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Is Vermont's Governor Surrendering to Monsanto?

Will Allen, Ronnie Cummins, AlterNet. April 19, 2012.

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

Ronnie Cummins, AlterNet. April 11, 2012.

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

Will Allen, Ronnie Cummins, AlterNet. April 4, 2012.

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

Forget the Farm Bill: Where We Should Set Our Sights This Year For Real Change

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. March 29, 2012.

Focusing on the farm bill will use up endless resources and result in relatively little gain.

How Genetically Modified Foods Could Affect Our Health in Unexpected Ways

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. January 11, 2012.

Yet another reason to test GMOs for safety.

Why Is the State Department Using Our Money to Pimp for Monsanto?

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. October 31, 2011.

The State Department is using taxpayer money to help force genetically modified crops on other countries.

Thanks to the FDA, You Really Have No Idea What's In Your Food

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. October 7, 2011.

An estimated 60 to 70 percent of processed foods contains genetically modified organisms, but unlike 50 other countries, the US doesn't require labeling.

Organic Meat and Dairy Are About to Be History, But There Are Two Ways You Can Help Stop It

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. February 11, 2011.

Even as the Obama administration is starting to look like the Monsanto administration, we can still fight back.

What the Heck Happened? The Politics of GM Alfalfa Explained

Marion Nestle, Food Politics. February 4, 2011.

How did the USDA's plan for peaceful coexistence among alfalfa growers end up with the agency approving GM alfalfa with no restrictions?

Why You Can Now Kiss Organic Beef, Dairy and Many Vegetables Goodbye

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. January 28, 2011.

The USDA ruled that farmers are now free to plant GE alfalfa, and USDA won't even keep track of who plants it where. The implications are huge.

WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Sought to Retaliate Against Europe over Refusing to Allow Monsanto GM Crops

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. December 28, 2010.

Then-U.S. ambassador to France Craig Stapleton was concerned about France's decision to ban cultivation of GM corn produced by Monsanto and threatened recourse.

5 of the Weirdest New Genetically Modified Foods

Sara Novak, Planet Green. December 10, 2010.

The future of our global food supply is laden with seeds, and most recently animals, modified for human consumption. You may be surprised to see what's on the horizon.

Patented Glo-fish Sushi? How One Activist Is Cooking with Experimental Frankenfoods to Raise Consciousness About GMOs

Bryan Farrell, Waging Nonviolence. October 28, 2010.

If we don’t have the data, we’re not doing science. The genome and the data vanished in a cloud of confidential business information and corporate appropriation.

Supreme Court Rules on the Fate of Genetically Modified Foods: Who Really Won?

Barry Estabrook, The Atlantic. June 24, 2010.

Both Monsanto, which produces GM alfalfa and was trying to have the ban overturned, and the environmental groups and seed company that supported the ban came away ecstatic.

Haitian Farmers Refuse Monsanto's Seeds and Instead Commit to Burning Them

Sara Novak, TreeHugger. May 31, 2010.

Monsanto's seed donations were an unwelcomed gift to a country with vocal opposition to GMO seeds for fear they would ruin what little agriculture the country has left.

Genetic Modification of Crops Leads to Superweeds Threat

Jeff Deasy, AlterNet. May 20, 2010.

Thanks to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide we've got 'superweeds' and that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the problems resulting from genetically modified foods.

Amid Controversy, Europe Approves the Growth of Genetically Modified Potatoes

Sara Novak, TreeHugger. March 10, 2010.

Amflora, a GM potato, will be harvested for starch, not human consumption. But critics say it could still harm the environment.

GM Corn Causes Problems in Rats?

Marion Nestle, Food Politics. January 16, 2010.

The research is out ... if you can understand it.

When Cocaine and Monsanto's Pesticide Collide, the War on Drugs Becomes a Genetically-Modified War on Science

Meg White, BuzzFlash. September 8, 2009.

Monsanto and the U.S. government are dealing with unanticipated hazards of the pesticide Roundup in the South American drug war.

Is Obama's Plan for Tackling Hunger Just Another Chance for Big Ag and Biotech to Cash In?

Is Obama's Plan for Tackling Hunger Just Another Chance for Big Ag and Biotech to Cash In?

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. August 10, 2009.

There's good reason to fear that Obama's new global food security effort may do more harm than good for the world's hungry.

What Does Vilsack's Appointment Mean for the Future of Organic Food and Public Lands?

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. December 18, 2008.

Vilsack's endorsement by big enviros and his vilification by food and small farms groups is not surprising. His record requires close examination.

It's Vilsack: Obama Picks Pro-GMO and Pro-Biofuels Ag Secretary

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. December 17, 2008.

There are ample reasons to be alarmed. Here are a few.

Is Bill Gates Trying to Hijack Africa's Food Supply?

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. June 4, 2007.

Corporate foundations that have pledged millions believe that genetically altered crops will rescue Africa from endemic shortfalls in food production. Are they creating a 'green revolution' or hijacking the food supply?

The Inside Scoop on the Budding Romance Between Walmart and Monsanto

Maria Tchijov, December 31, 1969.


USDA Allows GMO Sugar Beet Planting Even After a Landmark Court Decision Says No

Sara Novak, December 31, 1969.


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