Marketed as a superfood with almost magical properties, soya protein is found in almost everything we eat. It’s a shame its health claims aren’t worth a bean, says Pat Thomas
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As the people of Argentina are driven by economic collapse to the point of starvation, a new solution is being imposed upon them. Ben Backwell reports on a country being force fed genetically modified soya designed not for humans, but for cattle
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A decade ago, soya was being hailed as a superfood but in recent years, numerous issues surrounding deforestation and its impact on health have come to light
… The dark side of soya: how one super crop lost its way Amy Hall … Living Soy Deforestation WWF Greenpeace Gm Soya Health Farming Food And Farming Climate … Amazon Lives holding.jpg A decade ago, soya was being hailed as a superfood but in …
It was a bad year for the biotech barons. At a conference in January 1999, the consulting firm Arthur Andersen revealed Monsanto executives’ vision of an ideal future – a world in which natural seeds were virtually all extinct and where commercial seeds were genetically modified (GM) and patented.
… any human has ever eaten them. Soon after GM soya was introduced into the UK, researchers … Yorkshire, reported that allergies to soya had skyrocketed by 50 per cent in a … new one. Both appear to have happened in GM soya. Levels of one soya allergen, trypsin …
Much of our meat and dairy produce is made from animals raised on GM feeds. Alarming new claims suggest that the GM diet is affecting animal health - prompting fears over human safety. Andrew Wasley reports ...
… sprayed on many Genetically Modified (GM) soya and cereal crops to kill weeds and … yields, or used as a desiccant in non-GM soya and other grains used in animal feed. … used on conventional crops, its usage on GM soya and maize is particularly prevalent as …
Why are GM crops being grown, how are plants genetically modified, where is it being cultivated, who’s in control and what is being researched and developed?
… Genetically Modified Research And Development Soya Biotechnology Gm Products Natural World … hectares % crop worldwide of total HT soya bean 36.5 62 Bt maize 7.7 … to assess the safety of herbicide-resistant soya beans made by Monsanto, 36 cows were …
The promise of more food from increased yields is driving the appeal for more GM crops, but that promise is theoretical and unfulfilled, argue Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch
… use of leguminous cover crops (e.g. pulses, soya, groundnuts) could replace the amount of … from the American Soybean Association, US soya yields (in kilograms per hectare) … them as GM variants. HERBICIDE-TOLERANT SOYA As reported in 2001, and for reasons not …
Whether it’s because of GM or gluten; if you’re giving wheat the chop, there’s an eco-friendly alternative to suit you
… at Holland and Barrett The staples: corn and soya Sustainability isn’t often associated … two agricultural mainstays. In fact, corn and soya have been linked with GMOs and … in consumer goods throughout the world. And soya often brings to mind Monsanto’s …
We didn’t want GM on your table, but the crucial question now is, will we allow it in our tanks? Robin Maynard and Pat Thomas report
… relies on oils such as sunflower, palm or soya, increased demand will also mean more … demand for GM oilseed crops, in particular soya beans. In Europe, where public resistance … Lula of Brazil recently declared that GM soya will be used for biofuels, while ‘good …
Agribusiness accused of 'scaremongering' lobbying tactics as it pushes for the import of animal feed containing traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) crops - using the guise of combating feed shortages
… Gm Food And Farming Crops Animal Feed News soyabean.jpg Around 80 per cent of Europe's … protein requirements are imported, mostly as soya Agribusiness accused of 'scaremongering' … reliant on imports of protein, particularly soya from South America, to meet the animal …
The development of meat-like foods is introducing GM and novel technology into our diets. This presents new risks to our health, but also to the complex development of behaviour to prevent environmental destruction, argues PAT THOMAS
… this unavailable to the body. For instance, soya and wheat contain phytates, fibre that … from its plant-origins. To get the wheat and soya proteins to clump together like those in … basic one used to make plastic from maize or soya. Burger culture Starting at the lower end …
The Big Gene Gathering took place Herefordshire during 1997 and the following December the UK's anti-GMO movement was born. DR DAVID KING has been an activist in the movement since the beginning. Here, he explores the reasons for the campaign's success - and assesses the threats ahead
… by the threatened invasion of Monsanto’s GM soya. In a few years of frenetic campaigning, … to begin shipments to Britain of its GM soya, which would end up in 65 per cent of …
The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated 'anti-science' luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables
… of the underlying science. But GM soya seeds are not 'science' – they are a … (for example ‘yield drag’ seen with GM soya). Another consequence is the production … Rosie Spinks GREEN LIVING The dark side of soya: how one super crop lost its way A decade …
Our growing demand for cheap feed to produce cheap meat is exacting a terrible human and environmental price. But the solutions are clear, and are within our reach
… | 13th October 2009 Comment Food And Farming Soya Gm Agriculture Friends Of The Earth … for feeding farmed fish Behind the label: soya …
Andres Carrasco's research linking a controversial herbicide with birth defects highlighted the potential health dangers posed by GM crop-spraying in Argentina – and led to violence and intimidation for those behind the study
… is being paid across Latin America as vast soya plantations and their attendant chemicals … lead to poisonings and violence INVESTIGATION Soya Republic As the people of Argentina are … country being force fed genetically modified soya designed not for humans, but for cattle …
For 40 years Percy Schmeiser grew oilseed rape on his farm in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Usually, he would sow each year’s crop with seeds saved from the previous harvest. In 1998 Monsanto took Schmeiser to court.
… if their neighbours are growing its canola or soya… They are told to inform on their …
In the past decade, the sales pitch of the biotech companies has shifted with the climate of public opinion. Public scepticism has remained high, but politicians seem to have bought enthusiastically into the GM ‘solution’. In many ways this encapsulates where science has gone wrong – by inventing technologies without first deciding what problems need addressing. If GM crops are the answer, what exactly is the problem?
… other crops: the annual inflation rate for GM soya meal from Argentina to May 2008 was a …
BASF are to halve their GM research and development and reduce the time spent on developing these technologies, writes Peter Melchett. Given the many problems that GM agriculture is facing, and that new non-GE technologies offer such valuable benefits as increased crop yields, does BASF's announcement spell the beginning of the end of GM crops?
… like the USA, Argentina and Brazil , for soya and maize used for animal feed, and in …
The days of Apartheid are over, but once again South Africa is the victim of a dangerous experiment. Jeffery Smith raises the alarm over the government's legislation of genetically modified maize
… only a partial list of what may go wrong with soya, a single GM food crop. The list for …