via Tech Dirt: Back in May 2013, we wrote about worrying attempts to create a harmonized system for controlling the sale of seeds in Africa that would increase the power of large…
Monsanto
In response to yesterday’s article, “Monsanto’s GMO Creations Caused 291,000 Suicides in India,” we had a Facebook commenter share this article with us. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read…
via Natural Society: It is no secret that Monsanto is making life difficult for countless farmers in America with its parented seeds. After all, the biotech giant has already filed 145 lawsuits (or…
The next big thing for many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors is food. Paul B. Farrell explains ‘Food 2.0’ at MarketWatch: Silicon Valley: “The Next Start-up Craze” is “Food 2.0” predict MIT Technology…
via Andrea Germanos at Common Dreams: Monsanto has poured $4.7 million into the campaign to defeat an initiative to label genetically modified food in Colorado. The funds went to the No on 105 Coalition,…
Who’s got the cojones to stand up to Monsanto and send them packing? The Mayans of Guetamala, that’s who! IC Magazine reports on the recent victory of the Mayan People’s Movement against…
Abby Martin goes over the publication of a study on how genetically modified foods (GMOs) affect living organisms, as well as the pushback the study received by the GMO companies like Monsanto…
Well no surprise that the spinmeisters at America’s third-most-hated company, Monsanto, chose Bloomberg Businessweek to depict them as unjustly and unreasonably reviled, but nonetheless it’s interesting to review their take on just why we shouldn’t hate…
Lauren McCauley writes at Common Dreams: In a victory for sustainable food advocates everywhere, two counties in Oregon on Tuesday voted to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops. Despite an…
Is there anything left that’s safe to eat? Devon Jackson writes for Outside that “[f]or years, an underground movement has claimed that the very food we eat—by virtue of the pesticides and…
In recent years, no company has been more associated with evil than Monsanto, says Lessley Anderson, asking “why?” for Modern Farmer: The house was raised above the ground, like a mushroom or…
Yes, you read that right, Monsanto is concocting a line of trademarked organic vegetables. Let’s hope it takes off and they decide to give up on their favorite genetically modified varietals. Report…
For all you Monsanto watchers, here’s where the corporation we all love to hate is looking to expand its reach, via Salon via AlterNet: Imagine cows fed and milked entirely by robots….
In this video Luke Rudkowski interviews people at a recent Monsanto protest in NYC. He asks the attendees why they are there, one fact about Monsanto and what they hope happens. Via…
Monsanto’s High Fructose Corn Patch Take a corn ride. Kick the canned corn. Slide down corn mountain. These are just some of the fun things you can do at Monsanto’s High Fructose…
Not everyone is either worried or skeptical regarding man-made global warming. Mother Jones on how Monsanto is eagerly banking on it: Data to help farmers grow crops in a changing climate. Climate…
Monsanto’s billion-dollar acquisition of The Climate Corporation plants the seeds for an agribusiness revolution, writes Vlad Savov for The Verge: To look at Monsanto’s product pages, you’d think the company’s business is in selling…
Abby Martin talks to John B. Wells on the widely syndicated Coast to Coast AM radio show about the rise of alternative media, her citizen journalism with Media Roots, her activism with…
Abby Martin breaks down how the Ag giant Monsanto has established a permanent revolving door in Washington, highlighting major conflicts of interest between top government officials who have personal stakes in the…
Via This Is Africa, Paula Akugizibwe on conquering the world through the food chain: While the science of GMOs may remain murky, the economics are crystal clear. The most obvious and direct…
When Star Livingstone’s Mother purchased her Adirondack Homestead in 1963, she added some lime to the acidic soil. Soon after this, some Milkweeds began to grow on the two acre plot attracting…
We just received an email from – maybe – Monsanto. Is it for real? Or are the Yes Men up to no good again? Monsanto Denounces “Activists” For Hoax Release Aug 14,…
Remember the television commercials a few years ago touting the benefits of corn syrup? Russia Today writes: A group of biotech seed companies have launched an online forum to rebuff disapproval of…
In response to Saul of Heart’s recent article in which I quote: By all means, let’s March Against Monsanto. But then let’s put genetic engineering into the hands of forward-thinking, progressive scientists…