Of course we must continue to monitor for adverse effects, but that does not mean we should bury our heads in the sand, ignoring the enormous potential of GM products. Besides crossing species, the scientists cross kingdoms, inserting viral and bacterial dna into plants and animals. One can easily imagine prehistoric "activists" bemoaning the dangers of a new, untested technology like fire or the wheel. Things "mutate" naturally over time anyway, right? Whats the harm in helpin the process...

Chance backs Goodman Fielder's call to keep GM ban Friday, 9 November 2007 Western Australian Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed calls from Australia's largest food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder, to maintain the moratoria on the growing of genetically modified crops. Chance backs Goodman Fielder's call to keep GM ban Friday, 9 November 2007 Western Australian Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed calls from Australia's largest food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder, to...

Frozen pot pies suspected in salmonella outbreak - CNN.com /health Home. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service on Tuesday advised consumers not to eat the pot pies "until we are able to determine the source, products and potential production dates of contamination and to verify proper cooking instructions for these not-ready-to-eat products. By Friday, it had identified the pot pies as a potential source of the salmonella that sickened more than 100 people in...

He said the loss to farmers was much higher than R28-million when the cost of additional security and the replacement of destroyed fences was taken into consideration. He, however, said that about 90 percent of all stolen livestock was from emerging black farmers because their livestock was often left unattended on open fields. By Babington Maravanyika The price of meat, which is soaring at the moment, is likely to be pushed even higher because of rampant stock theft in the province....

Medical personnel at a Grand Rapids hospital are conducting tests on the body of David Small, 51, after a friend and a college official found him dead inside his college apartment around 6 p. Authorities said Small suffered from health issues and was prescribed several medications. His estate still has the right to bring any claims under Michigan law that he was entitled to bring when he was alive. Man's death won't stop pot pie case. It's still unclear whether man died from tainted food....

For a week before, leaves were already stretching the table, two tablecloths required to cover the expanse, stubby flower vases posed at ease, open-mouthed and silent. We are reordering time, having an early Thanksgiving dinner - a dress rehearsal, of sorts - to mark the rare convergence of two sons and their families, on the same coast, at the same latitude, at the same time. So it doesn't seem so oddly out of joint - Halloween pumpkins doubling as harvest motif, fall-season apples...

In a letter to Premier John Brumby, as well as other premiers, Goodman Fielder, which owns brands including Meadow Lea, Praise, White Wings, and Helga's, warned that "consumers are increasingly concerned about the uncertainty surrounding the possible long-term effects of consuming genetically modified material" In a letter to Premier John Brumby, as well as other premiers, Goodman Fielder, which owns brands including Meadow Lea, Praise, White Wings, and Helga's, warned that "consumers are...

The inquiry will be undertaken by the Productivity Commission, who will provide an accelerated report examining whether critical circumstances exist to justify provisional safeguard measures by December 14, 2007 with a final report due by the end of March 2008. ABARE said with a few exceptions, rainfall during the critical September-October period had been below to very much below average throughout the grains belt. Glyde said livestock had also been affected by the deterioration in...

Without assistance in the form of monetary compensation for medical expenses and lost wages, many of the families with members in the hospital will face financial hardship in the coming months when the bills start coming in, said Marler, who filed a lawsuit against Cargill on behalf of a Minnesota family yesterday. Without assistance in the form of monetary compensation for medical expenses and lost wages, many of the families with members in the hospital will face financial hardship in...