The latest step in the discussions that began in July 2023 regarding the deregulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Europe took place on January 28, 2026, when the relevant …
our daily bread (the machine-produced one)
It is easy to imagine a version of the human species that would not know any of the “luxuries” (or burdens) of high technology, from the humblest cars to smart …
Tissue engineering
The construction (and promotion) of “synthetic tissues” as food is moving forward: companies that obtain the relevant licenses (4 so far in the US) are fueled by the desire to “provide a solution to a huge problem in our society: to ensure enough meat and seafood for the next 3 billion people …
Squeeze the cockroaches!
You may have your reservations about those whom the Establishment had early on characterized as specialized idiots – unless, of course, you are one of them… However, from a more …
Business ownership in everything!
The recognition of “intellectual property” (i.e. industrial/commercial exploitation) in genetic material (and therefore in life forms) is supposedly acknowledged only if some technical intervention has been made to it. These …
the defense of nature: resisting the financialization of the Earth
The following text can be read as a continuation of the one titled “life at the butcher’s counter“. With a different focus, they show the same thing: how the so-called …
life at the butcher’s counter
After years of confrontations and interstate disagreements, the majority of member states of the “assembly” of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (Convention on Biodiversity / COB) adopted [last November] …
The “Immaculate Conception of Data”
When a farmer buys a tractor from the agricultural machinery company John Deere, they receive a license to operate the vehicle. Nowadays, tractors are not like the old vehicles of …
Big Tech enter the food game
Do not trust the new UN campaign, “Food Systems Coordination Hub”, regarding the “transformation of food systems for global health”. The current corporate agenda, which is supported by this new …
Two discussions on the digitalization of the food system
The following dialogues are transcribed text from the first two episodes of a podcast series by the ETC group (www.etcgroup.org), which began in the summer of 2023, titled “Who Will …
Kicks to the genitals?
When we indicate it, it might simply be another moment of “marginality.” But if it is an official paper, submitted and registered in the “national medical library” of the USA? …
“Genetically modified organisms” (GMO) and “New genomic techniques” (NGT): old and new mutations, same background
We copy from a random article, from the first results of the search engine, searching for the term “new genomic techniques”: New genetic techniques (NGTs), or gene editing techniques, are …