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08/20/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

GMO “gold rush” underway after USDA refuses to regulate Crispr gene editing of foods

The USDA has inexplicably decided not to regulate the Crispr gene editing technique for food, and a slew of young companies are working around the clock to take advantage of this business-friendly approach and vie for dominance in the gene-edited crop sphere. Gene editing technology is used to target certain genes within an organism, disrupting […]

08/12/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Why is the Trump administration using billions in taxpayer dollars to subsidize GMO agriculture?

When President Trump first took office, there was renewed hope among anti-GMO activists that he would take positive action to curtail the $350 billion-a-year biotechnology industry. After all, both on the campaign trail and for the first 353 days of his presidency he never mentioned the words biotechnology, CRISPR, eugenics, gene therapy or embryo editing. […]

07/25/2018 / By S.D. Wells

Trump to pump $12 billion in welfare-type aid to U.S. farmers, but do we really need to boost genetically modified soy and corn production?

Before Trump won the Presidency, there was talk about his possible support of the clean food movement if he did in fact become POTUS, since many of his restaurants serve organic food dishes. But the Trump administration just put the wheels in motion for up to a $12 billion subsidy for U.S. farm-belt farmers that […]

07/13/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Monsanto bullies “fought science” to hide cancer risks, lawyer charges

California resident Dewayne Johnson’s landmark court case against Monsanto has begun, and his attorney Brett Wisner is on the prowl. Johnson, father of three, is the first individual to bring the biotech behemoth to trial over the allegations that Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, Roundup, contains cancer-causing chemicals. Thousands of people in the U.S. have launched similar […]

06/28/2018 / By Vicki Batts

A deadly pattern of collusion and deceit: Both industry and regulators are aware of the dangers of pesticides

When corporate interests and government agencies collide, you get a veritable Pandora’s box of corruption, collusion and deceit. And when those corporate interests include toxic pesticides, you get the Poison Papers. Collectively, the Poison Papers are 20,000 pages of documents which prove government agencies and industry cronies have worked together to obscure the truth about […]

06/20/2018 / By Vicki Batts

A new breed of solar-powered AI weeders could disrupt the $100 billion pesticide industry by reducing the need for universal herbicides

Robots and AI are poised to take over a host of human jobs — especially in the fast food industry, if McDonald’s is any indication. Now, it looks like there may be hope for robots to replace pesticides, too. Chemical pesticides peddled by the biotech and agricultural industries have proven themselves to be harmful to […]

02/28/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

EPA, Monsanto face lawsuit over pesticide drift that damaged millions of acres and threatened endangered species

If a farmer wants to grow organic crops, he or she can simply elect not to use pesticides and everything should be fine, right? Unfortunately, the situation is not as straightforward as it seems as pesticide drift is thwarting well-meaning farmers’ efforts and rendering their crops entirely unusable. It’s also destroying traditional crops that were […]

11/17/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Big Ag GAG: 29 states quietly pass “preemptive seed laws” that prevent debate and local government autonomy over genetically engineered crops

Big Ag has found a way to make genetically modified seeds permanent, by quietly writing in “preemptive seed laws” at the state level. In twenty-nine states, men and women at the local level will no longer be able to discuss, debate, or propose laws on the use of genetically modified seeds. The people will not […]

11/07/2017 / By JD Heyes

Genetically engineered “golden rice” suffers “metabolic meltdown” and devastating yield plunge as GE technology goes horribly wrong

Supporters of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have long claimed that Golden Rice is key in alleviating vitamin A deficiency, but it turns out that’s not at all the case. According to a new report by Indian researchers, the genes necessary to produce Golden Rice cause unintended side effects, Independent Science News reported recently. When scientists […]

10/27/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Tennessee becomes the fourth state to restrict the use of Monsanto herbicide

Tennessee has become the fourth state to impose restrictions on Monsanto’s flagship herbicide, dicamba. Farmers in the state have stated that the herbicide has drifted to neighboring farms, damaging crops that have not been genetically-modified to withstand it. Tennessee follows Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas in holding global giant, Monsanto, responsible for environmental damage. Dicamba is the […]

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