Monsanto’s Control Over the Federal Government. Click to expand.
from Mercola.com
by Jim Gerritsen
Wood Prairie Farm
New York, New York – On February 24, Judge Naomi Buchwald handed down her ruling on a motion to dismiss in the case of […]
by Dr. Mercola
The food and agriculture biotechnology industry has spent more than $572 million in campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures in just over a decade, according to an analysis by Food & Water Watch. Key among the goals of this intense lobbying effort is to prevent GM food labeling and keep Americans […]
The Center for Food Safety Pushes Back Against Gates Foundation “Feed the World” Propaganda
by Center for Food Safety
TrueFoodNow.org
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) pushed back today against longtime biotech crop supporter, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, over its announcement that it has invested nearly $2 billion in a campaign to […]
by Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
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The United States is threatening nations who oppose Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) crops with military-style trade wars, according to information obtained and released by the organization WikiLeaks. Nations like France, which have moved to ban one of Monsanto’s GM corn varieties, were requested to be ‘penalized’ by the United […]
The State Column
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today issued the following statement upon announcing legislation that would require the labeling of all foods that contain or are produced with genetically engineered (GE) material.
“Genetic engineers have dramatically altered the food we consume, disrupting entire ecosystems and contaminating crops with potentially devastating effects […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
You may have heard that the USDA awarded a hefty research grant to AquaBounty, the “Frankenfish” creator. But there is more to the story….
What you may not have heard is that the award came just as the company was facing major financial troubles. This was a bailout. And there are […]
by SlowFood.com
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The horn of Africa is undergoing the most severe food crisis over the last 60 years. To address the growing number of people suffering from hunger, Kenya has decided to officially authorize the importation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), becoming the fourth African country to open its doors to […]
Why Is the State Department Using Our Money to Pimp for Monsanto?
The State Department is using taxpayer money to help force genetically modified crops on other countries.
By Jill Richardson
AlterNet
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People in India are up in arms about eggplant. Not just any eggplant — the fight, which is also raging in the Philippines, is […]
by Jeffrey M. Smith
NaturalNews
A new paper reviewing data from 19 animal studies shows that consuming genetically modified (GM) corn or soybeans leads to significant organ disruptions in rats and mice, particularly in livers and kidneys (http://www.enveurope.com/content/23…). “Other organs may be affected too, such as the heart and spleen, or blood […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
An exciting new ballot initiative, if California voters approve, could turn the tide against genetically engineered foods in America.
In 1994, a Monsanto employee was quoted as saying, “If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on […]
While on the campaign trail in 2007, Barack Obama promised to label GMO foods if elected. Now’s the time! Today, an estimated 80% of processed foods contain GMOs. Tell President Obama you agree that the U.S. needs GMO labeling “because Americans should know what they’re buying”.
For the past 20 […]
LabelGMOs.org is a non profit organization that strives to bring awareness to the public regarding genetically modified (GMO) foods. There is an upcoming ballot initiative in California to require companies to label foods that contain GMO products.
Visit labelgmos.org for more information.
Filmed/Edited by Arthur Woo
Music: Agoria featuring Kid A – Kiss My […]
By Anna Lappé
Civil Eats
With all due respect, Nina Federoff’s New York Times op-ed reads like it was written two decades ago when the jury was still out about the potential of the biotech industry to reduce hunger, increase nutritional quality in foods, and decrease agriculture’s reliance on toxic chemicals and other expensive inputs that […]
by PR Newswire
WASHINGTON /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals announced today a bold mobilization plan to raise awareness and pressure the government about the lack of labeling of Genetically Engineered foods people unknowingly consume. Such foods are also termed “Genetically Modified Organisms” or “GMOs.” The GMO Right2Know March will feature daily events […]
by HELEN WALLER
greatfallstribune.com
About a decade ago Monsanto was on a mission to develop and commercialize a genetically modified strain of dark northern spring wheat.
Farmers’ interest in the seed hit bottom because of a lack of acceptance of GM wheat by our valued customers around the world. Buyers for foreign markets purchase […]
by Tom Philpott
Mother Jones
As I reported last week, the USDA’s recent surprise decision not to regulate genetically modified bluegrass poked yet more holes in an already-porous regime for overseeing GM crops—essentially to the point of regulatory collapse.
There were a few important strands I wasn’t able to wrestle into the story. The main one is an odd […]
By Tom Philpott
Mother Jones
It’s a hoary bureaucratic trick, making a controversial announcement on the Friday afternoon before a long weekend, when most people are daydreaming about what beer to buy on the way home from work, or are checking movie times online. But that’s precisely what the US Department of […]
By Elias Hazou
Cyprus Mail
THE HOUSE voted into law a bill making it compulsory to display genetically-modified (GM) foods on separate shelves in shops and supermarkets.
GM foods and foods containing GM ingredients, will now be sold with a prominent sign stating clearly that these are GM foods, or food containing GM ingredients.
The law provides for […]
GM Crops – Farmer to Farmer
Michael Hart, a conventional livestock family farmer, has been farming in Cornwall for nearly thirty years and has actively campaigned on behalf of family farmers for over fifteen years, travelling extensively in Europe, India, Canada and the USA.
In this short documentary he […]
By MARGARET MELLON AND DOUG GURIAN-SHERMAN
By 2050, the world will have to feed 9 billion people, adapt to climate change, reduce agricultural pollution, and protect fresh water supplies – all at the same time. Given that formidable challenge, what are the quickest, most cost-effective ways to develop more productive, drought-, flood- […]
