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08/12/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Why is the Trump administration using billions in taxpayer dollars to subsidize GMO agriculture?

When President Trump first took office, there was renewed hope among anti-GMO activists that he would take positive action to curtail the $350 billion-a-year biotechnology industry. After all, both on the campaign trail and for the first 353 days of his presidency he never mentioned the words biotechnology, CRISPR, eugenics, gene therapy or embryo editing. […]

07/25/2018 / By S.D. Wells

Trump to pump $12 billion in welfare-type aid to U.S. farmers, but do we really need to boost genetically modified soy and corn production?

Before Trump won the Presidency, there was talk about his possible support of the clean food movement if he did in fact become POTUS, since many of his restaurants serve organic food dishes. But the Trump administration just put the wheels in motion for up to a $12 billion subsidy for U.S. farm-belt farmers that […]

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