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GMOs Don't Belong in Your Food

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Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are unnatural, novel organisms created and patented by giant corporations. Since the 1990s, GMOs have entered the food supply without undergoing independent, long-term safety testing.

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Growing Soybean field
A Soy Story: Meet Plant-Based Cuisine's Star Ingredient
September 18, 2023
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Glass of beer on malt grains
New GMO Alert: It's Just Like Beer. No, Wait, It IS Beer!
September 13, 2023
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plant-based fishsticks on a wodden bamboo plate with herbs sprinkled on top and lemon wedges on the side
Plant-Based Offers Fresh Ways To Love Seafood
September 11, 2023
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A pair of juicy, plant-based burgers ready-to-eat on a white plate, topped with lettuce, tomato, avocado and tzaziki. There's a glass of water flavored with citrus slices beside the burgers.
Want a Plant-Based Burger That's Good for the Planet? Go Non-GMO.
September 1, 2023
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Data Drop: Plant-Based Shoppers Look for the Butterfly
August 31, 2023
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Vegan burgers with quinoa, broccoli in plates with salad. Vegan healthy lunch or dinner. Table setting.
Press Release: “I’ll Have a Plant-Based Burger. Hold the GMOs.”
August 31, 2023
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African woman eating stack burger at restaurant with friends.
Plants Love the Butterfly
August 29, 2023
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cell-cultivated meat under microscopic lens in a lab
Is Lab-Grown Meat the Solution We've Been Looking For?
August 28, 2023
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New GMO Alert: The Slippery Slope of Synbio Palm Oil
August 22, 2023
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wheat field
New GMO Alert: Bioceres GM HB4 Wheat Gains Traction Worldwide
July 20, 2022
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Who's Looking Out for You? We Are!
July 14, 2022
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New GMO Alert: Animal-Free Dairy Products to Watch Out For
June 16, 2022
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Collage of three images: a strand of DNA, a field of grain and two people in the foreground gesturing over a computer.
What's wrong with GMOs? A lot.
May 19, 2022
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New GMO Alert: Betterland Foods
May 17, 2022
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What is a GMO
What Is a GMO?
May 12, 2022
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Crops in drought
How Useful Are GMOs on a Warming Planet?
April 21, 2022
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New GMO Alert: Recombinetics Heat-Tolerant GE Cow
April 14, 2022
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AquaAdvantage salmon
Who Ate All the Frankenfish? (Hint: It Might Have Been You!)
March 30, 2022
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New GMO Alert: Animal-Plant Hybrids from Moolec Science
July 15, 2021
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Unintended Outcomes and Off-Target Effects in New GMOs
June 17, 2021
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New GMO Alert: Perfect Day
June 15, 2021
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New GMOs and Where to Find Them
June 3, 2021
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African American female in a grocery store reading product ingredients standing behind her shopping cart.
What You Need To Know About Bioengineered (BE) Food Labeling
May 26, 2021
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Atlantic salmon
GMO Salmon Launching this Spring in the U.S.
May 18, 2021
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Pouring essential oil on hands
GMOs and Clean Beauty Products— Looking for the Butterfly in Cosmetics and Skincare
May 11, 2021
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fish swimming upstream
Genetically engineered fish and meat coming to your table... soon?
May 7, 2021
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New GMO Alert: Genetically Modified Salmon Ready for Launch
April 27, 2021
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