzarella (£1.59/200g) and Bute Island Food Sheese, Strong Cheddar Style (£2.49/227 g). When ... chance it of global soybean production uses genetically modified (GM) beans. Go for organic products, or ... isn't just used as an alternative to meat and dairy, but in the production of ...

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