Industrial agribusiness corporations like Cargill, Monsanto, ADM and Dupont have gained runaway control of our food systems and to take them back, we’ll need all the collective power we can manifest around the world…
Genetically Modified Organism
A French court has found U.S. chemical giant Monsanto Co. guilty of pesticide poisoning in the case of a French farmer who became ill after exposure to one of the company’s herbicides, according to Reuters…
Set the Record Straight on Monsanto One Tweet and Facebook Post at a Time
Union of Concerned Scientists
02-08-2012
Monsanto’s marketing efforts would have you believe that its product line—centered around genetically engineered (GE) seeds and the chemicals used to grow them—is a silver bullet to addressing the world’s food…
Family Farmers Take on Monsanto—Will They Get Justice?
Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association
02-03-2012
It was standing room only as family farmers from around North America filled Federal Court Judge Naomi Buchwald’s courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The topic was the landmark organic community…
Ten Ways Monsanto and Big Ag Are Trying to Kill You—And the Planet
Organic Consumers Association
02-02-2012
Energy-intensive industrial farming practices that rely on toxic chemicals and genetically engineered crops are not just undermining public health, they’re destroying the planet…
Dow Chemical is currently requesting unprecedented approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to market a genetically engineered (GE) version of corn that is resistant to 2,4-D, a major…
On Jan. 31 family farmers from across the country took part in the first phase of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al. v. Monsanto court case. The case was filed to protect farmers from genetic…
Why is a former Monsanto lobbyist currently serving as the FDA’s food safety czar waging war on small dairy farms that produce fresh milk? While factory farm operators are getting away with serious food safety…
Responding to a study released last week highlighting the increased resistance of weeds to glyphosate, and the potential introduction of new corn varieties genetically engineered (GE) to be used with more highly toxic…
EarthEcho International Adds New Resources to the Water Planet Challenge Site
EarthEcho International
01-23-2012
EarthEcho International, a leading environmental education nonprofit organization, is working with the NEA Foundation and Discovery Education to bring educators and students new resources to EarthEcho’s…
As part of a nationwide day of action protesting the legal doctrine of ‘corporate personhood’ enshrined by the controversial Citizens United vs. FEC Supreme Court ruling two years ago, a diverse crowd of…
food
Check Out a Teaser of the New Project by the Director of Food, Inc.
Nourishing the Planet
01-19-2012
Check out this latest video from the Just Label It! campaign to encourage the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to label genetically engineered food. Labels Matter, part of a new project by director of…
food
Support Family Farmers in Their Case against Monsanto
Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association
01-17-2012
The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) invites citizens to assemble outside the Manhattan District court on Jan. 31 in an effort to present the message to family farmers that millions…
biodiversity
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes’ Survival Rate Concealed
Friends of the Earth
01-12-2012
A confidential internal document obtained by civil society groups shows genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes described by their manufacturer, United Kingdom (UK) company Oxitec, as “sterile” are…
It’s a new year, and it’s time to launch the campaign to get Walmart to reject Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn. GE sweet corn could be planted this spring, but Walmart can refuse to accept it…
energy
Fracking the Frackers—A Call for a New Pennsylvania Constitution
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
12-31-2011
For anyone with even the slimmest understanding of the role that the Pennsylvania legislature has played over the past several decades, the recent votes planned in the House and the Senate—to strip communities of their remaining slim authority to regulate fracking…
food
U.S. Department of Agriculture Paves Way for Widespread Use of Toxic Pesticides
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
12-30-2011
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is closing out 2011 in much the same way it started the year—approving the use of genetically modified (GM) crops designed to withstand pesticide applications…
food
Tell Organic Baby Food Brands to Stop Using Genetically Modified Organisms
Organic Consumers Association
12-29-2011
As 2011 comes to an end, we are revving up our important campaign to Safeguard Organic Standards—getting genetically engineered ingredients out of certified organic baby food. To tell organic…
Given all the defeats and set-backs this year due to powerful food industry lobbying, the good food movement should by now be collectively shouting—I am mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore…
Biotech giant Monsanto has once again been declared the worst company of 2011 by NaturalSociety for threatening both human health and the environment. The leader in genetically modified (GM) seeds and crops…
There’s never a shortage of interesting and incendiary stories about food issues to choose from at the end of the year. This year is no exception. As we continue to build our campaign to improve the Farm Bill…
Less than a year after Frito-Lay announced plans to make half their products without “any artificial or synthetic ingredients,” the $13 billion company was sued last week in federal court for fraudulently…
Many will remember 2011 for the continued economic troubles, the lead-up to the 2012 presidential election, and unprecedented political demonstrations around the world and in our own backyards…
A 2009 memo from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) entered into evidence at Canada’s federal Cohen Inquiry into the collapse of Fraser River sockeye Dec. 15 reveals that salmon at the…
Statement by Wenonah Hauter, executive director, Food & Water Watch: “The Senate hearing Dec. 15 called by Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) to discuss the environmental impact of genetically…
food
Upcoming Hearing to Examine Risks of Genetically Engineered Fish
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
12-13-2011
The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard announces a hearing on the environmental risks of genetically engineered (GE) fish to take place Dec. 15…
food
Ask Your Representative to Cosponsor the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Organic Consumers Association
12-08-2011
Gen-M—or Generation Monsanto—the first generation of humans force-fed genetically modified foods, hasn’t reached reproductive age yet (they were born in the late 1990s). But, if a critical mass…
water
Pesticide and Biotech Corporations Guilty of Human Rights Violations
Pesticide Action Network
12-07-2011
After an intensive public trial covering a range of human rights violations, jurors issued a scathing verdict to the six largest pesticide and biotechnology corporations, urging governments, especially the U.S…
Indigenous Peoples participating in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations have called for a moratorium on REDD+ Dec. 6. In a statement released to the…
African farmer and civil society groups in Africa are celebrating the launch of a “network of African networks,” called the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). They have released a report…
