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

Its summer! Apparently, that means its government consultation time! CBAN and the National Farmers Union have met with officials from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) three times in June and July. This is the second summer in a row that the CFIA has consulted about making profound changes to its regulation of genetically modified...Read More

The study found frequent fruit eaters had greater positive mental wellbeing The study surveyed 428 adults and looked at the relationship between their consumption of fruit, vegetables, sweet and savoury food snacks and their psychological health The more often people ate fruit, the lower they scored for depression and the higher for mental well-being. People...Read More

Stop the ministers from removing government safety assessments for GMOs. Take action with us in the ongoing campaign. Check our new tool kit to choose your next action. This action kit is inspired by CBAN’s public meeting on regulation where almost 100 people joined the discussion about what’s happening and how to stop these changes that...Read More