Stephan Neidenbach
Genetic Literacy
Annapolis, MD, United States
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Using Freedom of Information Act to target biotech scientists boomerangs against anti-GMO activists
Teacher Stephan Neidenbach reflects on his experiences using--and being targeted by—Freedom of Information Act requests, the technique commandeered by US Right to Know. → Read More
Do we need GMOs? Don't we have enough food to feed the world?
The world produces enough food to feed everyone, but what does that really mean, considering abundant food in the west does little to help feed people in developing countries? GMOs can help countries produce more of their own food, reducing reliance on foreign aid. → Read More
Does Consumer Reports mislead readers by promoting Non-GMO Project label?
Consumer Reports claims to provide consumers with unbiased information about products and services. But the site is accused of exploiting its credibility and distorting the science in a relentless attack on GMO crops and foods. → Read More
10 GMO memes supported by science
For years, anti-GMO activists have churned out memes critical of GM crops and food. Now, scientists and science enthusiasts are fighting back with their own, fact-based memes. → Read More
Conflict of interest? Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott's connections to organic industry raise concerns
Journalist Tom Philpott, who covers food and farming issues at Mother Jones, was recently the keynote speaker at a fundraising event for a pro-organic industry group. → Read More
'Organic civil war': Do advocates care about promoting food security and sustainability?
Last June Stephanie Strom, reporting for the New York Times, broke the story about how Whole Foods had upset organic farmers with their new Responsibly Gro → Read More
Anti-vax Organic Consumers Association, linked to measles outbreak, has deep ties to anti-GMO conspiracist USRTK
The Organic Consumers Association uses its sizable budget to fund front groups, like Gary Ruskin's US Right to Know, that harass biotech professors and spread misinformation about vaccines. → Read More
Trolls and shills: How disinformation sites InfoWars, Natural News and US Right to Know manufacture fake news
Lawyers suing Monsanto say the company pays people to defend it online, without citing any evidence to back up the claim. But that's not stopping anti-GMO activist groups from spreading the "news." → Read More
Chipotle fumbles science in attempt to justify its anti-GMO stance
Much has been written on Chipotle’s decision to remove ingredients from their menu that originated from biotech crops (GMOs). In the end of course this is → Read More
Extreme Green hypocrisy? Center for Biological Diversity, other anti-GMO groups partner on March for Science
Your organization is part of what gives me hope for the future. Fighting climate change, and protecting biodiversity, should be one of humanity’s top prior → Read More
Is Cargill supporting 'removal of GMOs from planet' by partnering with Non-GMO project?
recently partnered with the Non-GMO Project to help build a supply chain. ... Non-GMO labeling appears to be the brainchild of Peter M. Ligotti, a Maharis → Read More
Moms Across America claims GM salmon not kosher, but Jewish law, tradition says otherwise
Is anti-biotech group Moms Across America exploiting sacred religious laws to advance their GMO labelling agenda? → Read More