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Center for Food Safety

• Food and climate: connecting the dots, choosing the way forward

  This report published by the Centre for Food Safety, outlines the climate requirements for successful food production, and examines two competing food production methods – industrial and organic – to reveal how they contribute to the climate problem, how resilient they are in the face of escalating climate shocks, and how organic agriculture can actually help to solve the climate crisis.

  • 01/03/2014

  • Center for Food Safety
  • • Food Security
    • Climate Change
    • Organic Foods
    • Food Process Industry
    • Extreme Weather Events
    • Ecosystems
    • Biotechnology
    • Pesticides

• True food shoppers guide: how to avoid foods made with genetically modified organisms [GMOs]

  <p>Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of food involves the laboratory process of artificially inserting genes into the DNA of food crops or animals. The result is called a genetically modified organism or GMO. GMOs can be engineered with genes from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals, or even humans.

  • 01/01/2011

  • Center for Food Safety
  • • GMOs
    • Food Safety
    • GM Crops
    • Food Crops
    • Genetic Engineering
    • Vegetables