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June 19, 2012

Five Million Brazilian Farmers Take on Biotech Giant Monsanto

  The Times of India By Subodh Varma NEW DELHI: Five million Brazilian farmers have taken on US based biotech company Monsanto through a lawsuit ...

June 18, 2012

Busted: Biotech Leader ‘Syngenta’ Charged Over Covering Up Animal Deaths from GM Corn

NaturalSociety By Anthony Gucciardi In a riveting victory against genetically modified creations, a major biotech company known as Syngenta has been criminally charged for denying ...

June 15, 2012

Sanders Calls For GMO Labeling Amendment To Farm Bill

VPR News By Bob Kinzel Senator Bernie Sanders is urging his colleagues to allow individual states to require the labeling of all genetically engineered foods. ...

June 13, 2012

The Clean-Up Begins on China’s Dirty Secret – Soil Pollution

The Guardian By Jonathan Watts The Bonn Challenge is a global land restoration initiative that aims to tackle the issue that is increasingly concerning scientists ...

June 5, 2012

Where the Trough Is Overflowing

New York Times By Robert B. Semple Jr. Every five years or so, Congress promises a new, improved farm bill that will end unnecessary subsidies ...

June 4, 2012

Poland Beekeepers Kick Monsanto Out of the Hive, Successfully Ban Bee-Killing GM Corn

Natural News by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer A significant health freedom victory has taken place in the European nation of Poland, where all plantings ...

May 30, 2012

Senate Defeats Attempt to Study Genetically Engineered Salmon

SF Gate By Carolyn Lockhead The Senate Thursday defeated an amendment, 45-50, by Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to require comprehensive environmental study of what ...

May 30, 2012

Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food

New York Times By Amy Harmon and Andrew Pollack GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — On a recent sunny morning at the Big Y grocery here, Cynthia ...

May 17, 2012

NRDC Announces the Winners of the 2012 “Growing Green Awards”

National Resources Defense Council FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Jackie Wei Awards celebrates leaders and innovators in the field of sustainable food and agriculture SAN ...

May 16, 2012

Africa: Benefits of Organic Agriculture in the Continent

All Africa – Times of Zambia (this link no longer available) By Gethsemani Mwizabi and Annie Sampa EXPANDING Africa’s shift towards organic farming will be ...

May 14, 2012

Military Veterans: the Next Generation of Organic Farmers

USDA Blog Posted by Miles McEvoy, National Organic Program Deputy Administrator Compost tea (a mixture of recycled organic matter soaked in water), hydroponic living basil, ...

May 11, 2012

Super Weeds no Easy Fix for US Agriculture-Experts

Reuters By Carey Gillam WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fast-spreading plague of “super weeds” taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily, and farmers and ...