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On AlterNet: monsanto

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "monsanto"

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 21, 2009.
Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

Sorry Monsanto, You're Wrong: More GE Crops Mean More Pesticides

Sorry Monsanto, You're Wrong: More GE Crops Mean More Pesticides

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2009.
When do we get to officially call the "green revolution" an environmental nightmare?

Companies Like Monsanto and Dupont Practically Own the Meal on Your Plate

Companies Like Monsanto and Dupont Practically Own the Meal on Your Plate

Joya Parsons, Every Kitchen Table. October 7, 2009.
Corporations have been given the power to own seeds. And they are eliminating competing varieties and crowning their own patented seeds as the only choice in the marketplace.

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

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.

Desperate Food Industry Tries to Tar Michael Pollan and Organic Produce

Desperate Food Industry Tries to Tar Michael Pollan and Organic Produce

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. August 24, 2009.
With growing numbers of food-conscious consumers, big corporations are trying to sully the reputation of alternatives to their style of agriculture.

Corporate Agriculture Is to Blame for the Hundreds of Thousands of Farmer Suicides in India

Corporate Agriculture Is to Blame for the Hundreds of Thousands of Farmer Suicides in India

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. May 20, 2009.
Vandana Shiva says industrial agriculture has left Indian farmers indebted and destitute, and explains how to stem the tide of suicides.

Will New Food Safety Bills Really Outlaw Backyard Gardening and End Farmers' Markets?

Will New Food Safety Bills Really Outlaw Backyard Gardening and End Farmers' Markets?

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. April 6, 2009.
There's been a lot of hype about a few new food bills. And while most of it is conspiracy theory there are some reasons to be alarmed.

Corporations Have Big Plans to Profit from Global Warming

Corporations Have Big Plans to Profit from Global Warming

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. October 7, 2008.
A bunch of multinationals have figured out how to make their pollution-based businesses seem like the solution to the climate crisis.

Farm Radio Broadcaster Gets the Boot After Exposing Monsanto's 'Goon Squads'

Farm Radio Broadcaster Gets the Boot After Exposing Monsanto's 'Goon Squads'

Russell Mokhiber, Corporate Crime Reporter. May 8, 2008.
Derry Brownfield was a veteran of farm radio reports, until he went after Big Ag and its Mafia.

'Frankenfoods' Giant Monsanto Plays Bully Over Consumer Labeling

'Frankenfoods' Giant Monsanto Plays Bully Over Consumer Labeling

Scott Thill, AlterNet. March 6, 2008.
Monsanto doesn't want consumers to know the truth about the milk they're drinking. The corporation's monopoly is at stake.

Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public Schools

Monsanto U: Agribusiness's Takeover of Public Schools

Nancy Scola, AlterNet. February 15, 2008.
Thanks to Bush's new cuts on public funding for land-grant schools, agribusiness is gaining a huge foothold in the future of our food.

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

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?