Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund by Judith McGeary, Esq. The case against genetically modified (GM) crops has been growing for years. While there are no long-term studies on the health effects of eating food from GM crops, even short-term studies have raised very troubling questions. For example, a panel of scientists in India recently reviewed studies… Read more »
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Suit Seeks to Bar Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
Associated Press (via Yahoo news) By JEFF BARNARD PHILOMATH, Ore. – Organic farmers fear this year’s spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide. Experts and industry groups say… Read more »
GE Soybeans Give Altered Milk and Stunted Offspring, Researchers Find
Independent Science News by Jonathan Latham, PhD Source: United Soybean Board Pregnant goats fed with genetically engineered (GE) soybeans have offspring who grow more slowly and are shorter, according to a new Italian study (Tudisco et al., 2015). Publishing in the journal of Small Ruminant Research, the researchers were testing the results of supplementing the feed… Read more »
A Change in the Air
Organic farmers fear spread of genetically altered alfalfa Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Rick Barrett [email protected] Wisconsin is a long way from the Pacific Northwest, but Coon Valley farmer Jim Munsch worries that genetically engineered alfalfa grown there could contaminate his farm and harm his organic beef business. Alfalfa is used for livestock feed. Almost all… Read more »
That Weed Free Lawn Comes at a High Price
Cornucopia’s Take: The commonly coveted weed free lawn rarely exists in present-day yards without the use of chemicals which insistently claim to be safe when applied as directed. But it turns out 2,4-D, an active ingredient in many herbicides sold for grass is more easily absorbed into skin treated with sunscreen or insect repellent. Cornucopia… Read more »
Monsanto Wins as Court Backs Alfalfa Seed Planting (Update2)
Bloomburg Businessweek By Greg Stohr (Updates with reaction starting in eighth paragraph.) (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in favor of Monsanto Co., overturned a judge’s ban on the planting of alfalfa seeds engineered to be resistant to the company’s Roundup herbicide. The 7-1 ruling shifts the focus of the environmental dispute to the… Read more »
Roundup Ready Trade – Take 5 with Tony
YouTube by Anthony Flaccavento In this episode, Anthony Flaccavento addresses the TPP again and the broader impact this deal would have on our local economy. Why is it called Roundup Ready Trade? Watch this fantastic segment and find out.
France Bans Roundup Sales in Garden Centers
Rodale News by Julia Westbrook Parts of Europe continue to rebuff Monsanto. Source: Takeshi Kawai France took another shot at Monsanto recently by banning the sale of the herbicide Roundup in garden centers. The decision from the French Ecology Minister, Segolene Royal, comes just months after World Health Organization dubbed glyphosate, Roundup’s active ingredient, a… Read more »
GMO Science Deniers: Monsanto and the USDA
Huff Post by Andrew Kimbrell Perhaps no group of science deniers has been more ridiculed than those who deny the science of evolution. What you may not know is that Monsanto and our United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are among them. That’s right: for decades, Monsanto and its enablers inside the USDA have denied… Read more »
Judge to Allow Evidence of Monsanto’s Alleged Ghostwriting at Trial
Cornucopia’s Take: Edwin Hardeman, one of over 9,300 plaintiffs charging that Monsanto’s Roundup caused their cancer, has received tentatively good news. The presiding federal judge has allowed evidence pointing to Monsanto’s alleged ghostwriting of scientific research and attempts to influence regulators and scientists regarding Roundup’s safety. The order applies to two more upcoming cases before… Read more »
