The Supreme Court in the Philippines has halted the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) “Golden Rice” and GM eggplant. The decision is a response to a petition filed by the farmer-led network MASIPAG on October 12, 2022. “We welcome this move by the Supreme Court in issuing the Writ of Kalikasan on Golden Rice...Read More

We have won a critical fight in the campaign to stop genetically engineered trees. Thanks to your action, the Board of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the world’s leading forest product certifier, has decided to back away from a process that would have put forests at risk and opened the door to overturning the FSC’s...Read More

There is unprecedented corporate consolidation in the global seed and pesticides markets, dominated by the four companies that also control most of the world’s genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) seeds: Bayer, Sygenta, Corteva & BASF. These four companies dominate the markets but they also lead the political pressure campaign in Canada to remove government...Read More

Hello, My name is Garry, and I am a Saskatchewan organic grain farmer and President of the farmer group SaskOrganics. I am writing to personally thank you for taking action with us last week to protect organic farming from hidden GM seeds. Hundreds of you made that important call to the minister of agriculture. I...Read More

Help the minister get the message: No Hidden GM Seeds! Today is the Day of Action to stop hidden GM seeds called for by the Saskatchewan farmer-led organization SaskOrganics. Call the Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, to ask her to listen to organic farmers, not biotechnology companies: Tell the minister...Read More

Help the minister get the message: No Hidden GM Seeds! On Thursday March 9, 2023, call the Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, to ask her to listen to organic farmers, not biotechnology companies: Tell the minister that farmers need a mandatory public registry of all GM seeds sold on the...Read More

The company AquaBounty will stop producing its genetically modified salmon in Canada. Read and share today’s press release. “This is a huge victory for everyone in PEI and across Canada who protested against this dangerous technology,” said Sharon Labchuk of the coalition GMO Free PEI, a CBAN member group. The coalition has actively opposed the...Read More

Hundreds of farmers in the Prairies and across the country have sent seed packets in the mail to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. CBAN also sent the packet to every Member of Parliament. These seed packets carry a message of warning that allowing the sale of unassessed, undisclosed genetically modified (GM) seeds would threaten...Read More

The US company AquaBounty that grows genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) salmon has experienced net losses and negative cash flows since its inception and its share price has recently tumbled. A former employee is now also alleging disturbing health and safety practices at AquaBounty’s US facility. AquaBounty grows the world’s first GM food animal...Read More

For more than twenty years, the certification program of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has prohibited the commercial use of genetically engineered (GE or genetically modified) trees – but this important ban is under threat. Sign to call on the FSC to maintain its ban on GE trees, and to halt its plans to endorse...Read More