A coalition of activist organizations demonstrating at the Monsanto office in Davis CA. successfully caused a shutdown of the multinational chemical and biotech company offices there on on Saturday, March 16. The shutdown took place on the first day of a planned weekend of activities in Davis, intended to spotlight and oppose the activities...
Monsanto Company is the dominant player in commercial genetically engineered (GE) crops, the biggest seed company in the world, and—to hear them tell it—a leader and innovator in sustainable agriculture. Monsanto aggressively touts its technology as vital to achieving laudable goals such as ensuring adequate food production, responding to the challenge of global warming,...
LONDON, Feb. 3 (UPI) — Monsanto Co. said it’s leaving Britain due to opposition to genetically modified foods. Officials at Monsanto — a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation and leading producer of genetically engineered seed — said the company is closing its wheat growing operation, based in Cambridge, which employed 125 people, and selling off...
It is increasingly understood that poverty, inadequate access to land and food, and unfair trade policies are the major causes of hunger in the world, rather than absolute shortage of food. Additional factors contributing to food insecurity include declining investments in infrastructure (storage facilities, roads to markets) and increased diversion of food crops for...
A study at Nanjing University in China found that ingested “microRNA” (very small pieces of ribonucleic acid, or RNA) from plants were able to survive digestion and influence the function of human cells. Food columnist Ari Levaux has a piece digging into the implications, in The Atlantic. The basic idea: if this research stands...
A major bio-tech and GMO based company was found to have used government officials, and US diplomats to further their push for business growth in areas around the world that were regulated against genetically modified foods and seeds in a new set of leaked documents on January 11th. Monsanto, which is considered one of...
The news comes after experiments with the seeds were conducted in five African nations, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Monsanto’s drought-resistant corn seeds were given to African farmers facing drought conditions, replacing traditional and sustainable farming with Monsanto’s GMO crops. Bill Gates himself has purchased 500,000 Monsanto stocks as of August...
It is sad to see how the U.S. continues to so gracefully step back and give biotech giant Monsanto more power. Not only are government agencies ignoring these dangers, but the USDA seems to be so pleased with Monsanto that they even considered allowing the GMO giant to police itself. Nothing good can come...
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