BIOTECH, FOOD LABELING:
Stabenow sides with organic companies after fundraiser – Politico – Mar 15 – By John Bresnahan and Anna Palmer
Four organic-food industry executives held a fundraiser on Friday for Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow ? the Senate?s leading Democrat on agriculture issues ? just days before the chamber was set to take up a controversial bill with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line for U.S. food companies.
Senate Dems block GMO labeling bill – The Hill – Mar 16 – By Jordain Carney
Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked legislation that would create a voluntary national standard for labeling rules for foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs)…”[We’re voting on]?whether or not to prevent a wrecking ball from hitting our entire food supply chain,” he said, adding that state laws will cause “havoc.”
Link: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/273237-senate-dems-block-gmo-labeling-bill
Anti-GMO Students Bruise a Superbanana – The Wall Street Journal – Mar 14 – Commentary by Julie Kelly
Research on the vitamin-fortified fruit could help malnourished Africans, but well-fed collegians at Iowa State University want no part.
Link: http://www.wsj.com/articles/anti-gmo-students-bruise-a-superbanana-1457998345
Have farmers been accidentally creating GM crops for 3,000 YEARS? Grafting ancient plants caused them to share genes -?Daily Mail (UK) – Mar 15 – By Richard Gray
[It] appears genetic engineering may be far older than previously realised as ancient farmers may have been doing it accidentally for millennia.
Future of gene-editing hangs in the balance?- Food Manufacture (UK) – Mar 11 -?By Noli Dinkovski
The fate of growing gene-edited crops in the UK hangs in the balance with the European Commission set to publish a report on whether they should be considered genetically-modified organisms (GMOs).
Link:?http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Ingredients/Gene-edited-crops-faces-uncertainty
TRADE:
Anti-trade Republicans press Trump advantage – The Hill – Mar 15 – By Alexander Bolton
The anti-globalization message has also won support in the Democratic primary, where Bernie Sanders was the upset victor in Michigan over Hillary Clinton.
Link: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/272974-anti-trade-republicans-press-trump-advantage
If You Dislike TPP, You Might Dislike The Alternative More – Forbes.com – Mar 15 – by John Brinkley
One thing you can count on is that America?s credibility among its friends and allies will take a beating.