Stories by Ronnie Cummins

Ronnie Cummins is founder and director of the Organic Consumers Association. Cummins is author of numerous articles and books, including "Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers" (Second Revised Edition Marlowe & Company 2004). subscribe to Ronnie Cummins's feed

Did Monsanto Win Prop 37? Round One in the Food Fight of Our Lives

Posted on: Nov 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Prop 37 has exposed the dark side of Big Ag and Big Food, and their desperation to keep U.S. consumers in the dark about whether or not our food has been genetically engineered.

Debunked: 6 Lies That Biotech and Big Food Are Telling Voters About Prop 37

Posted on: Oct 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Monsanto and the rest of the Biotech and Big Food gang have been pounding the California airwaves with nearly $36 million worth of boldface lies and twisted truths.

Is Whole Foods Sincere About its Support for Labeling Genetically Modified Foods?

Posted on: Oct 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Is it possible that Whole Foods wants to ride the GMO labeling popularity wave while it quietly works behind the scenes to prevent Prop 37, or any other GMO labeling law, from passing?

Why a Major Food Organization Is Teaming Up With Monsanto and Friends to Block Your Right to Know What's in Your Food

Posted on: Jul 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Big Food companies like ConAgra, Smucker, Hormel, Kellogg, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo want to block consumer protection legislation.

The 'Monsanto Rider': Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity from Federal Law?

Posted on: Jul 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Secretary of Agriculture would be required to grant a permit for the planting or cultivation of a genetically engineered crop, regardless of environmental impact.

Meet the Corporate Front Groups Fighting to Make Sure You Can't Know What's in Your Food

Posted on: May 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Here's a partial lineup of hired guns and organizations behind the anti-labeling advertising blitz soon to hit the California airwaves.

Is Vermont's Governor Surrendering to Monsanto?

Posted on: Apr 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Vermont's governor has 2 weeks to stand with 90 percent of his constituents who favor labeling genetically engineered foods, or cave to Monsanto.

Millions Against Monsanto: The Food Fight of Our Lives

Posted on: Apr 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Finally, public opinion around the biotech industry's contamination of our food supply and destruction of our environment has reached the tipping point. We're fighting back.

Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass a Bill Requiring GMO Food to Be Labeled

Posted on: Apr 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

What it really comes down to this: Elected officials are abandoning the public interest and public will in the face of corporate intimidation.

Outrageous Lies Monsanto and Friends Are Trying to Pass off to Kids as Science

Posted on: Mar 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The claims made in a book from the biotechnology industry are laughable. But these blatant lies are passed off as 'science' for schoolchildren.