Tag Archives: Monsanto
GMO Labeling Passes Vermont House as Activists Prepare to March Against Monsanto
by Rebekah Wilce
In an advance that makes history, Vermont’s House of Representatives passed a bill on May 10 requiring foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled. This is the furthest any such legislation has made it through the legislative process in the United States.
Supreme Court rules for Monsanto, says farmer violated genetically modified soybeans’ patent
By Robert Barnes
Hazardous To Your Health? New Study Questions Safety Of Monsanto’s Roundup
By Gary GunterAre some Americans being poisoned from food contamination of a heavily used herbicide?
A recent peer-reviewed study of the herbicide Roundup appearing in the scientific journal Entropy indicates that this may be so.
Monsanto: Profits grow from seeds
By Elliott Gue
With demand for corn, soybeans and other agricultural commodities continuing to grow and the supply of arable land in decline, farmers need to maximize their harvests. Agribusiness giant Monsanto (MON 0.00%) is one of our favorite food-related plays. Its innovative genetically-modified (GM) seeds are critical to producing more crops from less acreage.
Joint agreement between Monsanto, DuPont has created the world’s largest GMO monopoly
By:Ethan A. Huff
For years, DuPont has alleged that Monsanto is a threat to innovation, as the biotechnology bully dominates large and growing segments of industrialized agriculture. And DuPont has been correct in this assessment, which became the crux of its legal argument against Monsanto.
Monsanto Protection Act Signed By Obama, GMO Bill Written By Monsanto Itself Signed Into Law
The Monsanto Protection Act, essentially both written by and benefitting Monsanto Corporation, has been signed into law by United States President Barack Obama. The infamous Monsanto Corporation will benefit greatly and directly from the bill, as it essentially gives companies that deal with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically engineered (GE) seeds immunity to the federal courts, among other things.
Dirty white gold
By: Belen Fernandez
Many argue that Monsanto’s contributions in India have led to a “suicide economy” [EPA]
The website of US-based biotech giant Monsanto boasts that the corporation qualifies as “a sustainable agriculture company”.
DOJ Mysteriously Quits Monsanto Antitrust Investigation
By Tom Philpott
There’s an age-old tradition in Washington of making unpopular announcements when no one’s listening—like, you know, the days leading up to Thanksgiving. That’s when the Obama administration sneaked a tasty dish to the genetically modified seed/pesticide industry.
Maine farmers get second chance in court against giant Monsanto
By Whit Richardson
WASHINGTON, Maine — A lawsuit brought by a Maine-based agriculture group against global giant Monsanto will receive its day in a federal appeals court after being dismissed by another judge earlier this year.
Monsanto: Mad scientists manipulate soy, threaten Global Survival
Three people, Monsanto, the USDA and WHO, walk into a bar. Wait a minute. Those aren’t people! Yes, they are. At least one of them is. The US Supreme Court declared that corporations are people, so Monsanto at least is a person. The jury is still out on the other two.
Monsanto tries to criminalize saving seeds, drags farmer into court
by: Summer Tierney
As if its costly genetic tampering with the whole natural world weren’t brazen enough, Monsanto continues to bully and intimidate farmers across the United States, hoping this time to push its agenda through the highest court in the justice system.
Gambling with the Genome
By: Severine Kirchner
Question: What’s better for your health, old candy bars or Monsanto’s genetically modified corn? The answer may surprise you. It certainly surprised certain members of the Animal Kingdom.
Monsanto’s Patent Case Heads to Supreme Court
“Monsanto does authorize growers to sell their second-generation seed to grain elevators as a commodity and does not require restrictions on grain elevators’ subsequent sales of that seed.”
The Supreme Court has taken up a case where an Indiana farmer was ordered to pay more than $84,400 for infringing on Monsanto’s patented genetically engineered seeds.
Infertility Gene in GMO Corn
By: Catherine J. Frompovich
Genetically modified foods are getting a lot of press these days, especially in California where Proposition 37, the labeling of GMO foods, will be on the November 6th Election Day ballot.Massachusetts Schools Sue Monsanto For PCB Contamination
By Aviva Shen
A new lawsuit over harmful levels of the coolant polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) in Massachusetts school buildings is forcing biotech firm Monsanto Company to revisit its unsavory past.
Bitter Seeds, Monsanto’s Legacy and The Vanishing World of Traditional Seeds
By Gar Smith
Several years ago, I sat in a San Francisco screening room with other local film critics to watch China Blue, the second documentary in Micha X. Peled’s ambitious Globalization Trilogy.
The Renewable Insanity of Monsanto, Bill Gates, the Rockefellers and Craig Venter
By: Cassandra Anderson
Monsanto, Bill Gates, the Rockefellers, Craig Venter and other investors are working behind-the-scenes to bring genetically engineered (GE) algae to market with products that include fuel, animal feed made with manure, human food and vaccines.
Monsanto enters pharmaceutical business, acquires key ‘gene silencing’ technology for use in humans
by: Ethan A. Huff
The Monsanto company has forged a new partnership with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company whose primary focus seems to be on figuring out how to best crack the genetic code so as to manipulate the way genes inherently express themselves.
Shocking results of Monsanto, Roundup cancer study spur global calls for ‘immediate action’ against GM crops
by: Ethan A. Huff
The recent release of the first ever study to independently and honestly evaluate the long-term effects of eating Monsanto’s genetically-modified (GM) corn has sparked massive outcry around the world against the continued use of this genetic poison in the food supply.
Monsanto’s Fading Grasp – Group Calls on South Africa to Ban GMO Corn
By: Anthony Gucciardi
Following in the footsteps of nations like France and Russia, South Africa may soon be the latest nation to enact a ban on Monsanto’s GMO corn that was recentlylinked to tumor development and organ damage in rats.
GMO Technology, Glyphosate Toxicity Leaving Men Sterile
By: Elizabeth Renter
What if the pesticides and herbicides being sprayed on your food was causing your sperm to die? What if GMO crops had the same effect? What would it mean for humanity if this “modern food marvel” (as Monsanto would like you to think) was actually making men infertile, and eventually wipe us out?
