GMWatch
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Countering the propaganda of the biotech industry.
And guess who’s going to help Jessica Polfjard sell out her mandate from the European Parliament to defend consumer transparency and on-package labelling, and farmers’ and breeders’ rights against patent claims. bsky.app/profile/poli...
Europe’s draft gene-editing law — which could decide whether the bloc embraces a new generation of modified plants — may only survive thanks to the far right.
Far right to the rescue on Europe’s gene-editing revolution
Previously ignored, two far-right lawmakers could end an impasse on gene-edited plants.
www.politico.eu
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And guess who’s going to help Jessica Polfjard sell out her mandate from the European Parliament to defend consumer transparency and on-package labelling, and farmers’ and breeders’ rights against patent claims. bsky.app/profile/poli...
Parliament’s conservative negotiator Jessica Polfjard is backing down on patents. ‘The Parliament has decided by a large majority that GMO plants (NGT 1) shouldn’t be patentable. Patents would lead to legal uncertainty, high costs and monopolistic structures and consequently to less seed diversity.’
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Parliament’s conservative negotiator Jessica Polfjard is backing down on patents. ‘The Parliament has decided by a large majority that GMO plants (NGT 1) shouldn’t be patentable. Patents would lead to legal uncertainty, high costs and monopolistic structures and consequently to less seed diversity.’
Agrochemicals account for 60 delegates, and biofuels have 38 representatives—a 138% jump since last year. The #pesticides giant #Bayer sent 19 lobbyists, the highest number. “These findings are proof that industrial ag has been allowed to co-opt the climate convention,” said Lidy Nacpil of APMDD
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Agrochemicals account for 60 delegates, and biofuels have 38 representatives—a 138% jump since last year. The #pesticides giant #Bayer sent 19 lobbyists, the highest number. “These findings are proof that industrial ag has been allowed to co-opt the climate convention,” said Lidy Nacpil of APMDD
More about this massive polluter's greenwashing at #COP30, thanks to new research by @corporateeurope.org and
@cbg-network.bsky.social:
☠️ Bayer in Brazil—big polluter, big lobby spender 💵💵
Sponsoring COP30 to greenwash toxic agribusiness model www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/b...
@cbg-network.bsky.social:
☠️ Bayer in Brazil—big polluter, big lobby spender 💵💵
Sponsoring COP30 to greenwash toxic agribusiness model www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/b...
Bayer in Brazil - big polluter, big lobby spender | Corporate Europe Observatory
For agrochemical giant Bayer the COP30 climate conference in Brazil is a golden opportunity to greenwash its image. And it is willing to spend a lot of money to capitalise on this moment. Bayer is one...
www.corporateeurope.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
More about this massive polluter's greenwashing at #COP30, thanks to new research by @corporateeurope.org and
@cbg-network.bsky.social:
☠️ Bayer in Brazil—big polluter, big lobby spender 💵💵
Sponsoring COP30 to greenwash toxic agribusiness model www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/b...
@cbg-network.bsky.social:
☠️ Bayer in Brazil—big polluter, big lobby spender 💵💵
Sponsoring COP30 to greenwash toxic agribusiness model www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/b...
Borlaug stopped crop breeding by the late 1960s and spent the rest of his long life promoting the Green Revolution legend and ridiculing anyone who questioned it or proposed alternatives. Mentions of Borlaug and the Green Revolution surged again from the late 1990s in order to promote #GMO crops.
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Borlaug stopped crop breeding by the late 1960s and spent the rest of his long life promoting the Green Revolution legend and ridiculing anyone who questioned it or proposed alternatives. Mentions of Borlaug and the Green Revolution surged again from the late 1990s in order to promote #GMO crops.
The classic version of the Green Revolution legend claims the introduction of Norman Borlaug’s wheat seeds produced a bumper crop in India, saving the lives of a billion hungry people. But these claims are false. Food production in India didn’t speed up and zero lives were saved!
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The classic version of the Green Revolution legend claims the introduction of Norman Borlaug’s wheat seeds produced a bumper crop in India, saving the lives of a billion hungry people. But these claims are false. Food production in India didn’t speed up and zero lives were saved!
@msnbc.com: Tech execs secretly pursue project to create genetically engineered child, WSJ reports. "The tech bros who want to 'move fast and break things' think they know better than anyone else, and that ethics be damned, and they'll do what they want because they can." www.msn.com/en-us/video/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@msnbc.com: Tech execs secretly pursue project to create genetically engineered child, WSJ reports. "The tech bros who want to 'move fast and break things' think they know better than anyone else, and that ethics be damned, and they'll do what they want because they can." www.msn.com/en-us/video/...