Other Resources

Monsanto Vs. U.S. Farmers Report, 2010 Update

Going Backwards: Dow’s 2,4-D Resistant Crops and a More Toxic Future (Winter 2012)
Food Safety Review by CFS Science Policy Analyst Bill Freese.

“Agent Orange” Corn: The Next Stage in the Chemical Arms Race (Feb. 2012)
Fact sheet on Dow’s 2,4-D resistant corn.

The True Food Shopper’s Guide to Avoiding GMOs

Download our NEW True Food Shopper’s Guide to avoiding GMOs, updated for 2011, or get our True Food Shoppers Guide mobile application for iPhone and Android! The True Food Shopper’s Guide was created to help you find and avoid GE ingredients wherever you shop. Our guide gives you valuable information on common GE ingredients, brands to look for, and look out for, and common sense tips to keep you in the know. Stop shopping in the dark and get your new pocket shoppers’ guide today! Check out this video review of the app on livingmaxwell.com.

Get it for free on iTunes (for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) or Android Market by searching for “True Food.”

Don’t have a compatible mobile phone? Download our NEW printable True Food Shoppers Guide, updated for 2011 instead!

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Are you shopping in the dark? Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Food provides a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute guide on the very real dangers genetically engineered foods present to our health, the environment, and farm communities. Written by Andrew Kimbrell with a foreword by Nell Newman, this book provides you with all the necessary tools to understand this critical food issue, to choose to avoid GE foods and to become an active participant in the fight for an organic, environmentally sustainable and socially just food future.
View more info or order a copy of the book here

Tainted Sugar?
Download CFS’s new fact sheet on Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genetically engineered sugar beets.
View Fact Sheet

Genetically Modified Crops Increase Pesticide Use and Fail to Alleviate Poverty, Reveals New Report, “Who Benefits from GM Crops?,” by Friends of the Earth International and the Center for Food Safety.
View Executive Summary
View Full Report

Monsanto vs U.S. Farmers: November 2007 Update
Update to the 2005 report Monsanto vs U.S. Farmers

Genetically Engineered Corn Study Shows Potential Harm To Stream Wildlife Near Farms, Center for Food Safety Calls for Further Investigation and Rigorous Testing Standards for Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops

CFS Report, A Grain Of Caution, Shows Genetically Engineered Pharmaceutical Rice Is Not the Solution to Diarrhea. Drugs in Rice Not Approved by FDA, Will Likely Contaminate Foods

Concentration in Cotton report
CFS report on the consequences of a pending merger between Monsanto and Delta Pine Land. Proposed merger would strengthen Monsanto’s monopoly in the cotton seed market, increasing seed prices and reducing seed choices for American farmers

Genetic Engineering Industry Front Group Exposed. CFS sheds light on the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP).

Regulating Transgenic Crops – Is the U.S. Government Up to the Task?

Contamination Episodes – An overview of GE crop contamination events

Market Rejection of GE Crops – An overview of GE crops facing rejection in the marketplace

Contaminating the Wild – CFS report on gene flow from experimental field trials of genetically engineered crops to related wild species.

A New View of U.S. Agriculture – State-by-state factsheets on top agricultural commodities, organic sales, and regulations on genetically engineered foods.

California Food and Agriculture Report Card: Genetic Engineering – CFS evaluates the response of California’s legislature, regulatory agencies, and food corporations to concerns around GE crops and food.

Preemption Toolkit – How to secure local control of your food and environment by fighting preemption in your state

Patenting Life – A Brief History – Short backgrounder on patenting from the CFS report “Monsanto vs. U.S. Farmers”

Monsanto vs. U.S. Farmers - 2005 report documents Monsanto’s lawsuits against U.S. farmers

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and Foods: Worldwide Regulation, Prohibition and Production – an ongoing CFS project that monitors international legislation regarding genetic engineering

Visit the True Food Network to view a shopping list of food products that do not contain genetically engineered ingredients.

Genetically Engineered Crop Failures

Genetic Engineering and Pesticide Use

Genetic Engineering Fact Sheets for Farmers

View a list of experts

View CFS PowerPoint Presentations on Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering Directory

Searchable Database on the Revolving Door and the Biotech Industry