corn Archive

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  Trustworthy food - by frog

  
  
  
  You can normally tell a substance has become less food and more controversy when it acquires a name such as MON863.  That’s the moniker of one of Monsanto’s genetically modified varieties of maize. It struck controversy last year when an independent French study showed that, despite it being approved for human consumption in 2006, it [...] read more
  October 10, 2008 11:34 am - No Comments
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  George Naylor on food sovereignty - by frog

  
  
  
  Those of you who have read the Omnivore’s Dilemma may remember George Naylor, the curmudgeonly corn farmer in Iowa who was battling to make a living at the beginning of an out of control food chain. Well, here he is writing about corn: The basic problem with corn and its companion crop, soybeans, is that [...] read more
  March 14, 2008 1:49 pm - 8 Comments
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  This summer Monsanto is back - by frog

  
  
  
  This summer, once you are bored with the beach, the picnics and the bike rides (and maybe the occasional game of monopoly while you wait for the rain to clear), you might be looking for something else to do, something retro – maybe a little bit 2001/02.  Because one of the international superstars of the [...] read more
  December 13, 2007 2:46 pm - 37 Comments