{"id":35562,"date":"2013-10-31T14:10:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=35562"},"modified":"2013-10-31T14:10:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:10:55","slug":"article_28669","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_28669\/","title":{"rendered":"GMO Wars: the Global Battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For related articles and more information, please visit OCA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/environment.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environment and Climate Research Center page<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/monsanto\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Millions Against Monsanto page<\/a> and our <a href=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/foodsafety.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Safety Research Center page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The GMO wars escalated earlier this month when the 2013 World Food Prize was awarded to three chemical company executives, including Monsanto executive vice president and chief technology officer, Robert Fraley, responsible for development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).<\/p>\n<p>The choice of Fraley was widely protested, with 81 members of the prestigious World Future Council <a href=\"http:\/\/seedfreedom.in\/celebrate-the-real-world-food-prize-honour-real-food-heroes\/\">calling it<\/a> &#8220;an affront to the growing international consensus on safe, ecological farming practices that have been scientifically proven to promote nutrition and sustainability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Monsanto&#8217;s Man<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The choice of Monsanto&#8217;s man triggered accusations of <a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2013\/10\/18\/critics-assail-monstanoaswinnerofworldfoodprize.html\">prize buying<\/a>. From 1999 to 2011, Monsanto donated $380,000 to the World Food Prize Foundation, in addition to a $5-million contribution in 2008 to help renovate the Hall of Laureates, a public museum honoring Norman Borlaug, the scientist who launched the Green Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>For some, the award to Monsanto is actually a sign of desperation on the part of the GMO establishment, a move designed to contain the deepening controversy over the so-called biotechnological revolution in food and agriculture. The arguments of the critics are making headway. Owing to concern about the dangers and risks posed by genetically engineered organisms, many governments have instituted total or partial bans on their cultivation, importation, and field-testing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The case against GMOs has strengthened steadily over the last few years, even as the industry has expanded all over the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1000,1031],"tags":[3,6,7,24],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GMO Wars: the Global Battlefield - Organic Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_28669\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GMO Wars: the Global Battlefield - Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The case against GMOs has strengthened steadily over the last few years, even as the industry has expanded all over the world.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_28669\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-31T14:10:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"OCA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@organicconsumer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@organicconsumer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OCA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_28669\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_28669\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OCA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/17936886bc35620784b0838870381700\"},\"headline\":\"GMO Wars: the Global Battlefield\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-31T14:10:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-31T14:10:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_28669\/\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Environment &amp; 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