organics
08/12/2018
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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. […]
08/11/2018
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By Mike Adams
Monsanto hit with $290 million cancer liability ruling in Roundup (glyphosate) herbicide trial
A San Francisco jury found Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) liable for the glyphosate-induced cancer of Dewayne Johnson, who is dying from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Johnson sprayed glyphosate 20-30 times per year on public school grounds (near children, no less), and he was twice “doused” with glyphosate due to malfunctioning equipment. Monsanto — which has been […]
07/27/2018
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By Tracey Watson
Organic Trade Association member revealed to be … guess who? … BASF, one of the leading GMO producers in the world
It’s pretty obvious that conventional agriculture giants like Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta and BASF would have nothing to do with the Organic Trade Association (OTA), right? After all, the OTA is the organization that regulates the organic industry in North America. The company’s LinkedIn page promises: Focusing exclusively on organic agriculture and products, OTA stays on […]
06/20/2018
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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 […]
05/04/2018
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By Tracey Watson
FDA finds glyphosate weedkiller residues in nearly all grocery foods, but has spent years hiding test results from the public
The two decades between 1994 and 2014 saw global glyphosate use boom from just over 56 million kilograms (123 million pounds) to around 826 million kilograms per year. Glyphosate is the world’s most popular weed killer and is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup product. In the United States alone, farmers douse their wheat, oats, […]
02/12/2018
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By Lance D Johnson
Newsweek top executives FIRED after propaganda rag exposed for running Monsanto lies as “news”
The money is running out and readership is plummeting at the propaganda rag known as Newsweek. Recently exposed for publishing Monsanto’s lies as “news,” Newsweek Media group is currently imploding from the top down. Top executives were fired this week and the entire staff was told to go home without pay. The rapid implosion began […]
02/05/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Newsweek pushes Monsanto propagandist lies authored by scandal-ridden organic hater Henry I. Miller
Yet another mainstream news outlet, Newsweek, has decided to shamelessly spread fake news that bashes organics and promotes GMOs (genetically-modified organisms). And wouldn’t you guess it, but the stated author of this ridiculous hit piece is none other than Hoover Institution hack Henry I. Miller, who’s been caught on numerous occasions attaching his name to […]
01/20/2018
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By Isabelle Z.
Monsanto’s latest marketing ploy: Labeling GMOs as “biofortified”
GMOs have been getting a bad name for quite some time now, and it’s hardly surprising given the near-constant stream of evidence showing the harms caused by genetically engineered crops and the pesticides used on them. As people increasingly make an effort to avoid buying these products, Monsanto has come up with a new idea […]
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