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July 14, 2011

Pennsylvania Farmers Sued for Saving Monsanto Wheat Seeds

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA) Author: Brian Bowling ERIE, PA — An Erie County wheat farmer has become the latest target of a St. Louis agricultural biotech ...

July 12, 2011

Arkansas Farmers See Growing Market in Heirloom Tomatoes

Heirloom tomatoes are varieties handed down through generations, perhaps with the seeds passed within families. Mother Nature Network By Suzi Parker, ReutersSun LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ...

July 10, 2011

UN Says ‘Radical’ Changes Needed to Meet Rising Food Demands

Alaska Dispatch Patrick Wall | The Christian Science Monitor The global food system is environmentally destructive and requires “radical” changes if it is to meet ...

July 8, 2011

Red Hot Farmland Market

Land Prices to Rise Again in 2011; Case Building for Downward Pressure Later The Progressive Farmer By Linda H. Smith, DTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) ...

July 7, 2011

Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.

USDA – Economic Research Service Overview U.S. farmers have adopted genetically engineered (GE) crops widely since their commercial introduction in 1996, notwithstanding uncertainty about consumer ...

July 5, 2011

U.S. Won’t Regulate Modified Grass

The Calgary Herald From Herald News Services SCIENCE . An herbicide tolerant Kentucky bluegrass engineered by Scotts Miracle-Gro is not covered by U.S. biotechnology rules ...

July 5, 2011

Phage on the Rampage

Antibiotic use may have driven the development of Europe’s deadly E. coli. Nature.com by Marian Turner Women, beansprouts, cucumbers, bacteria, cows: the cast of the ...

July 1, 2011

Help Wanted: Local Field Organizer for Campaign to Save Maryland Organic Farm

LOCAL FIELD ORGANIZER WASHINGTON DC METRO AREA Duration: 6-12 months Application deadline: August 5, 2011 The Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland is proposing to replace ...

June 30, 2011

Monsanto Under SEC Probe for Incentives

Chicago Financial Times By Hal Weitzman Monsanto, the world’s biggest seedmaker by revenue, is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission over its use ...

June 17, 2011

Suit Alleges Cosmetics Falsely Labeled

San Francisco Chronicle An environmental group is suing Kiss My Face and about two dozen other cosmetic companies on accusations that they falsely label products ...

June 15, 2011

Chemical Trespass

Pesticide Action Network Many U.S. residents carry toxic pesticides in their bodies at levels above what the government says are “acceptable.” The Pesticide Action Network ...

June 15, 2011

Roundup Birth Defects: Regulators Knew World’s Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Problems, New Report Finds

Huffington Post By Lucia Graves WASHINGTON — Industry regulators have known for years that Roundup, the world’s best-selling herbicide produced by U.S. company Monsanto, causes ...