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The SynBio Epidemic Secretly Sweeping the Nation

July 23, 2021

We, the natural products industry, have positioned ourselves as the truth tellers for a nation of people asking for health empowerment in the face of a pandemic. Be well by boosting your immune system, we counseled. Get your sleep, eat healthy food and take your daily supplements. Vitamin D will...

Heavy Metals in Food and the Questions We Need to be Asking

April 29, 2021

Zen Honeycutt

A recent report released on February 4, 2021, by the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Committee on Oversight and Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, revealed shocking levels of heavy metals in baby food ingredients. This report was sparked by testing initiated by Healthy Babies Bright Future in August of...

Move Over GMOs...Hello, Regenerative Organic Ag!

March 19, 2021

Zen Honeycutt

There is more than one way to feed the world. For two decades, Big Ag wanted the food industry to believe that the only way was their way, with GMO seeds and agrochemicals. This concept was highly profitable, as their proprietary GMOs were patented life forms with technology fees 40%...

Sabinsa Ingredients Receive Non-GMO Verification

July 27, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

East Windsor, NJ—Sabinsa has announced in a press release that several of the company’s ingredients are now Non-GMO Project Verified. The Non-GMO Project is an independent third-party verification that puts products through a comprehensive evaluation process that takes into account traceability and segregation and requires ongoing testing of ingredients at...

Synthetic Biology: Key to a Healthier Planet—or Threat to Organic?

Experts debate the issue of SynBio.

January 23, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

Experts debate the issue of synthetic biology and GMOs.

KeHE Discusses GMO Awareness

October 31, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

As the 10th annual Non-GMO Month, which the Non-GMO Project describes as North America’s largest celebration of the consumer’s right to choose non-GMO, comes to a close, we want to keep the conversation going. The annual October event raises awareness about GMOs, helps drive sales of non-GMO products, and supports the brands...

GMOs Then and Now

May 21, 2018

Simi Summer and Simi Summer, Ph.D.

Genetically modified organisms and foods were first developed forty years ago when a soil microbe called Agrobacterium tumefaciens was used to transfer foreign genes to host plants. As a result of this discovery, three years later the Supreme Court approved the patenting of genetically engineered organisms. Shortly afterwards, the first...

USDA's Proposal for GMO Labeling Draws Industry Ire

May 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C. - The public comment period is open for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) recently unveiled proposal for food labeling of products using GMOs. Instead of food labels including the words "genetically modified" or "genetically engineered," the USDA wants to substitute the initials BE – for Bio-Engineered foods. ...

Study Reveals Neonics Harm Bees in Areas with Less Biodiversity

July 11, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Neonicotinoid pesticides, commonly known as “neonics” have been a global debate because of the toxins and effects they have on insects. Experiments have shown neonics to be harmful and dangerous to bees in laboratory conditions which neonic advocates argue are unnatural conditions, force-feeding bees in its laboratory rather observing their...

FDA Completes Evaluation of Del Monte’s Genetically Engineered Pink Pineapple’s

December 30, 2016

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

On December 14, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an evaluation of a variety of Del Monte Fresh Produce (DMFP) genetically engineered pink flesh pineapples that found no unresolved safety or regulatory issues under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Although a consultation is voluntary and...