Demonstrators planted coconut trees and waved signs in rallies across the Hawaiian Islands as part of an international day of protests against agriculture business Monsanto.

A proposal to create "control areas" for heightened regulation of GMOs has been resurrected in the Oregon legislature.

Scientists in America will collaborate to draw up a set of ethical guidelines around the rights and wrongs of editing the human genome.

A major restaurant chain eliminating foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) was sure to be controversial. Chipotle Mexican Grill continues to get pilloried in mainstream and social media, accused of shrugging off the views of most scientists who say that foods that contain GMOs are generally safe to eat.

Genetically modified crops--universally called GMO--are not going away, and neither is the controversy over them.

Industry and many regulatory bodies insist they are safe, but many consumers and activists want them tightly controlled, if used at all.

GMO food labeling and certification is in the works. Genetically modified food products are getting more attention from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

On May 23, 2015, hundreds of thousands of concerned individuals will gather across 38 countries and 428 cities to join in peaceful protest against the Monsanto Company as a part of the March Against Monsanto grassroots campaign.

Effective July 2016, Vermont in the US will be the first to require products to be so labelled if they contain GMO. Grocery manufacturers have been challenging attempts to mandate GMO labelling. The main reason, of course, is anticipated consumer resistance.

Syngenta AG rejected an unsolicited takeover offer valued at roughly $45 billion from U.S. rival Monsanto Co., saying the proposed deal undervalued the Swiss agrochemical giant.

Retailers want growth, and CPG giants such as Heinz and Kraft are no longer delivering it, said Hain Celestial bosses this week.