Where is the GM apple?

By Lucy Sharratt, CBAN. Published December 2016 in the BC Organic Grower In March 2015, Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF) got approval for its GM non-browning Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apples in both Canada and the United States. The US government also just...

Ottawa should evaluate Canada’s experience with GM crops

by Lucy Sharratt, Power & Influence magazine, The Hill Times, July 2016 After twenty years, the use of genetically engineering (more popularly called genetic modification or GM) in food and farming is still being fought over in Canada and around the world, and is...

Séralini study defies censors

by Lucy Sharratt, CBAN, Common Ground, August 2014. A French study on the safety of a genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) corn has just been republished. This seemingly ordinary event is globally significant. The study and the public fight...