207 search results for “genetically improved foods” (page5)

French Fries Are Good For You

Scientists have been able to trigger human immunity to the Norwalk virus - the leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States - by a vaccine genetically engineered into a common potato. Nannies opposed to genetically improved foods will undoubtedly try to keep this spud off your plate.
Posted July 7, 2000 at12:00 am

Who’s Really Giving “Food with Integrity”?

Chipotle—now coming off the first quarterly loss in the company’s history amid a serious food safety crisis—makes a big show about how it doesn’t use genetically improved foods (better…
Posted April 29, 2016 at3:45 pm

5 Slimy Things You Didn’t Know About Chipotle

While Chipotle may hit the spot when you’re craving a big burrito, Chipotle’s marketing team serves up some slimy deceptions that aren’t nearly as tasty. Overall, Chipotle loves…
Posted September 29, 2015 at9:01 am

New Campaign Shows Chipotle Serves B.S. With Every Burrito

Critique of Chipotle’s Marketing Comes on Heels of Class-Action Lawsuit Washington, D.C.—The Center for Consumer Freedom is launching a new campaign Thursday targeting Chipotle’s “Food with Integrity” marketing manipulation…
Posted September 2, 2015 at5:16 pm

When Big Organic Cried Wolf

In a recent Bloomberg News interview, Stonyfield Chairman and yogurt honcho Gary Hirshberg perfectly illustrated the hypocrisy of those calling for warning labels on food products containing genetically improved foods, or GMOs. In the…
Posted May 29, 2015 at10:47 am

Take Sierra Club’s Agriculture Policy off the Menu

It’s no secret that the Sierra Club has long-since moved from worshipping the conservationist vision of the organization’s founder, John Muir, to bowing before the altar of…
Posted January 19, 2015 at10:50 am

Sorry, Big Organic: Even Democrats Aren’t on Board with Anti-Science Activism

Earlier this year, we reported on an unusual development: Forbes Magazine observed a sharp uptick in left-liberal pushback against initiatives requiring mandatory labels on genetically improved foods (GIFs), also called GMOs. At the…
Posted December 4, 2014 at5:41 pm

GIF Measures Fail Again

Politicians weren’t the only thing on the ballot on Tuesday. In two states, Oregon and Colorado, genetically improved foods (GIFs) were as well. Voters in Oregon and Colorado were…
Posted November 6, 2014 at10:58 am

Another GMO Labeling Initiative Primed for Defeat

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. At least that seems to be the approach taken by Big Organic in its continued crusade for the unnecessary mandatory…
Posted October 31, 2014 at4:00 pm

Dr. Oz Oozes Scientific Illiteracy

It should come as no surprise that Dr. Oz, a longstanding mouthpiece for the anti-GMO movement that seeks to ban these genetically improved foods (GIFs), is ramping up his unscientific scaremongering campaign. In a recent…
Posted September 24, 2014 at5:00 pm