In this investigative report, ProPublica uncovers how Pioneer, Ohio, banked on AquaBounty’s GMO salmon venture—only to be left with broken promises and financial fallout. AquaBounty promised jobs, investment, and a …
Campaigners celebrate as firm making first-ever GMO fish ceases operations
This story from Mongabay highlights the success of campaigners in shuttering AquaBounty Technologies, the company behind the first genetically engineered salmon approved for human consumption in North America. The campaign, …
Victory! Genetically Engineered Salmon Production Ends as AquaBounty Shutters Last Facility
First Commercialized GE Animal a Market Failure Following Rejection by Largest Food Retailers, Food Service Companies and Court Challenges For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 12, 2024Communications contacts: Feini Yin, +1 (908) 745-9768, …
Counter-APEC protest calls attention to corporate-controlled food systems, connecting land and sea
SEATTLE, Wa. — On Thursday, a group of community members representing Washington’s fishing, farming, and food worker communities staged a creative action against the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings …
Reflections after the FDA public meeting on AquaBounty, December 2022: What if we instead invested in community-controlled food systems?
On December 15, 2022, members of the Block Corporate Salmon campaign attended the US Food and Drug Administration’s public meeting on its new environmental assessment of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon …
Activists groups planning several coordinated protests against GM salmon farmer AquaBounty
Protests are planned for Ohio and Seattle. Unhappy with the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently released draft amended Environmental Assessment (EA) that found genetically modified (GM) salmon eggs …