Twenty-two years on, GM foods still a story of commodity crops and the Americas
Twenty two years after GM cropping began to take off in the US, GM agriculture remains a story of just four commodity crops – soy, maize, canola and cotton …
GM Food Production Still a Story of the Americas
GM agriculture today is overwhelmingly just four commodity crops: soy, maize, canola and cotton account for 99%. And 97% of the GM food crops produced in 2016 were grown …
Zero Tolerance, Billion Dollar Losses
Growing GMOs before they have been approved for use in export markets continues to result in punishing consequences.
Most of New Zealand’s key trading partners have zero tolerance …
Busted at the Border. The Cost of Unapproved GMOs
GMOs and the High Cost of Running Ahead of Market Approval
Growing GMOs before they have been approved for use in export markets continues to result …
GM Free Food Good Business for NZ Inc
In the sixteen years since GM crops started growing in the US, New Zealand has remained a GM free food producer. Not because of red tape, nor because New Zealanders …
GM Food Production: Facts and Figures
This document has key facts and figures about global GM food production, and why New Zealand does not currently grow GM crops.
Read GM Food Production Facts and Figures 2012.
GM Crops Held Back by Lack of Grower Support, Not the Law
GM crops are not in New Zealand fields because developers cannot get sufficient support from food producers and consumers, not because the law is holding them back, a Sustainability …
Citizens’ Arrest: Accounting for the Arrested Development of GM Foods
GM crops are not in New Zealand fields because developers cannot get sufficient support from food producers and consumers, not because the law is holding them back.
State-funded developers have …
Assurances on GM Law Good News for the Economy
Assurances from each of the three leading political parties that law governing the outdoor use of GMOs will at minimum not be weakened are good news for the economy …
