Tag: Monsanto

  • Agroecology Best Way to Fundamentally Transform Agriculture

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    Doug Gurian-Sherman posts an excellent article on his blog The Equation about the promise agroecology holds to fundamentally transform agriculture to make it more resilient to climate change, respond to new pests, conserve scarce resources like water and phosphorus, reduce environmental impacts, and establish food sovereignty. …we must make a serious effort to develop ecologically-sound agriculture systems that address…

  • Chileans Protest Against the “Monsanto Law”

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    RT News provides video footage of protests in Chile against GMO’s and the “The Monsanto Law.” Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists say it will not only compromise food sovereignty in Chile, but will also harm consumer health. Mass protests were…

  • Fishey Fleet Coast-to-Coast Tour Ends at Seattle HempFest

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    Yesterday, the Fishy Fleet coast-to-coast tour ended at the 22nd annual Seattle HempFest. East coast driver Shannon Spectra, wrote a song about GMOs on the 10 day trip. In this video, she sings, hoop dances and reads the Yes On 522 Dr Bronner’s label that will be available in stores nationwide next month. Fishy Tomato: A genetically modified tomato, or…

  • Anti-GMO Movement Flourishing

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    Lots of news today on the anti-GMO front. NASDAQ notes that the right-to-choose movement is gaining strength and may be negatively impacting Big Food Stocks: Companies like Monsanto — the dominant producer of most genetically modified corn, soybean, and cotton seeds — see its revenues tied to extreme weather conditions that affect crop yields, not…

  • List of Common GMO Products

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    Many of us would like to have a list of GMO foods in order to make better informed choices at the supermarket. Rayshell Clapper at redOrbit.com compiled a list of some of the most common GMO foods to help discerning shoppers: 1. Corn Corn is perhaps the most controversial on the list of GMO foods because…

  • Anti-GMO Activists Launch Fishy Art Car Campaign

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    Fishy Art Cars set to launch anti-GMO campaign on August 5th reports Arin Greenwood at the Huffington Post: On August fish — sorry, make that August 5th — anti-GMO activists will be launching a nationwide demonstration with a visual punch. Part of that punch is a car topped by a fish tomato sculpture, nicknamed Fishy Tomato,…

  • Monsanto Feeling Pressure from the Public

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    Mandy Adwell at The 9 Billion blog notes that “it has been a rough year for Monsanto, especially in Europe.” After several countries banned the use of genetically modified seeds and several others banned the use of certain pesticides, the company has announced it will withdraw all pending approval requests for new genetically modified crops…

  • How GMO foods alter organ function and pose a very real health threat to humans

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    The Health Ranger, Mike Adams, explains how studies in cell research have demonstrated the mechanism by which micro RNA from genetically engineered foods may alter organ function in humans.  I thought the information was salient enough to post.  However, I caution that some of Adam’s Monsanto quotes are taken out of context.  For a more…

  • Insecticide Use Surging Again in Midwest

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    NPR’s July 9th Morning Edition Series featured a piece on the resurgance of insecticide use in the Midwest: Across the Midwestern corn belt, a familiar battle has resumed, hidden in the soil. On one side are tiny, white larvae of the corn rootworm. On the other side are farmers and the insect-killing arsenal of modern…

  • Another Victory for Seed Freedom

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    Dr. Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned advocate for seed freedom and opponent of GMO’s, explains why the Indian Court’s rejection of Monsanto’s climate resilient plant patent is so important to seed freedom: Monsanto tried to create an irrelevant and false opposition of natural production of plants versus production based on human intervention. This is false because…