Letter to Lake County Record-Bee

Here’s a letter to the editor of the Lake County Record-Bee: I noted in the article, “GE crops hot topic at Board of Supervisors,” Lake County’s BOS were in “consensus in support of drafting letters to state legislators and federal regulators indicating Lake County’s support of requiring the identification of GE [Genetically Engineered] ingredients onContinue reading “Letter to Lake County Record-Bee”

Are You Eating Genetically Modified Foods? Relax. We’ve been eating GMOs for many, many years

You people in the developed world are certainly free to debate the merits of genetically modified foods, but can we please eat first? – Dr. Florence Wambugu of Kenya   Over at TheEnvironmentSite.org Environment Forum, EcoBlogger has posted an article titled Are You Eating Genetically Modified Foods? 7 Tips to Avoid Eating GMOs! I wouldContinue reading “Are You Eating Genetically Modified Foods? Relax. We’ve been eating GMOs for many, many years”

Run for your lives–the killer Canola has escaped!

In mid August, a host of frantic tweets on Twitter reported a great disturbance in the Force. Being the intrepid green chronicler that I am, I immediately sprang into action—and made coffee. The disturbance? Well right now, as you read this, genetically modified rape plants (Brassica spp., a European plant of the mustard family) rampageContinue reading “Run for your lives–the killer Canola has escaped!”