All Entries in the "GMO News" Category
Poland’s Monsanto Action Lays 1000s of Dead Bees on Government Steps
25th March 2012 By Rady Ananda - Food Freedom On March 15, over 1,500 beekeepers and their allies marched thru the streets of Warsaw, depositing thousands of dead bees on the steps of the Ministry of Agriculture, in protest of genetically modified foods and their requisite pesticides which are killing bees, moths and other agriculturally-beneficial insects around the [...]
Explosive: Monsanto ‘Knowingly Poisoned Workers’ Causing Devastating Birth Defects
13th April 2012 By Anthony Gucciardi Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In a developing news piece just unleashed by a courthouse news wire, Monsanto is being brought to court by dozens of Argentinean tobacco farmers who say that the biotech giant knowingly poisoned them with herbicides and pesticides and subsequently caused ”devastating birth defects” in their children. The farmers are now [...]
Farmers defend their right to grow food: Appeal filed in family farmers vs. Monsanto case
The plaintiffs in a case seeking protection from Monsanto’s predatory patent lawsuits have filed aNotice of Appealchallenging the case’s recent dismissal by Judge Naomi Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. TheOrganic Seed Growers and Trade Association(OSGATA) and dozens of other food freedom advocacy groups and family farmers originally [...]
Helpful tips for avoiding GMOs
Since mandatory labeling of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in the food supply is still just a cause worth fighting for in the United States, avoiding these toxic poisons can be difficult and confusing for many people. But once you know which crops tend to be GM, and learn how to identify the ingredients derived from them [...]
BASF gives up on pushing GMOs in Europe, moves operations to US where ‘Frankenfoods’ are not labeled
The latest health freedom victory in Europe means more toxic “Frankenfoods,” aka genetically-modified (GM) crops, for the United States.EurActiv.comreports that Germany-based biotechnology giant BASF is officially calling it quits on trying to push GM crops in Europe. But the company’s withdrawal means that it will be relocating its plant science headquarters from Limburgerhof, Germany, to [...]
Monsanto wants to brainwash your children with ‘Biotechnology Basics Activity Book’
In response to mounting public backlash from the older generation, the biotechnology industry has launched a new propaganda campaign aimed at convincing children that genetically-modified (GM) crops are not only safe, but also an improvement over natural agriculture. Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, and five other major biotechnology companies and associations have collectively released theBiotechnology Basics Activity [...]
David Wolfe speaks out about Sunfood, Monsanto, New Chapter and Procter & Gamble
What do Sunfood and New Chapter both have in common? They have been taken over by corporate people with ties to Monsanto. In the case of Sunfood, the takeover was a “betrayal,” says David Wolfe in this exclusive interview (see below). While in the case of New Chapter, the takeover wasintentional. As you’ve probably heard, [...]
USDA green-lights field trials of Monsanto drought-resistant corn after admitting it performs no better than natural corn
TheU.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA)Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service(APHIS) does not even pretend to legitimately evaluate genetically-modified organisms (GMO) before approving them anymore, having recently green-lighted approval for a new variety of “drought-resistant” GM corn produced by Monsanto that admittedly grows no better under drought conditions than natural varieties do. According to theWashington Post, [...]
Occupy DC protesters arrested outside Monsanto
The Occupy DC movement said a dozen of its members were arrested outside agricultural biotech giant Monsanto’s offices last week as part of a national day of protest to “shut down the corporations.” The protest outside of Monsanto’s offices was part of a national day of opposition called for by the Portland, Ore. Occupy chapter, [...]
If the biotech industry is so proud of GMOs, why don’t they tout GMOs on food packaging labels?
Genetically engineered foods will “feed the world,” say Bill Gates and all the rest of the GMO pushers. GM crops are the result of “high-tech agriculture” and “advanced technology” created by super-smart agricultural geniuses who onlyenhancethe properties of food crops. GMOs arebetter than God, better than Mother Nature, and one of the great gifts of [...]
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