GMO

Neil Young Takes His Anti-Monsanto Message on the Road

Neil Young Takes His Anti-Monsanto Message on the Road

Grammy Award-winning artist Neil Young has been a powerful presence in music for the past 50 years. In addition to his artistic career, Young has become a vocal advocate for social justice, working specifically to highlight issues that impact farmers and the food system. In 1985, Young joined Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp to launch […]

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    8 Battleground States in the GMO Food Labeling Fight

    8 Battleground States in the GMO Food Labeling Fight

    As the food fight over the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) stalls in Congress, state-level GMO mandates are gaining steam. At least 30 states have introduced some type of legislation in recent years, including three states—Connecticut, Maine and Vermont—that have actually passed GMO labeling mandates. With the food transparency movement escalating nationwide, there are at least eight states to keep on […]

    Monsanto to Cut 3,600 Jobs as Public Protests Continue to Stymie Profits

    Monsanto to Cut 3,600 Jobs as Public Protests Continue to Stymie Profits

    While Monsanto seems to tower over the agriculture industry, both in terms of its political power and its potentially detrimental effects on the environment, low earnings are cutting into corporate profits and costing employees their jobs. Monsanto had already announced a major wave of layoffs in October when the corporation reported a profit of $3.5 […]

    Monsanto Slammed for Violating European Patent Law for GMO Melon

    Monsanto Slammed for Violating European Patent Law for GMO Melon

    The European Patent Office has revoked a false patent on genetically modified (GMO) melons held by Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, after a Jan. 20 public hearing in Munich, Germany. The Europe-based coalition No Patents on Seeds spearheaded the opposition. According to a press release from the organization, Monsanto claimed that melons with a natural resistance to plant viruses was […]

    Monsanto Files Lawsuit to Stop California From Listing Glyphosate as Known Carcinogen

    Monsanto Files Lawsuit to Stop California From Listing Glyphosate as Known Carcinogen

    Monsanto has filed a lawsuit to prevent California from listing glyphosate—the main ingredient in its widely used weedkiller, Roundup—as a known carcinogen. Glyphosate, sold under Monsanto’s brand name Roundup, is a broad-spectrum herbicide that kills unwanted grasses and weeds. Photo credit: Flickr Last September, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued plans to […]

    Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Roundup Ready Alfalfa Has Gone Wild

    Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Roundup Ready Alfalfa Has Gone Wild

    By Bill Freese A recent study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists shows that genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa has gone wild, in a big way, in alfalfa-growing parts of the West. This feral GE alfalfa may help explain a number of transgenic contamination episodes over the past few years that have cost American alfalfa […]

    Demand for Non-GMO Products Hits the Seed Industry

    Demand for Non-GMO Products Hits the Seed Industry

    The Non-GMO Project label is increasingly appearing on food products in the U.S. and now seed companies are starting to display the butterfly label. A few seed companies, seeing the growing demand for non-GMO products, are getting seed varieties Non-GMO Project verified though the numbers remain small compared with the number of non-GMO verified food companies. […]

    59 Indigenous Corn Varieties at Risk as Monsanto Eyes Mexico

    59 Indigenous Corn Varieties at Risk as Monsanto Eyes Mexico

    Mexico’s unique and treasured native corn varieties could be under threat as Monsanto, the world’s largest seed producer, vies to plant genetically modified (GMO) corn in the country. In August 2015, a Mexican judged overturned a September 2013 ban on GMO corn, thus opening more business opportunities for Monsanto and other agribusinesses pending favorable later court decisions. Monsanto […]