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Source: Institute for Responsible Technology The state of Connecticut was on the eve of a historic vote. With 90% of Connecticut residents in favor of GMO labeling, pre-vote tallies indicating that a bi-partisan majority of legislators were in favor of the bill, and an unprecedented awarenes ...
Source: www.courthousenews.com Monsanto and Big Tobacco Blamed for Birth Defects WILMINGTON, Del. (CN) - Monsanto, Philip Morris and other U.S. tobacco giants knowingly poisoned Argentinean tobacco farmers with pesticides, causing "devastating birth defects" in their children, dozens of worker ...
Source: Food Freedom Ag Ministry begins process to ban MON810 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 ...
Recently my father forwarded me this short, too the point overview of this whole raw milk fiasco from The Sierra Club's GRAPPLE: With Issues and Ideas. It is good to see this issue gaining mainstream traction, with more people realising the connections between Monsanto, Big Dairy, the USDA and M ...
ETC Group News Release 17 January 2012 Big Agribusiness Influence Threatens to Override Public Interest in Greed Revolution A new 30-page report that documents the growing influence of agribusiness on the multilateral food system and the lack of transparency in research funding has been re ...
Alex Rossi, India correspondent reports on the most recent surge of suicides in India. This has been going on for more than a decade now. I remember how shocked I was when I first learned of this terrible situation, since then it has only gotten worse. Monsanto and other corporations in the Big Ag w ...
In case you hadn't heard about this latest Monsanto trick: Patent on Broccoli will not be revoked European Patent Office (EPO) canceled a public hearing on the controversial patent on a broccoli in October. The broccoli protected by the patent EP1069819 was derived by conventional breeding m ...
Take Action This Sunday with Millions Against Monsanto! Join One of More than 100 World Food Day Events Nationwide! October 16: Biggest U.S. Day of Action Yet for Labels on Genetically Engineered Food! The Organic Consumers Association's Millions Against Monsanto campaign is marking Non-GMO ...
