Cornucopia’s Take: Pesticides have had their turn at trying to keep the corn rootworm at bay, resulting in their eventual development of resistance to the chemicals. Scientists and some farmers are now inviting predators into their fields to finish the job. Bugs, fungi, and nematodes deployed to battle corn rootworm Food & Environment Reporting Network… Read more »

Center for Food Safety Center for Food Safety to File Lawsuit Challenging “Dangerous and Unlawful” Decision Source: Daniel Voglesong WASHINGTON, DC (November 19, 2015) – Center for Food Safety today announced plans to sue the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to block the agency’s approval for sale and consumption of the genetically engineered AquaAdvantage® salmon developed… Read more »

This Land is Your Land A total of 14 lawsuits against Monsanto arising from the discovery of genetically-modified wheat in an Oregon wheat field earlier this year have been transferred to the U.S. District Court for Kansas, and assigned to Magistrate Judge Karen M. Humphreys. In May 2013, a farmer in eastern Oregon discovered Roundup Ready wheat… Read more »

Senator Dianne Feinstein introduces a bill that would curb the use of antibiotics in the meat industry. TakePart By Willy Blackmore Just months after introducing a bill that would require the labeling of products containing genetically modified ingredients, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has put forth another important piece of food legislation: The Preventing Antibiotic Resistant… Read more »

Bills in the state Legislature are opposed by Minnesota’s major food manufacturers. Star Tribune By Mike Hughlett Minnesota could become the next battleground in the fight over mandatory labels for genetically modified food. Bills were introduced Thursday in the Minnesota Legislature that would require food manufacturers to label their products to indicate whether they contain… Read more »

Eat, Drink, Politics Public health attorney and author Michele Simon asks: Are America’s nutrition professionals in the pocket of Big Food? While the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ 74,000-member trade group partners with the likes of Coke and Hershey’s, the nation’s health continues to suffer from poor diet. The largest trade group of nutrition professionals—the… Read more »

Truthout by: Mike Ludwig, t r u t h o u t | Report Just two weeks before the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) fully deregulated Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa, a senior soil scientist alerted the department about a newly discovered, microscopic pathogen found in high concentrations of Roundup Ready corn and soy that researchers… Read more »

AgWeb (link no longer available) Charles Johnson, Farm Journal National Editor Neither side had a clear edge when the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, the case involving GMO alfalfa (read the background on the case). In fact, the justices seemed to wonder why the case wound up before… Read more »

Law.com Tresa Baldas The organic marketplace is sprouting litigation over fake organic and natural products — some of them harmful — that are being sold to unwitting consumers. In Missouri, several class actions have been consolidated into one suit against the Aurora Organic Dairy Corp., which is accused of selling bogus organic milk that does… Read more »