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Anti-GMO poster in Switzerland invokes human GMOs

May 24, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

Over on Twitter Magdalena Plotczyk (@MPlotczyk) posted a striking photo of an anti-GMO poster from Lausanne, Switzerland. The top part of the poster translates as, “‘After GMO corn, GMO children?’” As readers of this blog know, I do have concerns about the eventual production of genetically modified people using rapidly evolving genetic modification/gene editing technology such as CRISPR. […]

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Nugget Markets: no GMO policy, but ‘Non-GMO’ labeling common

June 11, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

My favorite grocery store here in Davis, California is Nugget Market. Our family shops at the various Nugget stores in the area fairly often. We like the food and the friendly service. I’ve been noticing not just at Nugget, but at some other stores too that the word “GMO” is popping up more. Both the actual

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Big article in SacBee on GMO battle

May 27, 2015 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

The local paper, The Sacramento Bee (SacBee) just ran a piece on Monday on the GMO controversy. Few places are more in the thick of it than right here in Davis, CA and the Sacramento region more generally. Some of the earliest GMO plants were created right here in Davis including the Flavr Savr tomato. Monsanto

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Anti-GMO poster in Switzerland invokes human GMOs

Nugget Markets: no GMO policy, but ‘Non-GMO’ labeling common

Big article in SacBee on GMO battle

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