Action Towards Cancun: Destroyed GMO Crops in Italy
This morning one hundred activists of the Association Ya Basta Italy entered in a illegal field of genetically modified maize in Vivaro (Pordenone province, northeastern Italy). The action started at...
View ArticleGenetically Modified Food Industry’s Dirty Little Secret
Monsanto pesticide to be sprayed on crops. (photo: Waking Times) By Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network, 09 October 12. Source: Reader Supported News s a scientist at Pesticide Action...
View ArticleOp-ed: Gates Foundation should step away from funding genetically modified...
By Ashley Fent and Phil Bereano, 4 November 2012. Source: Seattle Times Guest columnists Ashley Fent and Phil Bereano write that Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s funding to develop genetically...
View ArticleVictory! Environmental review to delay two engineered crops
Note: More stringent environmental review is no funeral pyre for genetically engineered (GE) crops. However, this news – in addition to another recent USDA decision delaying the deregulation process...
View ArticleBiotech crops vs. pests: Successes and failures from the first billion acres
June 10, 2013. Source: Science Codex Since 1996, farmers worldwide have planted more than a billion acres (400 million hectares) of genetically modified corn and cotton that produce insecticidal...
View ArticleHow Monsanto Is Terrifying the Farming World
By Chris Parker, Thursday, Jul 25 2013. Source: Miami New Times Illustration by Peter Ryan / peterthomasryan.com Percy Schmeiser was a farmer. Shortly after the Monsanto company introduced genetically...
View ArticleMeet the activists who humiliated Monsanto
By Alex Cline, August 21, 2013. Source: Policy Mic Last Thursday, an intriguing press release from “Monsanto Global” was sent out to to the email inboxes of media organizations all over the world....
View ArticleAgrochemical companies sue to block anti-GMO law in Hawaii
By Christopher D’Angelo, January 11, 2014. Source: Reuters LIHUE, Hawaii (Reuters) – Three of the world’s largest agrochemical companies have filed a lawsuit in Hawaii to block a law enacted on the...
View ArticleAction: USDA Public Comment Period on GMO “Coexistence” [Due 3/4]
February 4, 2014. Source: National Organic Coalition “Agricultural Coexistence” ≠ GMO Contamination Prevention USDA is asking for public comments on how agricultural “coexistence” (relationships...
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