Common Wisdom For Uncertain Times
Biotech giant Monsanto has been awarded yet another victory by the federal government thanks to a recent Environmental Protection Agency decision to allow larger traces...
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably been hearing about GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. What is the big deal with GMOs, and can...
Are you confused about food label claims and what they really mean? That’s part of the strategy of the global food giants, of course: confuse...
The controversial provision nicknamed the “Monsanto Protection Act” was included by House Republicans in the bill to approve funding that is required to avoid a...
Glyphosate is a major component of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. It was created and manufactured on a mass scale by Monsanto and is one of the...
The biotech rider dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” by food and agriculture activists has been extended by the House, advocacy group the Center for Food...
Monsanto has contributed $4.6 million to fight Initiative 522, the measure on this fall’s ballot that would require labeling of genetically engineered foods sold at...
Monsanto’s “Bt corn” is equipped with a gene from the soil bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which produces Bt toxin—a pesticide that breaks open the stomach...
Once a controversial chemical company, Monsanto remade itself into an even more controversial agricultural biotechnology corporation that holds a dominant position in both herbicides and...
It’s called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), and it’s a super secret trade pact being negotiated completely outside of law, with no congressional authority but...
It’s déjà vu all over again. Last year a coalition of out-of-state, multinational biotech, pesticide and junk food corporations spent nearly $46 million to narrowly...
Packed in snack bag in the car on my recent trip to Virginia were organic and Non-GMO snacks from SunRidge Farms. SunRidge sent me three...
US votes are getting ready for a food fight. When Washington voters decide Initiative 522 this northern autumn, they will do more than determine whether...
Monsanto executives and insiders are dumping Monsanto stock in record volumes, sending the stock price spiraling downward. CEO Hugh Grant just sold off 40,000 shares...
I just don’t understand how some humans can be so utterly stupid, so greedy, so crazed for short term profits, so corrupt for political or...
It is crucial to avoid GMO sources of any kind. Highly toxic, GMOs are associated with the development of deadly diseases in animals, including endocrine...