How National Geographic Got it Wrong on GMO Science
Judging a book, or in this case a magazine article, by it’s cover, I was prepared to dislike Joel Achenbach’s “War on Science” story in National Geographic. Turns out it’s an insightful,...
February 23, 2015
Pro-GMO Activist Frets That GMOs May “soon go the way of DDT”
The following email is from Mischa Popoff, a pro-GMO, anti-organic activist at the Heartland Institute, which is notorious for its defense of tobacco and denial of climate change. Perhaps the...
February 23, 2015
Media Reports That GMO Science Is Settled Are Flat-Out Wrong
News Release For Immediate Release: Friday, February 20, 2015 For More Information Contact: Stacy Malkan, Stacy@usrtk.org Media Reports That GMO Science Is Settled Are Flat-Out Wrong In the wake...
February 20, 2015
An Open Letter to Professor Kevin Folta on FOIA Requests
Dear Professor Folta: Yesterday there was some news coverage and commentary about our use of the state Freedom of Information Acts to obtain the correspondence of professors who wrote for the...
February 12, 2015
U.S. Right To Know FOIAs Profs Who Wrote for GMO PR Website
News Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 U.S. Right To Know FOIAs Profs Who Wrote for GMO PR Website U.S. Right...
February 11, 2015
Russia’s PR Firm Boasted of Doubling Positive Media Coverage on GMOs, Snooping on Citizens
News Release For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 [*Update: Ketchum PR announced in March 2015 that it ended its...
February 10, 2015
The GMO Industry Doesn’t Want You to See This Video
In this video, the GMO industry's main PR firm, Ketchum, brags about how it spun the media on GMO issues, and how it snoops on the social media accounts of people concerned about GMOs. [video...
February 9, 2015
Seedy Business: What Big Food is Hiding with its GMO PR Campaign
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (415) 944-7350 [caption id="attachment_468" align="alignright" width="231"] Download report at...
January 20, 2015