Meet the two farmers who have asked the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to take up a review of genetically engineered herbicide tolerant alfalfa. Dianne Dowling Farm description: We are members of the Organic Meadow Co-operative and have a certified organic...

Monday, July 15. Quebec City - Protestors outside a Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) meeting this morning denounced the industry group’s plans to release genetically modified (GM) alfalfa in Eastern Canada. They asked the Quebec government and other provincial...

July 25, 2013. Ottawa – Two farmers have formally asked the Ontario government to carry out an environmental assessment of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa before the seed is sold in the province. Today, they launched an application under Ontario’s Environmental Bill...

Commentary and Technical Paper, July 2013, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network and the National Farmers Union gm-alfalfa-rebuttal-to-industry-coexistence-plan.pdf 2.00 MB

Updated June 4 2013 Click here to download the pdf file. Contact: Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, 613 241 2267 ext 25 coordinator@cban.ca www.cban.ca/wheat GM Wheat Contamination Update On May 29 2013, the United States Department of...

Contamination Status in Canada is Unknown Wednesday May 29. Ottawa. – Today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that Monsanto’s unapproved genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) herbicide tolerant wheat was found...

What: Public Event, “Is the GM Salmon Safe? A look at the data on the health and environment risks” Who: Featuring Michael Hansen, Ph.D., Consumers Union, US, international expert on the risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. The event is presented by...

April 12, 2013 What: Public event, “Alaska to PEI: Why Alaska Opposes the GM Atlantic Salmon” When: Thursday April 18, 7:30 PM Where: Rodd Charlottetown, 75 Kent St, Charlottetown, PEI Who: Featuring Alaskan State Representative Geran Tarr (Anchorage). Presented by...

April 10, 2013 Click here to download the pdf file. Company wants PEI as sole global supplier of first-ever GM food animal PEI could soon be the world’s first and sole supplier of genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon eggs. If approved, this GM salmon would be the...

Tuesday April 2, 2013. Ottawa. Today, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network released a new report documenting the means by which genetically modified (GM) alfalfa will contaminate non-GM alfalfa and hay crops in Ontario, if GM alfalfa is released in Eastern...