Cornucopia’s Take: Monarch butterfly populations are in decline, down 80% since the 1990s. Loss of habitat and the increased use of pesticides, including Roundup, have taken an enormous toll. Organic farmers do not use Roundup and the spirit of organic agriculture encourages care of wildlife. You can help by buying food from organic farmers and… Read more »

[Please note that this article incorrectly identifies alfalfa as a perennial grass. It is, in fact, a perennial legume.] Digital Journal by Karen Graham Source: Lotus Johnson Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) Roundup-Ready alfalfa has already cost farmers millions of dollars, and now, a new study by the USDA, the same agency that re-approved it, has… Read more »

NYU Local By Melissa Cronin The battle against Monsanto Company is gaining new ground, as the Supreme Court announced Friday that it would take a suit against the agro-giant this winter. The court will review an appeal brought by Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman, who Monsanto claims infringed on its patent rights by reusing its herbicide-tolerant… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: The approval by the European Union to give Monsanto a five-year authorization for continued use of its flagship pesticide glyphosate is meeting with resistance.  Organizations concerned with health and the impacts of dangerous chemicals used in agriculture are mounting a legal challenge to the decision.  Cornucopia is one of many organizations questioning the… Read more »

The Center for Food Safety (The Cornucopia Institute was one of the plaintiffs in the alfalfa legal case brought by the Center for Food Safety. We are sharing the information below from the Center for Food Safety to provide a broader view of the Supreme Court decision on Monsanto’s genetically engineered alfalfa seeds.) Washington, DC… Read more »

Test Biotech Caen/ Munich Insecticidal Bt toxins such as those produced in genetically engineered plants can be detrimental to human cells. This is a result of recent research led by researchers at the University of Caen (France). Their experiments showed that toxins produced in, for example, the genetically engineered maize MON810, can significantly impact the… Read more »

Union of Concerned Scientists Monsanto Company is the dominant player in commercial genetically engineered (GE) crops, the biggest seed company in the world, and—to hear them tell it—a leader and innovator in sustainable agriculture. Monsanto aggressively touts its technology as vital to achieving laudable goals such as ensuring adequate food production, responding to the challenge… Read more »

Reuters London – Rats fed a lifetime diet of Monsanto’s genetically modified corn or exposed to its top-selling weedkiller Roundup suffered tumours and multiple organ damage, according to a French study published on Wednesday. Although the lead researcher’s past record as a critic of the industry may make other experts wary of drawing hasty conclusions,… Read more »

Center For Food Safety Appeals Court Rules Planting of Biotech Crop Can Cause Irreversible Harm to Organic and Conventional Crops, Farmers, and the Environment Monsanto’s Petition to Rehear Denied in Full San Francisco, CA – June 24, 2009 – In a decision handed down here today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: GMO farmers have seen big crop losses as weeds have increasingly become resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup. Monsanto has pushed its dicamba resistant soy and cotton seeds as a solution, but use of the  notoriously volatile herbicide will inevitably promote dicamba resistant weed growth. Meanwhile, the massive increase in dicamba use has caused record… Read more »