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Protestan contra el maíz transgénico en el Zócalo capitalino. Foto: Xinhua / Alejandro Ayala Moderator’s Note: This update on the unfolding struggle over the suspension of GMO corn plantings in Mexico, in effect since September 2013, draws from a report by Mexican journalist Mathieu Tourliere that appeared in the on-line Proceso magazine on August 19, 2015 . I have also drawn from reports by Sinembargo , and background briefings from the ETC Group . Mexican judge overturns ruling on the suspension of the planting of transgenic corn in Mexico RULING APPEALED BY CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS Devon G. Peña | Viejo San Acacio, CO | August 20, 2015 Yesterday (August 19), reports came out of Mexico regarding the continuing legal battle over the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) maize in the country that is the principal center of origin for this globally vital food staple. According to Mathieu Tourliere, writing in the on-line magazine, Proceso , a judge with the 12th District for Civil Mat...

Cartoon by Jack Weins. Courtesy of Health Impact News Federal court upholds local ban on GMO crops IS THIS BEGINNING OF END FOR UNRESTRAINED PROLIFERATION OF BIOTECH CROPS? Devon G. Peña | Las Colonias de San Pablo, CO | June 3, 2015 The struggle against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has reached an especially significant milestone: Yesterday (June 2), a Federal Magistrate Judge, Mark D. Clarke, partially dismissed a lawsuit that was brought by commercial alfalfa growers seeking to overturn a 2014 Jackson County, Oregon ordinance that bans the planting of GMO crops. Jackson County is one of the major West Coast locations for commercial plantings of GMO seed crops for alfalfa, various turf grasses, and beets. The ban is based on an innovative local ordinance that was approved by Jackson County voters in the 2014 November general election. Almost on the same day opponents, backed by Monsanto and other biotechnology corporations, deployed legal teams to assist a select group of Jac...