Imagine sitting UC Berkeley Professor Miguel Altieri—one of the nation’s most outspoken advocates of sustainable farming—down at the table with a representative from Monsanto, the world’s biggest producer of genetically modified seeds, for a debate about GMOs. What would happen? Cat fight? Chair throwing?
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Letters to the Editor: Oct 17-23
Readers weigh in with some health skepticism. They discuss possible treatments for depression and the tricky games of the upcoming election.
New GMO Study Bolsters Prop. 37 Supporters
The pro-Prop. 37 camp, which has a strong base in Santa Cruz, has some new ammunition in support of their cause, even as polls show them cruising to victory in their effort to mandate labeling of genetically modified food.
Prop. 37 Advocates Push for GMO Labeling
It looks like a tomato. It’s red and round and a little sweet, with a bitter, savory aftertaste. Underneath its thin skin is fish DNA to prevent it from freezing prior to harvest. Is it a tomato? Mary Graydon-Fontana wouldn’t say so. “I don’t think that’s a tomato,” she says. “That’s a different species that they’re taking it from.”
