Will Farmers Receive Justice? New York, New York – It was standing room only as family farmers from around North America filled Federal Court Judge Naomi Buchwald’s courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday, January 31. The topic was the landmark organic community lawsuit OSGATA et al v. Monsanto and the oral argument Monsanto’s pre-trial motion to… Read more »
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The Ag Gag Laws: Hiding Factory Farm Abuses From Public Scrutiny
A former HSUS investigator details the dangers of HR 589, makes it illegal for investigative reporters to take jobs at factory farms in Iowa. The Atlantic By Cody Carlson Earlier this month, politicians in Iowa bowed to corporate pressure when they passed a law designed to stifle public debate and keep consumers in the dark…. Read more »
GMO Drift Renders Organic Crops Uninsurable
Cornucopia’s Take: In an apparent handshake with the biotech industry, the USDA has declared that crop insurance does not cover organic crops contaminated by chemical or GMO drift. Other problems also plague crop insurance programs for organic farmers, as the insurance doesn’t include pesticide contamination in inputs like compost. A good insurance program would pay… Read more »
Why You Should Buy an Organic Turkey
Consumer Reports Factory Farmed Turkeys Source: Becca James Organic Turkeys Source: David Duran Still deciding whether to buy an organic turkey or a conventionally raised turkey for Thanksgiving this year? Here’s one more reason to consider going organic: Turkeys labeled organic are raised without antibiotics, and the overuse of those drugs in raising farm animals is… Read more »
Astroturfing in Action
Cornucopia’s Take: Speaking of astroturfing, may we introduce Trevor Butterworth, masking his ties to industry while professing to “put science at the heart of public discussion.” Trevor Butterworth Spins Science for Industry U.S. Right to Know by Stacy Malkan Source: John In a November exposé for The Intercept, “How Self-Appointed Guardians of ‘Sound Science’ Tip… Read more »
Biotechnology Proponent’s Recipe to Defend GMOs Produces a Stew Blending Orwellian Rhetoric with Sheer Demagoguery
by Mark A. Kastel, Senior Farm Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute Mark Kastel A commentary in the December 29 edition of the Wall Street Journal, by Julie Kelly, a prolific defender of the biotechnology industry and a self-identified suburban mom, cooking instructor, and accidental activist, claimed that in 2015 genetically engineered food made great progress despite… Read more »
Monsanto Confronts Devilish Public Image Problem
Politico By: Jenny Hopkinson Monsanto is the agriculture world’s prince of darkness, spreading its demonic genetically modified seeds on fields all over the earth. Or at least that’s the case if you believe the likes of HBO talk-show host Bill Maher, the hazmat suit-wearing activists in Occupy Monsanto or any of a growing number of… Read more »
Monsanto Throws GMO Victory Party in California
$46 Million Advertising Blitz Convinces Citizens to Vote “Against Own Interests” Sacramento, CA — After a deluge of allegedly misleading advertisements paid for in large part by pesticide and biotechnology corporations, California voters defeated Proposition 37, which would have given them the right–to-know whether the foods they buy at the grocery store contain genetically engineered… Read more »
GM Soy Linked to Illnesses in Farm Pigs
Institute of Science in Society Danish Farmer Reverses Illnesses in pigs by reverting to a GM-free diet for his animals, which is yet further evidence for the toxicity of glyphosate tolerant GM crops. — Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji A Danish farmer has gained huge public recognition for publishing his simple method for ridding his pigs of… Read more »
Opponents threaten to push for biotech labels
Three farmers say biotech wheat will destroy Japanese market Capital Press By Dan Wheat WATERVILLE, Wash. — Feeling their 1,012 petition signatures to stop genetically modified wheat have been ignored, three Waterville wheat growers may start a new petition drive this winter seeking labeling of any foods containing such products sold in the U.S. “At… Read more »
