Tag: general mills
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#MorningMonarchy: September 2, 2026
Plastic cookies, artificial colors and stolen beers + this day in history w/seed vaults and our song of the day by Remy on your #MorningMonarchy for September 2, 2026.
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#MorningMonarchy: August 29, 2018
Unlimited wildfires, doctor’s orders and the rise of the super snake + this day in history w/the Chicano Moratorium and our song of the day by Brett Dennen on your Morning Monarchy for August 29, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: December 6, 2017
Generic drugs, monumental decisions and zombie butterflies + this day in history w/the Halifax explosion and our song of the day by The James Hunter Six on your Morning Monarchy for December 6, 2017.
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Non-GMO Cheerios More Marketing Boon Than Health Boost?
from nbcnews.com: A non-Frankenfood Cheerios may not make much of a difference to consumers’ health, but it could deliver some benefits to General Mills’ bottom line. Opponents of genetically modified foods cheered the cereal maker’s announcement Thursday that its original flavor Cheerios now is made without GMOs and will be on store shelves soon.
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Washington Rejects GMO Labels, With Help From Food Companies
from businessweek.com: An expensive fight in Washington state over whether to label foods with genetically modified ingredients appears to have been decided largely by arguments that such labels would lead to higher grocery costs. With most of the votes counted, it appears Initiative 522 to require GMO labeling will lose by a 10-point margin. The…
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#BingeAndPurge: Nano, Polio, POM, Peru and More
White House Blocking EPA Efforts to Issue Rules on Nanomaterials // Cases of ‘Non-Polio’ Paralysis Rise After Polio Vaccination Drives // Federal Judge Rules General Mills Is Allowed to Mislead Consumers about “Fruit” Products // FTC Judge Rules Pomegranate Juice Maker Used Deceptive Ads // ‘The Voice’ judge Will.i.am goes to Oxford University climate change…
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Reports Suggest White House Pressured Vilsack to Approve GM Alfalfa
from grist: As I reported last week, the USDA announced late Thursday it would allow the planting of genetically modified alfalfa, the nation’s fourth-largest crop, without restriction. Was the decision based on a careful weighing of the evidence by the USDA — or on political consideration emanating from the White House? Two recent media reports…


