Argentina environmentalists, farm workers protest Monsanto pesticides
via RT.com Agriculture workers and various environmental advocacy groups in Argentina are protesting the use of pesticides produced by biotech giant Monsanto as they seek to halt work on the company’s...
View ArticleUS pressures El Salvador to buy GMO seeds
via RT.com As one of the preconditions to authorizing close to $300 million in aid, the United States is pressuring El Salvador to purchase genetically modified seeds from Monsanto instead of non-GM...
View ArticleFood Industry Associations Sue Vermont Over GMO Labeling Law
BY NEWS DESK, National associations representing food and snack manufacturers are suing the state of Vermont over its law passed last month that will require foods produced with genetically modified...
View ArticleGMO-Bananas are Going Into Human Trials
– Why This Won’t End Well by Max Goldberg, I am not sure why it is but so many people, myself included, have an incredibly strong emotional attachment to bananas. This love for bananas extends to all...
View ArticleBrazilian farmers demand biotech companies refund their money for GMO crops...
By RT.com Brazilian farmers are asking Monsanto and other producers of pest-resistant corn seeds to reimburse them for money spent on additional pesticides when the bugs killed the crops instead of...
View ArticleDon’t let Americans put hormones and pesticides in our dinner, warns Jamie...
By KIERAN CORCORAN FOR MAILONLINE, TV chef opposes ‘dangerous’ trade deal between EU and U.S. Says Translantic Trade and Investment Partnership could lower standards Agreement could let in food...
View ArticleIs 2014 the “Tipping Point” for the GMO Labeling Movement?
In Oregon and elsewhere, voter sentiments are trending more in favor of consumers’ “right to know.” —By Josh Harkinson Is this the year that voters will finally insist on knowing which supermarket...
View ArticleRegenerative Agriculture Is the Answer to Save Your Health
By Dr. Mercola, “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.” That’s a quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt, who clearly knew something most people, including farmers, have since forgotten. The truth...
View ArticleThe U.S Approves a Powerful New Pesticide Deadly to Monarch Butterflies
The dominance of genetically modified crops requires ever-more-toxic pesticides that are wiping out the iconic insect’s sole source of food. By Todd Woody, Is the monarch butterfly the new polar bear?...
View ArticleNew, More Toxic Breed of Crops Gain Approval
By Dr. Mercola Two major categories of genetically engineered (GE) seeds currently account for 99 percent of all acreage dedicated to GE crops in the US: 1) Those engineered to withstand high amounts...
View ArticleDocumentary, “Poison on the Platter”: GE Foods Are Spreading Across India
By Dr. Mercola The corporate and regulatory forces that are out to get genetically engineered (GE) foods onto your dinner plate by any means possible are not confined to the United States. In his...
View ArticleAmericans weigh in on GMO labeling in new poll
via AP WASHINGTON – A large majority of Americans support labeling of genetically modified foods, whether they care about eating them or not. According to a December Associated Press-GfK poll, 66...
View ArticleGlyphosate Declared “Probably carcinogenic to humans”
via Food Democracy Now Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the main chemical ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling weedkiller Roundup – Glyphosate – is “Probably carcinogenic...
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