Why #GMO wheat tolerant to toxic glufosinate, banned in the EU, raises concerns. "Instead of repeating the mistakes of the last 30 years, we have an opportunity to invest in solutions that truly serve farmers, consumers, and the planet." foodtank.com/news/2026/03...
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In the #competition for #innovation and ‚ #progress ‘, disruptive technologies are being promoted. The problem is: The disruptions caused by #newgeneticengineering ( #NGTs )...
Italian page is updated! Thank you @cicrocevia.bsky.social for the detailed information about the new-GMO-FREE Municipalities. www.gmo-free-regions.org/countries/it...
#GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
🇨🇭 Over 137,000 Swiss citizens have backed an initiative calling for stronger safeguards on #GMOs, including labelling and risk assessments.
As the EU moves to deregulate New GMOs, Switzerland could face a nationwide vote.
🔗 www.swissinfo.ch/eng/agribusi...
Let Them Eat Patents! Pat Mooney interview. Just four corporations—Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta & BASF—now control roughly 60% of the world’s commercial seed & pesticide markets. The seed—humanity’s foundational agricultural innovation—now sits under the guardianship of MNCs! jacobin.com/2026/02/agri...
Benedikt Haerlin from the European GMO-Free Regions Conference sent a video message to the GMO-FREE ZONE Movement 20th Anniversary Asian Assembly - Towards a GMO-FREE World. Michiyo Koketsu from the Consumers Union of Japan translated. #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
GMO-FREE ZONE Movement 20th Anniversary Asian Assembly Executive Committee invited guests from South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines to Tokyo, Japan. #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
120 citizens from all over Japan gathered in Tokyo and about 100 participants watched the GMO-FREE ZONE Assembly online. #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
The presentations and discussions were very informative, and participants shared a strong desire to continue working hard and deepening solidarity towards a world without GMOs. #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
On 7-8 March 2026 the GMO-FREE ZONE Movement
20th Anniversary Asian Assembly - Towards a GMO-FREE World was held in Tokyo, Japan. Including guests from South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. #GMO #GMOs #GMOFREE #GMOFREEZONE #SEED #SEEDS #newGMO #newGMOs
90% of global #GMO crop acreage is herbicide tolerant—and it's helping drive up herbicide use. New GMOs—via gene editing—are set to do the same. Gene-editing pioneer Cibus Inc. says its on track to launch its rice herbicide traits in Latin America next year, followed by the US in 2028, then Asia 🌾☠️
Concerns over so-called "precision-breeding" (new GMOs) grow ahead of High Court hearing in May. Following the UK Govt's Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, critics and campaigners are calling for much-needed transparency and consent. #GMO wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/news/the-agt...
Anti-#GMO activists to hold protests in Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city. “We’re going to fight GMOs in the streets, in court, and in every other way until GMOs are burnt in this country,” declared farmer and farmers’ advocacy leader Mary Kathomi. k24.digital/news/anti-gm...
India: About 95 per cent area under cotton cultivation is occupied by Bt cotton.
Ukraine bans #GMO crops as wartime farmers race to meet EU standards by 2028. Ukraine is siding with Europe—and betting that non-#GMO certification will give it an edge in markets where traceability matters. Ukrainian farmers broadly support the shift. euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/u...
Anti‑GMO farming campaign gathers 133,000 signatures in Switzerland. It calls for no loss of controls over GMOs, and the protection of GMO-free agriculture, even after Switzerland's current #GMO moratorium expires in 2030. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-po...
... The compound is annually spread on around 4.5m acres of fields in which corn, soybeans and genetically engineered cotton are grown. #GMO #GMOs
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The recording of our webinar on the risks of the convergence of #newgeneticenginnering #NGTs and #Artificialintelligence #AI is online:
www.testbiotech.org/en/events/ja...
Court in Buenos Aires province issues temporary ban on HB4 GMO wheat, prioritizing the protection of the natural world. The judge says in his ruling that the #GMO wheat company Bioceres could cause "serious and irreversible harm" to human health and the environment.
Update: #GMO/Genome-editing in Japan by the Consumers Union of Japan
1) Campaign to get 12 supermarket chains to not sell genome-edited tomatoes
2) Food labelling campaign
www.nishoren.org/en/
The @europarl.europa.eu 's Committee on the Environment votes in favour of deregulating #newgeneticengineering:
With the planned deregulation, the #EU is about to hand over its responsibilities for the safe use of the new technologies to free market forces…
www.testbiotech.org/en/news/cart...
⛔ A majority of ENVI members in the EU Parliament today voted yes to deregulate new GMOs. This means to sell out consumer & farmer rights, health/env safety, the interests of independent seed companies.. to a handful of pesticide producers.
👉 The bulk is from Conservatives (PPE) and far right (PfE)
📣 You lead an independent institute investigating hundreds of substances incl asbestos, tobacco, #pesticides. Then you get fired for no reason. This is what just happened to researcher leading the Global #Glyphosate Study at the #Ramazzini Institute.
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(super-)convergence: AI and genetic engineering
"...far beyond any control or prediction: the convergence of #geneticengineering and #AI.
#Artificialintelligence can use digitised genome data to create ‘blueprints‘ for new genetically engineered organisms...
www.testbiotech.org/en/news/the-...
📰 #PressRelease | #OrganicsEurope condemns the counterproductive weakening of pesticide rules in the Food & Feed Safety Omnibus, released today, and calls on MEPs and Member States to refocus the debate on biocontrol only.
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👉 Read more: www.organicseurope.bio/news/food-an...
At yesterday's #NGTs trilogue a provisional deal has been reached that carries major shortcomings. Missing safeguards on patents & traceability put EU food sovereignty at risk. #OrganicEU calls on Parliament to fix this agreement.
Read more in our PR www.organicseurope.bio/news/ngt-tri...
Is the topic of new GMO so controversial that it brings the @europarl.europa.eu website down? www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Any this is not about green transition, this is about more power for #BigAg and abolished farmers' and consumers' rights
Fantastic news from Brussels! And organisations in the Nordic countries sent an open letter to their MEPs yesterday demanding GMO labelling. #NoHiddenGMOs
And a huge shout-out to all the people who signed and to the NGOs who helped to make this signatures visible today 💚
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