First-Ever Consumer Guide e-Book on GMO Foods Co-Authored By Stonyfield Yogurt FounderJanuary 14th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
The founder and CEO of the world’s leading organic yogurt company, Stonyfield Farms, announced that he has stepped down from the company he founded and will be focusing instead on food regulatory issues, came along with the news that he has co-authored a consumer guide e-book designed to help Americans better understand genetically modified foods. Read More:First-Ever Consumer Guide e-Book on GMO Foods Co-Authored By Stonyfield Yogurt FounderPetition Calls to Block Agent Orange Resistant GMO CornJanuary 3rd, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
Consumer advocacy group, The Cornucopia Institute, is calling for concerned citizens to sign a petition in hopes of blocking Dow Chemical, the manufacturer of 2,4-D— toxic herbicide found in Agent Orange—that is waiting on approval from the USDA for its genetically engineered strain of corn resistant to the controversial chemical. Read More:Petition Calls to Block Agent Orange Resistant GMO CornNew GMO Soybean Approved by the USDADecember 28th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Claiming that the Vistive Gold genetically modified soybeans will significantly extend the fry life of products made with Monsanto’s newest crop, the largest seed manufacturer in the world has received another deregulation by the USDA and no objection from the FDA on the GMO seed. Read More:New GMO Soybean Approved by the USDA‘Environmentally Friendly’ Biofuel Cropland Destroys 80 Percent of Species, Study FindsNovember 25th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
New warnings in a report published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center caution against the proliferation of biofuels, citing major habitat loss as a result of converting pastures, savannas and forests into cropland for the gasoline alternative. Read More:‘Environmentally Friendly’ Biofuel Cropland Destroys 80 Percent of Species, Study FindsNepal Pushes Back Against Monsanto’s Hybrid SeedsNovember 20th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is battling the U.S. Agency for International Development and Monsanto, the largest seed company in the world, over the development of a hybrid corn crop intended for planting in the Nepalese regions of Chitwan, Nawalparasi and Kavre. Read More:Nepal Pushes Back Against Monsanto’s Hybrid SeedsWheat Industry Pushes Farmers to Adopt GMO TechnologyNovember 4th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
One of the only major global crops to avoid the dominating influence of the biotech industry, wheat farmers around the world are now facing serious threats of being replaced by corn, soy and other genetically engineered crops unless the industry adopts GM wheat, according to Shannon Schlecht, director of policy at the U.S. Wheat Associates. Read More:Wheat Industry Pushes Farmers to Adopt GMO TechnologyThe Return of Agent Orange? 2,4-D Steps in Where Monsanto’s Roundup FailsOctober 31st, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Monsanto’s Roundup—the glyphosate-based pesticide—is currently the most heavily used weed killer in the country, but its efficacy is waning as farmers across the nation are reporting Roundup-resistant ‘superweeds’ and pesticide resistant insects taking hold in their fields and leaving farmers with no option but to return to controversial chemicals like 2,4-D, also known as Agent Orange. Read More:The Return of Agent Orange? 2,4-D Steps in Where Monsanto’s Roundup FailsSeedy Business: Monsanto’s All Up in Your Salad?October 27th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Monsanto, the world’s largest seed manufacturer known for its sprawling genetically modified crops such as corn, cotton, soy and canola, is now setting its sights on your salad bowl, with seeds for commonly grown produce items its newest focus. Read More:Seedy Business: Monsanto’s All Up in Your Salad?GMO Cotton Found Growing Wild in MexicoOctober 20th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Transgenic cotton has been found growing in the wild in Mexico by researchers studying the gene flow of wild cotton populations, cites a new report published in the October edition of the journal Molecular Ecology. Read More:GMO Cotton Found Growing Wild in MexicoSlumcrop Millionaires: Monsanto Faces Biopiracy Lawsuit for Stealing India’s EggplantSeptember 30th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
For the first time in history, a country is accusing a company of stealing indigenous plants in order to attempt to create a genetically modified version. While no formal charges have been filed yet, India is claiming that a pending lawsuit would prove that ‘biopiracy’ has been committed by the world’s largest seed company, Monsanto. Read More:Slumcrop Millionaires: Monsanto Faces Biopiracy Lawsuit for Stealing India’s Eggplant |
