Tag: Monsanto

  • Anniston Alabama vs. Monsanto

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    This is old news, but I hadn’t heard about it until I read an article where the Anniston, Alabama case against Monsanto was alluded to.  I looked it up and found this informative piece by Maryam Henien at the HoneyColony blog: From the ’40s to ’70s, Monsanto knowingly dumped millions of pounds of the now-banned…

  • Live Streamed Lecture by Vandana Shiva

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    Posted in Arts & Culture, Culture, Events by Anastasia Chipelski on March 24, 2014 Internationally renowned eco-feminist, philosopher, and activist Vandana Shiva will be paying a visit to Winnipeg this weekend, and while her ticketed event is now sold out, local organizers have arranged an alternate, free live-streamed teach-in. Shiva will be speaking to a group of paying attendees on the evening…

  • Organic Seed Banks Preserve Genetically Diverse Food Supply

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    Seed Activism In a recent study titled “Seed Freedom: A Global Citizens Report,” Shiva’s research showed the ways that genetic contamination is rapidly spreading and, specifically, how India has lost organic cotton seed varieties due to contamination by Bt Cotton. The report also points to other places, like Mexico, facing similar challenges. “Mexico, the historical…

  • Monsanto Seed Patents Create Modern Day Zamindari System

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    In an interview with Darshan Kakri at the Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture series, Vandana Shiva was asked, “Why should countries like Nepal with a predominantly traditional agricultural base be concerned about the entry of a company like Monsanto in its territory?” Regardless of how you feel about the safety of their genetically modified seeds, Shiva’s response provides one of…

  • Is Genetically Modified Food Bad for Health?

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    Md Nasir Ahmed, a Noah Project reader, has written an informative and well-researched article about GMO’s   I’ve posted it below.  You can also find it at GreenMagz.info. GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, basically it means food made in the laboratory which refers to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest…

  • GMO Corn Causes Sterility in Farmer’s Pigs

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    Jerry Rosman, a pig farmer in Iowa, was cultivating GMO corn,(Roundup Ready and BT) and fed this corn to his pigs. Result: his sows became infertile, and then after one year he went bankrupt. See the whole interview here: http://vimeo.com/20237421

  • Monsanto Drawing Opposition Across Globe

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    Increasingly Monsanto is drawing opposition across the globe.  In The Times of India Laxmi Prasanna reports on a recent conference held in Thiruvananthapuram that attracted green activists and scientists from around the world. As part of the global call against Monsanto, participants including green activists from 400 cities across the world including Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram will organise…

  • Farmers Appealing “Pre-Emptive” Monsanto Lawsuit to Supreme Court

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    The Wisconsin Agconnection blog announces that the group of farmers who challenged Monsanto’s patents on genetically-modified seeds is appealing their case to the U.S. Supreme Court after a lower court ruled against them in June. The Maine-based Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association has been joined in their case by a group of 73 organic…

  • Gates Foundation Invests in Monsanto Cont’d.

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    Here’s a revealing comment by Szophee in the thread to the Gates Foundation article: Let’s see who’s behind this push for a new ‘Green revolution’ in Africa: The whole project is being led by the US and UK governments (and paid for by their taxpayers), along with the rest of the G8. USAid is playing its…

  • GATES FOUNDATION INVESTS IN MONSANTO: Both will profit at expense of small-scale African farmers

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    Reposted from Community Alliance for Global Justice: Farmers and civil society organizations around the world are outraged by the recent discovery of further connections between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and agribusiness titan Monsanto. Last week, a financial website published the Gates Foundation’s investment portfolio, including 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock with an estimated…